Civil Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
My neighbor is having her property surveyed and the surveyor told me that he
needed to come on to my property to make some measurements. It's my property
and I don't want the surveyor on it. Can the surveyor come onto my property even
though I expressly told him to stay off my land?
I found some old stone posts near my lot corners. How do I know if these posts
actually fix the location of my property boundaries?
My property does not have any corner markers. I called a surveyor to ask what
it would cost to set my lot corners. I think the quoted price is very high. Why does
it cost so much just to have a few wooden stakes put in the ground?
A new subdivision has been approved abutting my property, and the bearings
and distances shown on the subdivision plan do not agree with those on my deed.
Why is the information different? Will recording the subdivision plan affect the
location of my boundaries?
There is an old cart path running over my property and my abutter wants to use
it for access so he can subdivide his property into 10 house lots. He can't do that,
can he?
My lot has concrete markers on each of the corners set by a surveyor when we
purchased the property ten years ago. My neighbor just had her property surveyed,
and her surveyor put markers two feet from my markers on to the neighbor's prop-
erty. Now there is a two foot strip of land between my property and my neighbor's
property. Who owns this land, my neighbor or me?
Most of these questions do not have simple answers. Some of the answers may
be affected by laws in the state where the property is located. The author hopes
the following chapters will help the reader to understand some of the underlying
issues and how these questions might be answered.
