Can I claim an easement by long use (prescriptive easement)?

Yes, you may claim a prescriptive easement over your neighbour's land in Ireland if you have used it openly, continuously, and without permission for at least 12 years before 1 December 2009, or for 12 years after that date under the new rules.

In India, you can acquire an easement prescriptively by using another person's land openly, continuously, and without permission for 20 years under the Limitation Act, 1963.

Yes, you can obtain a prescriptive easement in California if you use someone else’s land openly, continuously, and without permission for at least 5 years.

A prescriptive easement in New York is a nonpossessory right to use another person’s land, acquired by open, notorious, adverse, continuous, and uninterrupted use for at least 10 years.