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Idaho prescriptive easement law
Idaho Code § 5-203
Prescriptive period
20 years
What actually decides a claim here
- Twenty years of open, notorious, continuous, and adverse use.
- Use of unenclosed rangeland is presumed permissive under Idaho's open-range tradition.
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.
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