Fence Line Agreements

Does the fence line determine the boundary of the land or the survey or not? Have you ever wondered where the exact line of your property begins or ends? Do you need to settle a border dispute with your neighbour? It is surprising how many people do not know exactly where the edges of their borders lie. Often, in the many cases where their assets have changed ownership over the years, they have been lost or assumed that they match existing fences or landscape boundaries. Confusion over land boundaries is at the root of many neighborhood disputes, including interventions (or perceived interventions) in the property. This section contains information that will help you define precise property lines, where the property boundaries are, and what you can do if your neighbor starts using your property without permission, either knowingly or unstknownly. One of the reasons title companies make this exception is that the neighbor`s use of the property can, among other things, become a right to unfavorable property or compulsory easement. As a general rule, title companies will remove the exception when they are equipped with a border agreement between the owners of the two lands, in which both parties agree that the boundary line is the line indicated in the survey and not the fence line. Ted is a landowner in West Texas and Barney is his neighboring land owner. Ted and Barney have been neighbors for a year. Barney decides to build a shed on his property to store his farming tools, and Ted thinks the shed was built on his property.

There is a fence on the property and the shed is built on barney`s side. Ted argues that the fence line is not accurate, and Ted believes the shed is on his property. Barney disagrees and Barney refuses to remove the shed. Typically, border issues resulting from sheds, fences, and shrubs (removable objects) can be cured very easily, and lenders/investors usually won`t raise too much of a problem about them. For this reason, it is preferable for landowners to agree to a written agreement on border interventions/lines so that the issue is addressed directly to all parties and future owners of the property. This checklist is available to inform you of this document and assist you in its creation. Border problems are always sensitive. In order to avoid conflicts on this issue, the parties agree to pay 50% of the share of the fencing construction to the approved contractor prior to the completion of the work, in order to ensure that no remaining or remaining costs are related to the initial construction project. . .

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