2006 Utah Code - 78-12-7 — Adverse possession -- Possession presumed in owner.

     78-12-7.   Adverse possession -- Possession presumed in owner.
     In every action for the recovery of real property, or the possession thereof, the person establishing a legal title to the property shall be presumed to have been possessed thereof within the time required by law; and the occupation of the property by any other person shall be deemed to have been under and in subordination to the legal title, unless it appears that the property has been held and possessed adversely to such legal title for seven years before the commencement of the action.

No Change Since 1953

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