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Washington State
Two and half years ago, my neighbor filed a suit for adverse possession. Their driveway encroaches on my property. They have not as of today given a legal description of the area in dispute, but have submitted drawings of which they claim more than just the driveway encroachment. I had a survey of the property. A month later, the neighbor took 36 feet of my fence and some bricks. I have never seen these materials since that day. The city attorney would not file theft charges. The suit was filed the day after they took the fence.
These people have not owned the property ten years and their former owner submitted an affidavit in which he claims he does not agree with the claim. Trial dates continue to get continued because I am told that the court has too many criminal trials. So, after two and half years, I finally had a new fence built. Their attorney notified the city attorney that they were coming up to tear it down. I came home from work and it was cut in pieces and lying on the ground. The city attorney said he is not filing charges. I had great difficulty getting the police to write a report. They will not write that the neighbor cut it down nor will they put in the report who did it. They said a judge has to decide who the property belong to first. Don't I still own the property? Can I sue the city for not doing their job? Thank you
Washington State
Two and half years ago, my neighbor filed a suit for adverse possession. Their driveway encroaches on my property. They have not as of today given a legal description of the area in dispute, but have submitted drawings of which they claim more than just the driveway encroachment. I had a survey of the property. A month later, the neighbor took 36 feet of my fence and some bricks. I have never seen these materials since that day. The city attorney would not file theft charges. The suit was filed the day after they took the fence.
These people have not owned the property ten years and their former owner submitted an affidavit in which he claims he does not agree with the claim. Trial dates continue to get continued because I am told that the court has too many criminal trials. So, after two and half years, I finally had a new fence built. Their attorney notified the city attorney that they were coming up to tear it down. I came home from work and it was cut in pieces and lying on the ground. The city attorney said he is not filing charges. I had great difficulty getting the police to write a report. They will not write that the neighbor cut it down nor will they put in the report who did it. They said a judge has to decide who the property belong to first. Don't I still own the property? Can I sue the city for not doing their job? Thank you