Is there a document that can be recorded to indicate you dispute a land survey?
That is the only question I am seeking an answer to at this time, so when a survey is recorded, I can file a document disputing it, if there is such a document.
The Situation
We have owned our house and lot for 13 years, and had a survey when we bought it. After the survey, there was only one visible pin, clearly marked in one of the corners. The pin was not a new one set during the survey, but was an obviously older one, with an obviously older wooden stake next to it. Both the pin and the stake had surveyors' tape on them.
We have abided by that pin to establish two of our property lines and have made improvements out to the property lines.
Based on appearances when we bought our house, the previous owners had also used that pin as the corner pin.
In the last 13 years, there have been four different owners of the house/lot next door. By coincidence, one of them was the person who built our house and was it's first owner. None of the first three owners of the house next to us disputed the pin, and they mowed, trimmed, etc., based on it.
A tangled web, but another of the previous owners of the house next door is the son of one of the other owners of it, having inherited it. He has been here, in another nearby house, for 21 years, during which time he has either owned the house next to us or has been the caretaker. He has never disputed the pin, and has also abided by it in mowing, trimming and other duties as both homeowner and caretaker.
There have been two property owners behind us in that 13 years, and neither of them disputed the pin. That property was undeveloped when we bought our house. The present owner used that pin to mark the property line between our properties earlier this year and then set a line of boundary rocks according to it.
The current owner of the house next door bought it five years ago. They and their caretaker/previous owner have abided by the pin, not disputing it for those five years.
I believe the pin may be the one set 46 years ago when the subdivision was platted. It has the appearance to be about that old. However long it has been there, no one has ever disputed it as being the corner pin.
No one has ever disputed the improvements we made to our property out to that property line. We started those improvements when we bought the house 13 years ago.
Last week the current owner of the house next door had their property surveyed. A new corner pin was set four feet in from the existing pin, effectively wiping out the improvements we have made along the property line between us and them.
All involved still here are vehemently opposed to us, tickled that they have apparently taken some of our property. They are gloating and celebrating.
We desire to sell our house and get of Dodge, but all this (rerod and yellow string) has tainted it.
That is the only question I am seeking an answer to at this time, so when a survey is recorded, I can file a document disputing it, if there is such a document.
The Situation
We have owned our house and lot for 13 years, and had a survey when we bought it. After the survey, there was only one visible pin, clearly marked in one of the corners. The pin was not a new one set during the survey, but was an obviously older one, with an obviously older wooden stake next to it. Both the pin and the stake had surveyors' tape on them.
We have abided by that pin to establish two of our property lines and have made improvements out to the property lines.
Based on appearances when we bought our house, the previous owners had also used that pin as the corner pin.
In the last 13 years, there have been four different owners of the house/lot next door. By coincidence, one of them was the person who built our house and was it's first owner. None of the first three owners of the house next to us disputed the pin, and they mowed, trimmed, etc., based on it.
A tangled web, but another of the previous owners of the house next door is the son of one of the other owners of it, having inherited it. He has been here, in another nearby house, for 21 years, during which time he has either owned the house next to us or has been the caretaker. He has never disputed the pin, and has also abided by it in mowing, trimming and other duties as both homeowner and caretaker.
There have been two property owners behind us in that 13 years, and neither of them disputed the pin. That property was undeveloped when we bought our house. The present owner used that pin to mark the property line between our properties earlier this year and then set a line of boundary rocks according to it.
The current owner of the house next door bought it five years ago. They and their caretaker/previous owner have abided by the pin, not disputing it for those five years.
I believe the pin may be the one set 46 years ago when the subdivision was platted. It has the appearance to be about that old. However long it has been there, no one has ever disputed it as being the corner pin.
No one has ever disputed the improvements we made to our property out to that property line. We started those improvements when we bought the house 13 years ago.
Last week the current owner of the house next door had their property surveyed. A new corner pin was set four feet in from the existing pin, effectively wiping out the improvements we have made along the property line between us and them.
All involved still here are vehemently opposed to us, tickled that they have apparently taken some of our property. They are gloating and celebrating.
We desire to sell our house and get of Dodge, but all this (rerod and yellow string) has tainted it.
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