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The easiest thing for everyone involved is for their neighbor to grant an easement for the existing driveway. That way they can keep using it, but it's with exp
by thaeli 5y ago
The easiest thing for everyone involved is for their neighbor to grant an easement for the existing driveway. That way they can keep using it, but it's with explicit permission, so the neighbor doesn't have to worry about an adverse possession claim. If they're not amenable to that, the specifics digfer by state, but usually it's a "boundary line agreement" or similar where you'd basically be buying that small sliver of land and amending the property line accordingly. Here's hoping their neighbors are reasonable!
- markstos 5y agoThanks for the input! So far the neighbor hasn't been reasonable at all, so I don't expect we'll get to do this the easy way.
- 1123581321 5y agoIf they're being unreasonable, you probably can just insist on keeping it. Take a look on the expirations by state here: https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-state-rules-adverse-possession.html https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-state-rules-ad... Good luck!
- goodcanadian 5y agoTo be fair (assuming it's a common law country), the GP probably already owns it through adverse possession if they have been using it openly for 50 years or more.