[TheForge] OT: Screwed up deeds...

[Bruce .]

You pay to get a new survey done.  You might save a bit if you and
your neighbor both get surveyed by the same guy at the same time.  In
NJ a survey is done when a property is sold.  Don't know what prevails
in WV.


On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 12:11 AM, Andrew Vida <osan at netlabs.net> wrote:
> So, I have this neat plotting software.  I plot the deed calls and
> discover there are errors.  Worse yet, I plot one of the neighbor's deed
> and the calls calculate her 5 acre parcel at 10.32 acres.  That is not a
> mildly screwed up deed but a fairly monumental case.  The common
> boundaries between us have notably wide variances in azimuth angles and
> lengths.  Azimuths are off by more than 5* and one common border is
> called a good 200 feet shorter on the neighbor's deed, yet I know mine
> are right because I went and measured everything.  And one of the
> corners plots only about 100' from our house, well above one of our
> fence lines and hundreds of feet past the outer fence line.
>
> My question is this: how does one get a deed corrected and how does one
> get one's neighbor to correct theirs as well?  I am in no humor for
> having problems with the deed, especially if time comes to sell.
> Granted most people probably do not examine the deed closely, but if one
> does I would think they would run for the hills in such a case as this.
>
> On other fronts, that damned fox came up on the back porch and ate the
> setting hen.  Time to kill the fox.  Luckily for me I have access to an
> AR in 300 Whisper with a silencer and an IR gunsight.  Little miss fox
> will be eating lead for her last meal.  My wife is going to be very
> upset when she finds her favorite hen is gone.
>
> Anyhow, thanks for any information you may have.
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Bruce
NJ