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Old 03-27-2025, 06:56 AM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 View Post
There are no easement rules except what is shown on your official plat and stated in your deed restriction documents. I would suggest that you carefully read these documents to see what they say about easements. If they don't show an easement, then you don't have one. These documents may address encroachments, but the ones I have read usually only allow a 12-inch encroachment in some situations.
Great. Now I have to stop thinking about how similar "metes and bounds" sounds like "leaps and bounds". But, happy to have learnt the difference between easement and encroachment. :-)