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2011 Utah Code
Title 78B Judicial Code
Chapter 2 Statutes of Limitations
Section 208 Adverse possession -- Possession presumed in owner.

78B-2-208. Adverse possession -- Possession presumed in owner.
(1) In an action for the recovery of real property, it is presumed that:
(a) the person establishing legal title to the property has been in possession of the property; and
(b) any occupation of the property has been under and in subordination to the legal title.
(2) Subsection (1) may be rebutted by a showing that the property has been held and possessed adversely to the legal title for at least seven years before commencement of the action.

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