CHAPTER 1. EASEMENTS: BY PRESCRIPTION

IC 32-23
    ARTICLE 23. CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTYINTERESTS LESS THAN FEE SIMPLE

IC 32-23-1
    Chapter 1. Easements: By Prescription

IC 32-23-1-1
Use for 20 years
    Sec. 1. The right-of-way, air, light, or other easement from, in,upon, or over land owned by a person may not be acquired byanother person by adverse use unless the use is uninterrupted for atleast twenty (20) years.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.8.

IC 32-23-1-2
Notice; disputing adverse claim
    Sec. 2. The owner of land described in section 1 of this chapter,or the agent or guardian of the owner, may give notice to a claimantof a right or easement described in section 1 of this chapter that theowner, or the agent or guardian of the owner, will dispute theclaimant's claim to a right or easement by adverse use.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.8.

IC 32-23-1-3
Serving or posting notice; easements
    Sec. 3. Notice provided to a claimant under section 2 of thischapter must be:
        (1) in writing; and
        (2) served by an officer on the:
            (A) claimant, if the claimant can be found; or
            (B) if the claimant cannot be found, on the claimant's agentor the claimant's guardian;
or if the claimant, the claimant's agent, and the claimant's guardiancannot be found, a copy of the written notice shall be posted, for notless than ten (10) days, in a conspicuous place on or adjoining thepremises where the right is disputed.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.8.

IC 32-23-1-4
Easements
    Sec. 4. The service or notice required under section 3 of thischapter must be endorsed by the officer serving the notice, on theoriginal paper, and returned to the party giving the notice. The partythat gives the notice shall record the original paper and endorsementof service or notice in the recorder's office of the county where theland is located. The served or posted and recorded notice is, at thetime of record, an interruption of the adverse use.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.8.