PA
Pennsylvania prescriptive easement law
42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5530
Prescriptive period
21 years
What actually decides a claim here
- Twenty-one years of adverse, open, notorious, continuous use.
- Since 2019, residential lots of a half acre or less may qualify for a ten-year adverse possession path.
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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