Maine prescriptive easement law

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 14, § 812

Prescriptive period

20 years

What actually decides a claim here

Twenty years of continuous, adverse use under claim of right with the owner's knowledge.
A recorded notice under tit. 14, § 812 interrupts the running of the period.

Read the official Maine code Check a property in Maine

Related terms

prescriptive easement

easement by necessity

right of way

encroachment

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.