mamawsharon
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Indiana
We have used an access road that crosses neighboring property for over 30 years to get to property that we own. We had a verbal with the previous owner, who has since died, that we had unlimited use of this road and to cross his property with a water line. This road was also a county road years ago and is shown on a plat and topol map. The new owner is a not for profit company and they want us to survey the road and give them money for their attorneys to write up an easement for us to have access to this road. After reading some of the postings on this site, could we use adverse possession, prescriptive easement or something else to keep from doing this? The county has also had us name this road and there is a sign with the name and private drive at the beginning of this road. Also how many years does Indiana law say we have to use this road before we could claim any of these things? Any info you can give me will be greatly appreciated.
We have used an access road that crosses neighboring property for over 30 years to get to property that we own. We had a verbal with the previous owner, who has since died, that we had unlimited use of this road and to cross his property with a water line. This road was also a county road years ago and is shown on a plat and topol map. The new owner is a not for profit company and they want us to survey the road and give them money for their attorneys to write up an easement for us to have access to this road. After reading some of the postings on this site, could we use adverse possession, prescriptive easement or something else to keep from doing this? The county has also had us name this road and there is a sign with the name and private drive at the beginning of this road. Also how many years does Indiana law say we have to use this road before we could claim any of these things? Any info you can give me will be greatly appreciated.
