Will a simple no trespassing, be enough to evict an adverse possessor?
Adverse possession is not established in seven months. A person who is on another person's land without permission is trespassing, and has no right...
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Adverse possession is not established in seven months. A person who is on another person's land without permission is trespassing, and has no right...
Your understanding is correct that a person's use of a express, written easement over time does not, as a rule, morph into a prescriptive easement....
Your in-laws might have a claim for "slander of title." Basically, where there is a pending sale of property, a person is liable for damages if he...
An easement does not affect "ownership" of the affected property; it only affects who can use the property and for what purpose. For example,...
An unrecorded easement may be enforceable against a person who has notice of the easement. Reference to the easement on a recorded survey may be...
I understand your situation as follows: A private road connects approximately 15 properties to a nearby public road. One of the property owners...
You have correctly identified the issue here as adverse possession. However, where the only basis for an adverse possession claim is the presence...
If local authorities ask about your presence on the property, I suggest that you give accurate answers. Alternatively, decline to speak with them....
The answer to your question depends on a couple of things. First, who owns the fence? If the fence is on one side or the other of the property...
If you owned the fence (i.e., it was on your property and you paid for it), you had the right to remove it - unless you had an agreement otherwise...