By Joseph G. Ballstaedt801.365.1021 joe@snjlegal.com Let’s suppose you buy undeveloped property and ask your east neighbor where the property line is so you can build an expensive fence on your side of the property line. He tells you it is a row of trees he planted last year and that if you build west of those …
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By Joseph G. Ballstaedt801.365.1021joe@snjlegal.com Let’s suppose your neighbor wants to build a fence between your two properties. You two aren’t sure where the real property line is and neither wants to pay for a survey. So you both agree to a suitable property line and mark it with wooden stakes, and your neighbor proceeds to …
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Joseph G. Ballstaedt 801.365.1021 joe@snjlegal.com Let’s suppose your neighbor accidentally builds a fence two feet into your property. And let’s suppose you don’t object for more than a couple decades. Now, who owns that two feet of land? Under Utah’s law of boundary by acquiescence, those two feet may likely belong to your neighbor. This …
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