Real Property Legal Questions and Answers
What legal rights does a person have who lives on property and pays taxes on it for 10 years?
What legal rights does a person have who lives on property and pays taxes on it for 10 years? It has been discovered that she does not have a deed although it was given to her verbally by an aunt who is now deceased. A sister of the deceased is now claiming ownership since she is the closest living relative.
04/20/2009 | Category: Real Property » Adverse Poss... | State: Georgia | #16052What are my options if a recent suvery revealed a fence is in the wrong place?
I have a fence on a property line that has been there 24 years, a recent survey determined the fence is encroaching. Is the property line and fence legally accuiessed?
04/08/2009 | Category: Real Property » Adverse Poss... | State: New Mexico | #15922What rights to I have to property that my deck has occupied for years?
I own a property that has about 6' of the building and an attached deck of +/- 3' wide & 15' long. On old and current plats, this addition shows as 'encroachment'. The surveys go back to c.1989. As the encroached land belongs to the Port of Brandon, OR. Do I have any 'setter's rights', as neither I nor previous owners have ever been sent a notice by the Port. I have been told t...
04/06/2009 | Category: Real Property » Adverse Poss... | State: Oregon | #15897What happens to the encroachment of our fence now that our neighbor's are selling their home?
Unbeknownst to us, we have encroached upon our neighbor's land when installing a fence that was necessary to meet code for a swimming pool. This took place 13 years ago. 7 years ago we shared the cost of a survey and marking of the corners between our lots. That was when we discovered this mistake. Is there such a thing as squatters rights? Or something like that. My neighbors ...
03/31/2009 | Category: Real Property » Adverse Poss... | State: New Jersey | #15829If I have allowed my neighbor to use my property for years would this qualify as adverse possession?
Over the past 20 years or so I have allowed my farmer neighbor to fertilize and mow my fields for cutting and using the hay for his horses; I have also allowed him to erect a single electric wire fence with appropriate metal posts to fence off a field of mine for his horses to graze. Does this usage by him allow him any claim to my property either now or in the future?
03/14/2009 | Category: Real Property » Adverse Poss... | State: New York | #15628Can my father some how claim a piece of land that he has been maintaining for 25 years?
My father has parked his trucks on a piece of property for over 25 years, we have been unable to find anyone who owns it. He has maintained the property for all this time, he is retired now, can he claim this property as his and if so, how does he go about doing it?
03/04/2009 | Category: Real Property » Adverse Poss... | State: North Carolina | #15435How can I stay in my home under the squatter's rights if my home is in foreclosure?
How can I stay in my home under the squatter's rights? My home went into foreclosure in August 2008.
02/02/2009 | Category: Real Property » Adverse Poss... | State: California | #15123If a fence is built on the property line where are the posts set?
My neighbor and I agreed 2 years ago to share the cost of rebuilding a fence that has been in place since 1947. At my neighbors request, a survey of his lots was made to obtain a permit to rebuild his home. Nothing to do with the fence. The surveyor paid by him put the fence 2 feet inside his property. A fact that was revealed to me after we started demolishing the fence a week...
01/24/2009 | Category: Real Property » Adverse Poss... | State: California | #15062Could you tell me what forms I need and how to file for adverse possession in Georgia?
Could you tell me what forms I need and how to file for adverse possession in Georgia?
01/15/2009 | Category: Real Property » Adverse Poss... | State: Georgia | #15008Would my neighbor ever be able to aquire the land he uses through adverse posession?
I own 80 acres of land and have given my neighbor, who owns land that is land locked next to me, permission to use my driveway and a portion of my field to enter his land. Is it possible for him to ever be able to take the piece of my land he uses? He is well aware that he is using my private property and I pay all taxes for the land. My main question is: Would my neighbor ever...
11/29/2007 | Category: Real Property » Adverse Poss... | State: Minnesota | #13078