Adverse Possession and Prescriptive Easements

Short summary

Adverse possession allows a property owner to claim ownership of a neighbor's land after 30 years of exclusive use, while prescriptive easements grant usage rights only after 20 years. A New Jersey court clarified that 'exclusive use' has different meanings in each context: in adverse possession it cannot overlap with the owner's use, but in prescriptive easements, shared use with the owner is acceptable.

• •Adverse possession requires exclusive use for 30 years to acquire full ownership
• •Prescriptive easements require exclusive use for 20 years to grant usage rights only
• •'Exclusive use' means different things: non-overlapping for ownership, but shared use allowed for easement rights

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