Property Ownership
A property owner in Alaska builds a fence 2 feet over their neighbor's property line. This encroachment may eventually create a property right through:
AAdverse possession
BPrescriptive easement✓ Correct
CDedication
DAccretion
Explanation
Continuous use of another's land under certain conditions can create a prescriptive easement — the right to continue that use. Adverse possession would require exclusive possession and could transfer actual title. An encroaching fence is more consistent with a prescriptive easement claim.
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