BnRidge
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Who paid taxes on the property for those 20yrs, and would the "new" owner be liable for those? And the "previous" owner reimbersed?
Good question. Obviously the registered owner kept up with the taxes or the state would have claimed it in which case The squatters would be tossed out. lolWho paid taxes on the property for those 20yrs, and would the "new" owner be liable for those? And the "previous" owner reimbersed?
well that's a double standard...Ha ha ha - I'll bet not. And a quick google search nets this " Property that is held under the state and local government is exempt from adverse possession actions."
Good on you.I had some first hand experience with a similar experience when I bought the ranch where we live in CA. The property is a big pie shaped parcel. Turns out the original fence line on the south line was incorrect. The fence company had used a street marker instead of a property line marker accidently adding 1.25 acres of a neighboring parcel to this parcel. A gate was added in the same area to allow access due to a creek separating this area from the main section. This section and the enclosed neighboring property was maintained and used as pasture.
We bought the property 20 yr afterwards and continued the same use and egress. Fast forward a few years and a house was built on the adjacent parcel. The new owner informed me that his surveyor shows my fence on his property. He requested we move our fence to the new marker they set. A discrepancy of about 150' less road frontage.
My sister happens to be a real estate lawyer. So I asked her about this mess. She presented me with a 7 page summary that basically would prove the land was ours to keep because the property in question was fenced with an active egress and was maintained along with improvements and use for so many years. Crazy I know.
In our case we allowed the new neighbor to hire a professional fence company to move the fence to the correct location.
Good question. Obviously the registered owner kept up with the taxes or the state would have claimed it in which case The squatters would be tossed out. lol
I assume the new owner will be liable for future taxes.
As much as I hate that idea it this is 100% true... we only have the illusion of owning it... The only reel free people left on this planet are the few tribes disconnected from this world.I was told once by a lawyer in a casual conversation the we don't own our land, the government does. It benefits the government to "let" us own it for tax revenue.
I was told once by a lawyer in a casual conversation the we don't own our land, the government does. It benefits the government to "let" us own it for tax revenue.