Property Ownership
Under Missouri law, a property owner who wants to prevent a neighbor from using an easement across their property can terminate a prescriptive easement by:
ASimply posting a 'No Trespassing' sign
BPeriodically blocking or interrupting the use during the prescriptive period before the statutory time is completed✓ Correct
CFiling with MREC
DContacting Missouri DNR
Explanation
To prevent a prescriptive easement from forming in Missouri, the property owner must interrupt the continuous, uninterrupted use before the 10-year statutory period is complete — such as physically blocking access or granting explicit permission (which removes the 'hostile' element).
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