MO
Missouri prescriptive easement law
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.010
Prescriptive period
10 years
What actually decides a claim here
- Ten years of continuous, visible, adverse use under claim of right.
- Missouri does not require exclusivity for a prescriptive easement in the way it does for possession.
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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