gun guru, "It is always a good thing to know where property lines are to begin with."
I agree 100%. Before I bought property few years back, the bank had it surveyed and staked. One of the stakes was near a creek and a small foot bridge behind neighbor's property and it showed the bridge to be on the neighbor's property by 30+ ft. This didn't seem right at the time. Couldn't see one of the other property stakes on a fence line some 200 ft away, so I cleared a bunch of brush to get a line of sight and used a construction transit to "shoot" the lines. Sure enough, the bridge was clearly on my property. I put up fencing on what I knew to be the correct line eliminating their access to the bridge. Neighbor threw a hissy fit, said THEY built the bridge and pointed to the stake. I told them that they were pretty dumb to build something not on their land (if, in fact, they had built it, which I doubt to be true) and "someone" had obviously moved the stake. I ended up getting the stake re-set by the surveyor (confirming it had been moved, a misdemeanor) and it was within an inch or two from where I calculated. Neighbor then called the County Drain Commission saying I had built the bridge without a permit !!
I ended up taking the bridge out and putting in a proper culvert so I could move vehicles across the drain, something I was planning to do anyway. I'm in the process of fencing the rest of the property lines.
I'm not so sure applying for a permit would GUARANTEE that you're legal, depending upon how good the building department is. :shock: Moral: Don't trust anyone but a registered surveyor and double-check it yourself.
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