Property Ownership

A North Dakota landowner discovers their neighbor has been using a path across their property every summer for over 20 years openly and without permission. The neighbor may have acquired a(n):

AAdverse possession of the path
BPrescriptive easement✓ Correct
CLicense to use the path
DEasement appurtenant

Explanation

A prescriptive easement may be acquired by using another's property openly, adversely (without permission), continuously, and notoriously for the statutory period. In North Dakota, this is 20 years. The neighbor acquires an easement, not title.

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