My mother in law’s house overlooks a narrow river. The river takes a bit of a turn so the homes actually overlook the neighboring property.
Years ago my late father in law caught his neighbor moving the survey markers. He couldn’t fathom that the land he looked over belonged to my in laws.
My FIL had a survey done and told the neighbor very clearly that he’d prosecute if he tried to move them again. Then he moved a rusty old boat trailer to its new forever home on the lot line by the river.
We got rid of it after he died. The neighbor is still a jerk. He came out and yelled at me when I dared cut six inches of his lawn by mistake.
IT IS A FEDERAL OFFENSE TO TAMPER WITH SURVEYORS PINS/MARKERS. NO IF’s AND’s OR But’s.
Neighbor behind me in N Calif caught a new owner further west from him doing exactly that.
HE READ THE GUY THE RIOT ACT-—TOOK PICS-—AND THREATENED AN EXPENSIVE LAWSUIT.
Guy tried to bluff his way out of it, but MY NEIGHBOR worked for CAL TRANS & HAD A SURVEYOR THERE THE NEXT DAY. MY NEIGHBOR ALSO FILED PAPERWORK OF NEW SURVEY IN COURTHOUSE, along with info about the changed pins. PERMANENT RECORDS.
THAT FINALLY got the ‘new owner’s” attention.