If the fence is located in the side or rear yard, the maximum allowed height is 8 feet, unless on a corner lot. When a fence is located in the front yard, the maximum allowed height is 4 feet. A permit is required when the fence/wall is used as a pool barrier on parcels of single family dwellings.
In North Carolina, to acquire ownership of land by adverse possession, the claimant must show actual, open, hostile, exclusive, and continuous possession of the land claimed for the prescriptive period under known and visible lines and boundaries.
Boundaries. § 38-1. Special proceeding to establish. The owner of land, any of whose boundary lines are in dispute, may establish any of such lines by special proceedings in the superior court of the county in which the land or any part thereof is situated.
A spite fence is one which is of no beneficial use to the owner and which is ed and maintained solely for the purpose of annoying a neighbor. It may be abated, subject to the same equitable principles which govern injunctive relief generally, and damages recovered if any have been sustained.
For instance, no fence can be higher than 8 feet unless it is at least 15 feet away from all property lines or complies with principal building setbacks. This rule is designed to ensure visibility at intersections for the safety of motorists and pedestrians.
Often considered the least expensive type of survey, Mortgage Inspection Plans (or sometimes called Mortgage Location Surveys) are less detailed and primarily used by lending institutions to confirm the general location of buildings and improvements on a property. They are: Not as comprehensive as boundary surveys.
A survey is good for however long it's still accurate and relevant. North Carolina does not have any expiration date or statute of limitations on surveys, but they do become less and less truthful as time goes on.
North Carolina borders the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Virginia to the north, Tennessee to the west, and Georgia and South Carolina to the south.
In North Carolina, survey maps are recorded at the county level. The Wake County Register of Deeds property lookup system can provide a copy of a property survey. Most often property (or lots) in subdivisions is typically shown on a recorded map of the overall subdivision.