Lot Line Agreement

Natural or artificial separations or divisions between adjoining properties that show their limits. Boundaries are used to establish private and public ownership by determining the exact location of the points at which one piece of land is distinguishable from another.

As a last resort, if you feel confident that your property is being encroached upon, you can file a claim in court and ask a judge to decide the boundariesbut the more you involve the legal system, the more cost you will incur.

Adverse possession in New Jersey is regulated by statute, but also by the state's courts. Importantly, the burden of proof to establish a claim of adverse possession is on the trespasser. The legal holder of title has the presumption of ownership until the adverse possessor can meet that burden.

A boundary agreement between two neighbouring landowners as to the position of the boundary between their two properties may take effect even where it might be arguablycontrary to evidence pointing to the boundary being in a different place.The agreement, once made, will be binding on successors in title.

General Boundary Rule This rule provides that the Title Plan shall be deemed to indicate the general boundaries only, and that the exact line of the boundaries shall be left undetermined.

When it comes down to it, a rule is something you enforce on someone else (or someone enforces on you), while a boundary is something you put around yourself (or someone else puts around themselves).

California has the easiest squatter's rights adverse possession law. Just occupy a California property for five years without the owner's permission, pay the property taxes, and you can acquire full ownership by then suing the legal owner in a quiet-title lawsuit.

There is no general rule about whether you are responsible for the boundary fence on the left or right or rear of the property. If your property is registered at the Land Registry you can obtain what is called an 'office copy' comprising a title plan and register details.

If you state something wanting to control another's behavior, it's a rule. If you state something about how you will conduct yourself, it's a boundary. Rules and really, anything wanting to try to control another tend to fail.