Utah Code
Utah Code § 78B-2-214 (2026)
Adverse possession -- Continuous -- Seven years -- Taxes paid
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Adverse possession may not be established unless it is shown that the land has been occupied and claimed continuously for seven years, and that the party and the party's predecessors and grantors have paid all taxes which have been levied and assessed upon the land according to law.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2011–2016 · leading case: Bresee v. Barton, 2016 UT App 220 (Utah Ct. App. 2016).
Bresee v. Barton, 2016 UT App 220 (Utah Ct. App. 2016). “See Utah Code Ann. § 78B-2-214 (LexisNexis 2012) (describing requirements for adverse possession, among which is that the party desiring possession must have “paid all taxes which have been levied and assessed upon the land according to law”); Staker v.”
Young v. Robson, 429 F. App'x 716 (10th Cir. 2011). “at 9-10 (quoting Utah Code Ann. § 78B-2-214 and citing Home Owners’ Loan Corp.”
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