Rights of Way in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the Servidão de Passagem, the Landlocked Plot That Can Force One, the Twenty Years of Non-Use That Ends It, and Why an Invisible Track Can Never Be Won by Usucapião
Articles 1543 to 1574 of the Civil Code decide almost every Portuguese access dispute: when long use creates a right and when it cannot, what forcing a route costs, who may move it, and the twenty years of non-use that kills it.
