![]() Knowing where your property boundaries are will reduce the potential for future conflicts. This is why a land survey is crucial before construction begins on any structure, particularly if its placement is believed to approach the legal property boundary. In some cases, boundary disputes arise simply because the legal boundaries were not checked prior to construction. Such descriptions of the land can be difficult or impossible to decipher based on today’s geographical realities. In addition, historical methods of land surveying, such as the metes and bounds system, relied on markers that were likely to change over time, such as trees. Many such cases arose in the early days of the United States, particularly when land was granted by European government officials who had not actually visited North America and were relying on inaccurate maps. Faulty legal descriptions may have been written and recorded by people lacking proper qualifications, such as laypeople without surveying experience. The deeds in question may actually describe the same area of land, or perhaps the confusing wording in the description leads each landowner to believe the land is his/hers. ![]() ![]() Why do land boundaries sometimes conflict? Most often, boundary disputes arise after confusing legal descriptions prompt two landowners to lay claim to the same tract of land. For a variety of reasons, on occasion two neighboring land owners may come into a dispute about conflicting property boundaries. ![]()
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