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Utah Code § 78B-2-208: Adverse possession -- Possession presumed in owner.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 78B Judicial Code
  2. Chapter 78B-2 Statutes of Limitations
  3. Part 78B-2-2 Real Property

(1) In an action for the recovery of real property, it is presumed that:

(a) the person establishing legal title to the property has been in possession of the property; and

(b) any occupation of the property has been under and in subordination to the legal title.

(2) Subsection (1) may be rebutted by a showing that the property has been held and possessed adversely to the legal title for at least seven years before commencement of the action.

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