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Historic Surveys, are boundary lines unmovable?

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Louella
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My home was built in 1900, I own 2 parcels, 8 lots in a township. My subdivision was platted in 1890. My home was built according to plat survey. In 1906 a surveyor placed a set point in township.  This monument has been changed, and point has been moved. Over a century of survey records in our township have documented countless surveyors, re- establishing corners to what they perceive to be accurate, with movement being over 12 feet. Monuments have been lost, destroyed, or moved. I recently hired a surveyor to mark my boundary corners. As corners were marked, it was clear that original boundary lines were now moved, some distance, over 10 feet. Current boundary lines as marked, go through my septic and 2 buildings, with City ROW now possessing. I now have boundary lines going through my neighbors septic, and heat pump. My neighbors now have boundary lines in the middle of  City street. My surveyor has told me that property lines move, and I must accept this. The City has commenced to hire an independent surveyor. My question is: if my home/barn/ buildings were built according to the original survey plat, and subsequent surveys have moved and reestablished Monuments, can my original boundary lines from original survey be legal?

 

Edit: City is Oakville Wa., Gray's Harbor County, Fitzgerald's Addition. 


 
Posted : February 15, 2023 9:44 pm