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Home » US Law » 2022 Utah Code » Title 78B - Judicial Code » Chapter 2 - Statutes of Limitations » Part 2 - Real Property » Section 213 – What constitutes adverse possession not under written instrument.
Effective 5/10/2016
78B-2-213. What constitutes adverse possession not under written instrument.
Land is considered to be possessed and occupied adversely by a person claiming title not founded upon a written instrument, judgment, or decree in the following cases only, where:

  • (1) it has been protected by a substantial enclosure;
  • (2) it has been usually cultivated or improved; or
  • (3) labor or money amounting to the sum of $5 per acre has been expended upon dams, canals, embankments, aqueducts, or otherwise for the purpose of irrigating the land.

Amended by Chapter 33, 2016 General Session