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Easement Help Needed
Vanity | 5/19/16 | Me

Posted on 05/19/2016 3:13:02 PM PDT by freedomjusticeruleoflaw

Help please. I have done research and I'm stymied. Simple question for the forum... Can I replace a fence that is on my property, which is covered by an ingress/egress easement, if the fence will in no way impede the intended use of the easement? The fence has been in place for 15 years, needs replacement, neighbor is objecting. I have been getting two answers from the interwebs.


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Case law citation would be greatly appreciated! (Indiana)
1 posted on 05/19/2016 3:13:02 PM PDT by freedomjusticeruleoflaw
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

Not a lawyer and would never presume to give legal advice. I’ve been witness to two property disputes. In one of them my friend was reluctant to get lawyered up. That cost him plenty.

Get lawyered up


2 posted on 05/19/2016 3:15:57 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: henkster

FYI


3 posted on 05/19/2016 3:17:19 PM PDT by PROCON
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To: rockrr

“Get lawyered up”

This is your answer


4 posted on 05/19/2016 3:18:23 PM PDT by wrench
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

5 posted on 05/19/2016 3:18:25 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: PROCON

Usually the argument would be who pays for fence.. Or is fence blocking view


6 posted on 05/19/2016 3:19:07 PM PDT by GreaterSwiss
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

So you’re putting in an exact replacement? Why exactly does the neighbor object to that?


7 posted on 05/19/2016 3:19:11 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

I’m assuming this is a properly recorded easement. Who is the easement for? Is it a utility easement? Can you describe the easement a little more?


8 posted on 05/19/2016 3:19:37 PM PDT by The Iceman Cometh (It's going to be tough to unite the Republican party,but we must. Our children can't afford Hillary)
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

Ok, I am wondering about your choice of words. If the neighbor is protesting, is it because he is using it for “unintended” uses.

I guess I am asking, “what’s his problem!”


9 posted on 05/19/2016 3:19:39 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ask Bernie supporters two questions: Who is rich. Who decides. In the past, that meant who dies)
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

I live in Indiana and am not a lawyer. My understanding is that you can replace the fence, but if they need to dig there, you may have to pay for the replacement. They will be under no obligation to do so.


10 posted on 05/19/2016 3:19:53 PM PDT by MustKnowHistory
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

Place it in the hands of an attorney, PLEASE! I hesitated and was nearly defrauded of a good deal of property until I smelled a rat and consulted a lawyer. The neighbor who tried it had the gall to tell me “I’m an attorney and it doesn’t say that.” He wasn’t, and it did.


11 posted on 05/19/2016 3:19:54 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

What is the neighbors objection? It is probably cheaper to work things out directly instead of paying for a lawyer. Once you get adversarial, only the lawyers win.


12 posted on 05/19/2016 3:19:55 PM PDT by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

Why would your neighbor object,is he looking to encroach on your property if the fence is removed?


13 posted on 05/19/2016 3:20:21 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (Never be more than two steps away from your weapon.)
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

unless you want to do it twice. hire a surveyor


14 posted on 05/19/2016 3:20:21 PM PDT by morphing libertarian (Hillary for Prison 2016.)
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If the existing fence is covered by a perpetual easement, then I don't see how anyone could argue that its replacement would not be. Unless there has been some change in the law since the original easement was granted.

If the neighbor won't heed common sense, the next step is a lawyer.

15 posted on 05/19/2016 3:20:25 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

Do you have a current survey of the property? It will usually show easements. Info could possibly be found in your deed to the property as well.


16 posted on 05/19/2016 3:23:08 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

Try talking to a lawyer. Seriously.

It depends on your state, the terms of the easement, how the easement was created, and use of the easement since it was created.

For example, here in Texas, you can have an express easement (generally created by an instrument in writing), an implied easement or easement by necessity (which can be created if the property was subdivided from another property that needs to cross your property to get to the road), or an easement by use or adverse possession (which can be created by trespassing over someone else’s land for a sufficient number of years). Each has its own rights.

You can also change the rights under an easement by how it is used. For example, you could have an express easement that is 50 feet wide and if the owner of the land puts up a fence with a 25 foot wide gate and you don’t object then the land owner could basically cut 25 feet off of the width of your easement by adverse possession.

It is a very complicated question which is why you can’t find a simple answer on the interweb.


17 posted on 05/19/2016 3:24:02 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

Can I replace a fence that is on my property

Yes as long as it does not interfere with the easement, it is YOUR FENCE. But wouldn’t it be easier to Just Beat the Neighbor up, poison his dog and Replace the fence anyway, then sue him for emotional distress for the badgering he gave you about the easement.


18 posted on 05/19/2016 3:25:24 PM PDT by eyeamok
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19 posted on 05/19/2016 3:25:49 PM PDT by TomServo
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw
Imagine your neighbor is arguing that a fence by definition "will impede the intended use of the easement".

As others have advised here you need a local real estate attorney to opine on whether the nature of the property and the purposes of the easement are satisfied with reasonably located gating.

20 posted on 05/19/2016 3:27:21 PM PDT by frog in a pot (That our commander-in-chief can be foreign born to a foreign father thrills the globalists.)
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