What is a Boundary Line Agreement to Cure an Encroachment? A Boundary Line Agreement to Cure an Encroachment is a legal document that defines the shared property boundaries between neighboring properties to resolve any encroachment issues.
A boundary line agreement is a legally binding document that sets clear boundaries between neighboring properties, providing certainty and preventing conflicts.
Under such an agreement, the parties acknowledge the true boundary line between the properties, and the encroaching owner releases any claim to the strip of land encroached upon. In return, the “encroached upon” owner allows the encroachment to continue for so long as he/she is not adversely affected.
These “side” issues include such matters as resolving substandard access to the public road and meeting bulk zoning regulations such as lot width and area. A Boundary Line Adjustment, then, is an Administrative action by the city or county planning authority. In contrast, a Boundary Line Agreement is a judicial action.
Boundary lines help determine the extent of a property and its legal ownership. Specifically, these lines define a property's physical limits and help prevent conflicts between neighboring property owners.
The Boundary Line Agreement (BL AGR) provides a procedure for County review whenever a point or line determining the boundary between two or more parcels of real property cannot be identified from the existing public record, monuments, and landmarks or is in dispute. RCW 58.04.
A contract can include one or more tables that contain the tabular data for the contract. These tables are called lines.
A boundary line agreement is a written document between abutting landowners which first identifies their common boundary as being “ambiguous”, “lost” or “uncertain” and secondly describes an agreed to boundary line that is certain.