Handling Boundary Disputes

By: Jodi Henke

Perhaps the property lines of the multi-generation family farm you live on were originally laid out with a big oak tree on one side and a giant rock on the other. But the old oak tree isn’t there anymore. Do you fight about the exact boundary line with your neighbor or work something out?

Rusty Rumley is a senior staff attorney at the National Agricultural Law Center. He says boundary dispute resolutions vary from state-to-state. One option is to have a survey done, but you still might not have the answers you want.