Attorney Michael Campbell Explains The Common Methods You Could Lose Parts Of Your Property Through Adverse Use

The most common way to lose land to adverse use is a boundary-line dispute, explains Pierce County, Washington attorney Michael Campbell. A neighbor's fence set a few feet into your property, left unchallenged long enough, becomes an 'open and notorious' claim the courts uphold. A later buyer inherits the property rights that actually exist—not what the survey shows.

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