Happy Trails
Senior Member
We surveyed and there's a problem.
What is the name of your state? MN
Typical story we had our land surveyed and people are getting p*****-off. I have read many other similiar posts, but it still leaves me with unanswered questions. In 1990 a piece of unplattted land that was tax forfeited was sold to a couple. We purchased the land in April 2000. We own 2.84 acres. We just recently had it surveyed and realized a triangler piece of land, landed on the other side of a county road that was put in. The road was allowed to go through the properties for public use and is stated in our abstract it was granted free and uninterrupted use. We were explained that they owned the road, but the property owners still owned the land under it. The road then cut through the last section of our land to allow for a 45 degree turn. Thus leaving us with the piece on the other side. The people on the other side have been going across this piece in order to get to their garage. When we were putting the pin in to show the section line the owner said "Get the f*** out of my front yard. We explained the problem and I simply stated we'll just have to get it worked out. (not thinking it a big deal since the land owner is my step-brother) (LOL) I figured there would be a easy solution. But now I see my brother has his business face on and he can be very difficult to work this out with. The surveyors asked us how they wanted the legal descriptions writ up and we told them to hold off in hopes that we could get something worked out. My husband and I wanted to come up with a fair price according to what portion of land it was with what we had paid. They think thats low of us to ask them to purchase their front yard. When reality they have been using it as such and just last year paved their drive-way on our piece. We just want our deeds "perfected" so that when he sells his home with-in the next year and when we get ready to sell ours their will be nothing that can fall back on us. The amount of money I'm figuring would be less than $1000 to purchase land, have legal desrips and filing fees. I since found out he advised with a lawyer who asked how long he lived there (19 yrs) and the lawyer told him not to worry about it. I don't know what to do. 1.) Does he have squatters right when the land was still owned by the government in 1990. 2.) Would if someone gets hurt on that piece? 3.) What statutes does he have that could literally allow him to take something that isn't his just because he is using it? Please Help.
What is the name of your state? MN
Typical story we had our land surveyed and people are getting p*****-off. I have read many other similiar posts, but it still leaves me with unanswered questions. In 1990 a piece of unplattted land that was tax forfeited was sold to a couple. We purchased the land in April 2000. We own 2.84 acres. We just recently had it surveyed and realized a triangler piece of land, landed on the other side of a county road that was put in. The road was allowed to go through the properties for public use and is stated in our abstract it was granted free and uninterrupted use. We were explained that they owned the road, but the property owners still owned the land under it. The road then cut through the last section of our land to allow for a 45 degree turn. Thus leaving us with the piece on the other side. The people on the other side have been going across this piece in order to get to their garage. When we were putting the pin in to show the section line the owner said "Get the f*** out of my front yard. We explained the problem and I simply stated we'll just have to get it worked out. (not thinking it a big deal since the land owner is my step-brother) (LOL) I figured there would be a easy solution. But now I see my brother has his business face on and he can be very difficult to work this out with. The surveyors asked us how they wanted the legal descriptions writ up and we told them to hold off in hopes that we could get something worked out. My husband and I wanted to come up with a fair price according to what portion of land it was with what we had paid. They think thats low of us to ask them to purchase their front yard. When reality they have been using it as such and just last year paved their drive-way on our piece. We just want our deeds "perfected" so that when he sells his home with-in the next year and when we get ready to sell ours their will be nothing that can fall back on us. The amount of money I'm figuring would be less than $1000 to purchase land, have legal desrips and filing fees. I since found out he advised with a lawyer who asked how long he lived there (19 yrs) and the lawyer told him not to worry about it. I don't know what to do. 1.) Does he have squatters right when the land was still owned by the government in 1990. 2.) Would if someone gets hurt on that piece? 3.) What statutes does he have that could literally allow him to take something that isn't his just because he is using it? Please Help.
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