Iowa prescriptive easement law

Iowa Code § 564.1

What actually decides a claim here

• •Ten years of hostile, continuous use, but Iowa requires express notice of the adverse claim — mere long use is not enough.
• •Section 564.1 bars claims founded solely on adverse use without that notice.

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.