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Utah · Through 2026 General Session

Utah Code § 78B-2-213: What constitutes adverse possession not under written instrument.

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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

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.

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