This bill amends current law to prohibit the acquisition of prescriptive rights in private roads, ways, driveways, or trails through adverse use. Specifically, it changes the subdivision heading preceding RSA 477:33 from "No Prescription Against the Public" to "Prescription Prohibited." Additionally, it introduces a new section, RSA 477:34-a, which states that the use of a landowner's private roads and trails by any person or the public, regardless of duration, will not create or establish any rights, title, interest, or easement by prescription, adverse use, or implication, nor will it raise any presumption of a grant.
The bill also clarifies that it will not apply to any claims that have already been fully adjudicated before the effective date of the act, which is set to take effect 60 days after its passage. This legislative change aims to protect landowners' rights by ensuring that public or private use of their property does not inadvertently grant others legal rights to it.