(1) A prescriptive easement may be established if:

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Terms Used In Utah Code 57-13b-201

  • historical livestock trail: means property over which livestock has historically traveled to or from a grazing area or market. See Utah Code 57-13b-102
  • Person: means :
         (24)(a) an individual;
         (24)(b) an association;
         (24)(c) an institution;
         (24)(d) a corporation;
         (24)(e) a company;
         (24)(f) a trust;
         (24)(g) a limited liability company;
         (24)(h) a partnership;
         (24)(i) a political subdivision;
         (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
         (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
     (1)(a) a property owner uses an historical livestock trail that crosses another person‘s property for a period of 20 years; and
     (1)(b) the use of the other owner’s property as an historical livestock trail for the 20-year period described in Subsection (1)(a) is:

          (1)(b)(i) continuous;
          (1)(b)(ii) open and notorious; and
          (1)(b)(iii) adverse.
(2) If a property owner establishes that a use is continuous and open and notorious under Subsections (1)(b)(i) and (ii), there is a rebuttable presumption that the use is adverse.
(3) Notwithstanding Subsections (1) and (2), a prescriptive easement under this chapter may only be established on private lands.