Property Ownership
In Colorado, a 'prescriptive easement' is created when a person:
AObtains a written easement through negotiation
BUses another's land openly, notoriously, continuously, and hostilely for the statutory period✓ Correct
CPurchases an adjacent lot and merges the properties
DObtains court approval after a title dispute
Explanation
A prescriptive easement is created through actual, open, notorious, hostile (without permission), and continuous use of another's property for Colorado's statutory prescriptive period. It gives only a right of use, not ownership.
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