Q: Is the property mine or my neighbors?
I have owned my property since 2002. Recently new neighbors have moved in and they are saying that my property wasn't surveyed right and that part of my property is theirs. But I had it surveyed before I bought my place 13 years ago. Since I have owned this for the past 13 years and have been paying for it when I pay my taxes, is it my property or is it theirs?
A: Of course it isn't theirs just because they say that it is. Chances are that, even if there was some mistake with the survey, you own it by the doctrine of adverse possession (if nothing else).
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