New York Laws
Article 8 - Town Highways
189 - Highways by Use.

ยง 189. Highways by use. All lands which shall have been used by the
public as a highway for the period of ten years or more, shall be a
highway, with the same force and effect as if it had been duly laid out
and recorded as a highway, and the town superintendent shall open all
such highways to the width of at least three rods.

Structure New York Laws

New York Laws

HAY - Highway

Article 8 - Town Highways

170 - Survey for the Laying Out of a Highway.

171 - Highways by Dedication.

172 - Application.

173 - Petition for Acquisition.

177 - Damages in Certain Cases; How Estimated.

180 - Limitations Upon Laying Out Highways.

181 - Laying Out Highways Through Burying-Grounds.

182 - Costs; by Whom Paid.

184 - When Officers of Different Towns Disagree About Highway.

185 - Difference About Improvements.

186 - Highway in Two or More Towns.

187 - Laying Out, Dividing and Maintaining Highway Upon Town Line, or Wholly in One Town but Adjacent to Another Town.

188 - Final Determination, How Carried Out.

189 - Highways by Use.

190 - Fences to Be Removed.

191 - Highways or Roads Along Division Lines.

192 - Adjournments.

193 - Contracts for the Construction of Town Highways.

194 - Construction or Improvement of Town Highways by County and Town.

195 - County Aid for Construction, Improvement and Maintenance of Town Highways.

196 - County Aid for Connecting Highway Through Villages.

197 - Damages for Change of Grade.

198 - Interest on Damages for Change of Grade.

199 - Widening Highways; Petition.

203 - Widening, How Constructed.

204 - Actions to Compel Widening; How Affected by Petition.

205 - Highways Abandoned.

205-A - Seasonal Limited Use Highway.

205-B - Qualified Abandonment of Certain Town Highways.

206 - Highways in Lands Acquired by the United States for Fortification Purposes Deemed Abandoned.

207 - Discontinuance of Highway.

208 - Description to Be Recorded.

209 - Damages Caused by Discontinuance.

210 - Papers, Where Filed.

211 - Costs of Motion.

211-A - Abandonment of Certain Town Highways.

211-B - Abandonment of Certain Town Highways in School Districts.

212 - Changing Location of Highways Over Certain Lands Owned and Occupied by the State.

212-A - Abandoning of Parts of Town Highways.

213 - Construction and Repair of Approaches to Private Lands.

214 - Depositing Ashes, Snow, Ice, Stones, Sticks, Et Cetera Upon the Highway.

216 - When Town Not Liable for Damages.

218 - Storm Water Sewers in Town Highways.