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While the Land Registry offers a process for resolving disputes relating to boundaries, it is generally advisable to seek legal advice on the merits of your claim before doing so. Where your neighbour contests your claim, the case will be sent to the Tribunal to resolve or will potentially need to be issued at court.
In that case, the fence can go as high as eight feet, so long as the average height between posts is six feet. In the front yard, state law does not specifically regulate front yard fence height. But in most areas of Washington cities restrict the height of your front yard fence to four feet.
The Revised Code of Washington State acknowledges that sometimes land is used in a way that contradicts legal boundary lines. In RCW 58.04. 007, the legislature allows landowners to reach an agreement regarding an altered boundary line.
Tree Trimming Rules In most circumstances, a property owner has the right to trim encroaching tree branches up to the property line. If trimming a neighbor's tree branches kills or irreparably harms the tree, the property owner may be liable for timber trespass.
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.
As long as you're inside your property line you're fine. One consideration: your posts might have to be staggered relative to the fence posts of the existing fence. Staggered posting avoids interference with existing piers. The idea is to get your fence as close as possible to the existing one.
Ing to Washington State law, when a person erects a fence on their property boundary line, and the adjoining landowner uses that fence to enclose their property, the adjoining landowner is required to pay the fence owner half the value of the partition fence.
Fences are typically built between 2 and 8 inches from the line between properties. Some areas will allow the building of fences directly on the property line, but in this case, you'll have to cooperate with your neighbor and potentially share the cost of the fence.