New York prescriptive easement law

N.Y. Real Prop. Acts. Law §§ 501, 511

What actually decides a claim here

• •Ten years of open, notorious, continuous, hostile use.
• •The 2008 amendments narrowed claims: de minimis encroachments such as lawn mowing and fences are deemed permissive.

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.