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A boundary line agreement will allow adjoining landowners to accept an alternate line as their common boundary. This line can be determined by the location of existing features (i.e. A fence, wall, road, driveway or building) or another agreed upon location.

Boundary lines can change over time and these changes are rarely recorded. It is believed that the way a boundary is constructed dictates who owns the land.

DEFINITION. A Boundary Line Adjustment is the transfer of property by deed to a respective owner or owners of contiguous property for the purpose of adjusting a boundary line and not for the purpose of creating an additional lot or parcel (Section 17-17.5 of the Mendocino County Division of Land Regulations).

You can obtain an application for a lot line adjustment at the planning department for the county that you reside in. While it's possible to request these applications by mail, it's much easier and more efficient to download the forms online at the planning department website.

Your clients wish to enter into a lot line adjustment so that the residential property and the new lot are one property. In California, property may only be reassessed upon a change in ownership or upon the completion of new construction.

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.

When you make a lot line adjustment, it's possible to lessen the number of parcels or keep the number the same while solely altering the boundaries. For instance, four parcels of land could be changed into a single parcel.