What is the name of your state? California
Confused: I have been the owner of a vacant lot in California for 19 years. I'm in the process of selling it and my neighbor is giving me grief. He has some junk on my property ( trash trailer, a stack of cinder block and about 30 rail road ties). I asked him 3 times to move the stuff off my property because it is in escrow and will be closing in about 2 weeks. He has not moved the stuff so I sent him a letter to remove it within 2 weeks as I have given him plenty of notice. I then get a phone call from an attorney (at least he said he was an attorney) stating that the neighbor needs a month to remove the stuff and if I kept pushing than the neighbor is going to claim adverse possession because the stuff has been on the property for a long time and I knew about it and never asked for it to be removed. Well I know at one time I posted a few signs on the property and asked him to remove his trailer from the property but I don’t remember the date and I'm not sure what kind of sign I used, if it was a no trespassing sign or a permission to use the property until revoked. What can I do to get him to remove his stuff and for me to protect my property? Can I post abandonment notices on the stuff that says if not removed within 2 weeks it will be considered abandon? How long does it take and what are the steps to take to make sure the neighbor can’t claim adverse possession?
The neighbor has probably had something on my property for the last 10 years. But I did at one time post a sign on the property because he had a travel trailer on my property. He removed the travel trailer but not the other junk.
Confused: I have been the owner of a vacant lot in California for 19 years. I'm in the process of selling it and my neighbor is giving me grief. He has some junk on my property ( trash trailer, a stack of cinder block and about 30 rail road ties). I asked him 3 times to move the stuff off my property because it is in escrow and will be closing in about 2 weeks. He has not moved the stuff so I sent him a letter to remove it within 2 weeks as I have given him plenty of notice. I then get a phone call from an attorney (at least he said he was an attorney) stating that the neighbor needs a month to remove the stuff and if I kept pushing than the neighbor is going to claim adverse possession because the stuff has been on the property for a long time and I knew about it and never asked for it to be removed. Well I know at one time I posted a few signs on the property and asked him to remove his trailer from the property but I don’t remember the date and I'm not sure what kind of sign I used, if it was a no trespassing sign or a permission to use the property until revoked. What can I do to get him to remove his stuff and for me to protect my property? Can I post abandonment notices on the stuff that says if not removed within 2 weeks it will be considered abandon? How long does it take and what are the steps to take to make sure the neighbor can’t claim adverse possession?
The neighbor has probably had something on my property for the last 10 years. But I did at one time post a sign on the property because he had a travel trailer on my property. He removed the travel trailer but not the other junk.
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