BOUNDARY AND PROPERTY LINE DISPUTES;
EASEMENTS; LAND-LOCKED PROPERTY;
QUIET TITLE ACTIONS; TITLE INSURANCE LITIGATION
Doctrine of Agreed Boundaries
California land rights, property lines and boundary disputes have been around since the time the West was settled. As time goes by, original boundary and property line markers are destroyed or cannot be located; natural boundaries change; and surveyors' maps and governmental field notes are lost. In the absence of more reliable information, courts sometimes set boundaries where the neighboring parties themselves have agreed, according to the "doctrine of agreed boundaries."
Boundary Line Discrepancies; Land-Locked Property
In modern times, and in our cities and towns, property owners may not know exactly what are the true boundaries of their property. Land developers may have visually delineated the boundaries between lots being sold by the incorrect placement of common boundary fences. Many of our modern lots were created by a single owner's self-partition of a large amount of land-to give to his or her children, or to sell. Frequently, visual boundary markers as understood by the grantees of such land did not conform to the legal descriptions included in their deeds. Just as frequently, the end result of such family or self-partition was the grant of a block of land on the interior, with no access to public roads and utilities-so-called "land-locked" property.
Quiet Title Actions
Disputes over boundaries, property lines, easements and access to land-locked property often involve quiet title legal actions and title insurance litigation.
If you have a boundary or easement dispute, contact Virginia H. Gaburo & Associates to find out your legal rights and what can be done to enforce them.
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