Real Property Legal Questions and Answers
Can your the state take 20' right of way from the homeowner without compensation?
Can your state department of transportation take the 20' right of way from the homeowner and widen the road without compensation?
04/23/2009 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Pennsylvania | #16109Can the owner of the parcel where the easement exist move the driveway?
Our home/land is land locked and we have a private easement (legal and documented) over a neighboring parcel. The easement is 24'; however the previous owners (builders) of both parcels did not survey the property prior to establishing the driveway. A survey has shown that our driveway exceeds the easement. The driveway has been in place since before 1996. We purchased the ...
04/18/2009 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Michigan | #16042Convey Easement Rights to Property
We recently (two years ago) acquired a piece of property through a trust disbursement. The trustor mentions in the trust that the real property had a common driveway with the adjoining property. However, the grant deed has no such description in it (an easement). Further, the adjoining property has improvements constructed which are several feet onto our property (as determined...
04/13/2009 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: California | #15970What Affect will the Transfer of Landlocked Lot have on Easement Rights?
I am in the Unincorporated section of Collin County. The Question is: Can a seller who owns a 40 acre tract of land sell a 2 acre lot that would be landlocked if it were not for an Access Easement to a public road? Also, could the seller sell the Access Easement to the person that bought the 2 acre lot or does this access easement run with the larger tract of land? Is it not sa...
03/05/2009 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Texas | #15450What will happen to the encroachment onto the property I am buying if I knew about it before hand?
I am purchasing land to use as a sales lot. The land that is adjacent to the land I am buying was purchased a little before mine by someone else. They received oral permission (from the man that I am buying my property from) to build their gravel pad a little bit on to the land I am buying. Well they have now turned that little bit in about 40' X 100' of gravel pad that is o...
02/25/2009 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Oklahoma | #15361How would I appeal a ruling to allow the new owner of the land I sold to use the water supply?
We have used a water district's water in pastures for over 20 years. We sold the ranch last fall. The water district refuses to allow the new owner to use the water. They say they are not accepting new hook-ups nor will they allow me to let him use the water and charge him for the cost of the water. Would I have any chance to change their rulings in a court of law?
02/15/2009 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Nebraska | #15252Can I sue for unjust enrichment for the full amount because I accidentally installed the wrong line?
I was the first to arrive and build on a dominant flag lot. I installed electricity. A neighbor then bought the servient property and tied in. I asked for half of the installation expenses for the portion they are using. They refused. One of the articles in the CCRs says that the developer will install the line and each purchaser of lot shall bear the expense to install th...
02/05/2009 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Virginia | #15167If you are a land developer and your projects include some of the largest residential subdivisions within the city and your b...
If you are a land developer and your projects include some of the largest residential subdivisions within the city and your business was developing the infrastructure of its newest and largest subdivision and the city discovered an easement for the city utility line on the subdivision that does not belong to the land developer and the property owner discovered the error also, a...
12/13/2008 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Florida | #14804Can a person stop another from using a right of way on his property?
Can a person who has already given consent to a right of way on his property, stop a person authorized to go on to another persons land on that right of way?
11/26/2008 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Mississippi | #14726What is the Legal Right of Way for Railroad Track Easements in Georgia
What is the legal right of way for railroad track easements in the state of Georgia? I have heard that it is now 500 feet which would take almost all of my land; is this correct?
12/14/2007 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Georgia | #13884