Video Summary
Do I need a lawyer to settle a boundary line dispute with my neighbor? The answer is absolutely you need to have a lawyer. First thing is you need to have a survey to establish where the boundary line is and also where there’s any fences that are encroaching on your property or on your neighbor’s property or any other structures. Secondly, hopefully your neighbor has a survey too and see if the surveys match. If you and your neighbor are reach an agreement as far as the boundary line, you’ll need to have that memorialized and put in the public record so it won’t come up in the future and have a lawyer prepare that agreement. As far as the boundary line’s concerned, if this is a boundary line dispute as far as where the fences have been for a number of years or whatever, there’s any number of legal theories by which you can try and proceed under, but it is a very, very complex area of the law and you absolutely need to have an attorney to represent you as far as a boundary line dispute. If you have any questions, give me a call at (727) 847-2288.