Florida prescriptive easement law

Fla. Stat. § 95.361; Downing v. Bird, 100 So. 2d 57 (Fla. 1958)

What actually decides a claim here

• •Twenty years of adverse use for a prescriptive easement, proven by clear and positive evidence.
• •Adverse possession of title runs only seven years with color of title or paid taxes.
• •Roads maintained by a public authority for four years can become public under § 95.361.

Related terms

General educational reference only. Prescription periods and their exceptions change, and several states set the period by case law rather than by statute. Read the linked official code and consult a licensed attorney in that state before relying on any of it.