Can I trim the branches of trees that are encroaching on my view?

A tree located on a person's property may have branches and roots that encroach over or onto a neighbor's property. In that case, the neighbor is...

Fences are constructed for lots of reasons, many of which have nothing to do with marking property lines. Although a claim for adverse possession...

What rights you or others may have to use the private road depends on a number of things. First and foremost are the written terms of the easement,...

Can I trim branches on trees that are stretched across a private road that is used by several property owners including myself?

If there is an easement for private road, it might include a description of the parties' respective maintenance rights and duties. Easements...

How can I preserve my continued use of a fenced easement area that serves me and runs all along the south side of my land?

The recorded easement should specify how you are entitled to use the easement. For example, if it says the easement is for ingress and egress, it...

Can the city forbid an easement to my property?

If this restriction is part of the enacted zoning code, it is probably within the City's authority. If not - that is, if it is just an informal...

A person who owns neither the land over which an easement runs, nor the land that is benefited by the easement, generally has no right to use the...

You may want to ask your neighbors for a copy of their plans and go over those plans with an engineer. It also may be a good idea to have a lawyer...

For a person to be entitled to use another person's land for any purpose, they usually need to have an easement allowing that use. If your...

My neighbor dumps his toxic ashes on my fence line and I'm downhill from him, is it legal?

Depending on what your neighbor is burning, you might be able to recover the costs of the soil testing and other related expenses, including legal...