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What Do I Do if a Neighbor is Blocking Our Private Road?
main dirt road threw Hawaii subdivision is private rd., owned by man who does not own land in subdivision(only road). yet deeds state road is 40 feet wide for all owners to use. man at first of rd. has narrowed the rd. down to 10 ft. next to his house by placing large rocks along rd. he will not stop it, since rd. runs along his 6 lots so he thinks he has a right to do it. mu...
11/23/2009 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Hawaii | #19763I need to have county court rule on a road closure. Road is on private property. Owner (uncle) closed for spite. My grandf...
I need to have county court rule on a road closure. Road is on private property. Owner (uncle) closed for spite. My grandfather owned property and road was open for 50+ years. How do I go about putting my complaint to open back up road in front of court?
11/05/2009 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Florida | #19489How can I enforce a drainage easement?
I have a drainage easement that runs next to my house property, the easement strip has been cut off because a block wall had been built for a condo complex at least ten years ago. There is a chain link fence that actually runs from the corner of the rear corner of my house to the block wall. How do I claim the property so I can build a block wall to secure my property?
10/22/2009 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Arizona | #19260What is the Difference Between a License and an Easement?
I purchased property with the understanding I would be granted an easement to get to the property. It turned out, after the easement was granted and recorded, that the pipeline company had a right of way and they said my easement could not be used as my driveway. The owner of the land that sold me my property is going to give me another easement for my driveway. That is after I...
10/19/2009 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Pennsylvania | #19185We have a residence in Charleston County, SC (Johns Island). Our house/property faces a state maintained rural road. We are h...
We have a residence in Charleston County, SC (Johns Island). Our house/property faces a state maintained rural road. We are having a dsipute with a neighbor and her dog. She claims she may walk her dog on our property as long as she remains within the area of the easement. We believe easements are on private property but as an easement certain governments or utitlities may acce...
09/10/2009 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: South Carolina | #18569Can a Neighbor Give Others Permission to Cross My Property?
I have a hunting lease, which i have owner authority for the 1250 acres of land for 20+ years an am responsible for the insurance, and upkeep and posting of property and keeping unwanted persons off the premises...On the back side of our property is 40 acres of timber and the owner of it rarely see it, but i have unwanteds come and go through our property damaging the cared for...
09/02/2009 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Arkansas | #18392Can A Neighbor With an Access Easement Fill in Property for a Driveway ?
I have a property that I have owned for 20 years that has what the local zoning board calls a pass through right of way on the rear of the property on the deed. However, the right of way exists on paper only, as the property is actually on an undeveloped overgrown bank to a lake that slopes at a 45 degree angle. My neighbors nor want to fill in the property and grade it so ...
08/16/2009 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: New York | #18102Can an Easement Holder Block Construction of a Road?
Parents deeded a portion of land to child for a house with mortgage. Child has access to his property through an existing road that is on his deed as a temporary access. It has been a road for the past 50 plus years. Because of mortgage guidelines a permanent easement was placed on the deed. There is no road and has never been a road - it is an easement on paper only. Child...
07/21/2009 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Alabama | #17696How is Adverse Possession Established in Kentucky?
Adverse possession? We have been living in this home from 2000 till today. We have had an agreed property line between the two homes since purchase. The owner of home (a) lived here before I did starting in or around 1992. The owner of my home (home b) at that time also had the same arrangement of the property line. Home (a) was sold 2 years ago and new owner did say that he t...
07/15/2009 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Kentucky | #17556What Are the Requirements for Adverse Possession in California?
In the process of adding onto my property that I have lived in for over 14 years, it was revealed that part of my existing property (bathroom roughly 6 square feet)was encroaching onto my neighbors property. The city I live in will not allow me to continue with my project until this is taken care of. After going down to the records department I discovered that the previous ow...
07/06/2009 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: California | #17354