Property Ownership
A West Virginia property owner wants to give a neighbor permission to park in their driveway occasionally. To avoid creating an easement by prescription, the owner should:
ADo nothing — prescription requires hostile use, and permission prevents it✓ Correct
BRecord a deed restriction
CFile a quiet title action
DObtain the neighbor's signed acknowledgment that no easement is intended
Explanation
Prescriptive easements require hostile (without permission) use. If the landowner grants permission for the neighbor's use, the hostility element is defeated and no prescriptive easement can be established.
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