July 13, 2007 02:42PM | IP/Host: ---.socal.res.rr.com Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 1 |
On a similar topic, a close friend of mine has a brother who lives in northern California. We'll call him Walt. Walt owns acreage on both sides of the road at his home. Some of the acreage spans a creek lined with trees. Because of the trees, he failed to notice his neighbor, a rancher with adjoining property, moving the fence to cover about 2-1/2 acres of Walt's property. After about 6 years, Walt went out to inspect his own fence, and found it had been removed completely, and discovered that the neighbor had actually fenced in part of Walt's property. Walt confronted his neighbor, who suggested that Walt check the county tax records. Walt discovered that his neighbor had actually been paying the taxes on the parcel for 6 years, ever since he fenced it in. Walt also discovered that there had been a tax rate increase at the precise time that his neighbor had begun paying the taxes, not so coincidentally. So, Walt never noticed the tax increase on his tax bill, never really read it in detail. He was basking in ignorant bliss, feeling really good about his ownership of the land, thinking that because he felt he was protected, everything should be fine. Since the law in California says that after 5 years of paying property taxes with no record of dispute, you are the owner, Walt was hosed. His neighbor simply laughed in his face, said "sue me", and slammed the door in Walt's face. Walt sued, and lost. So, it also cost him some legal fees.
Walt legitimately lost his 2-1/2 acres because he was ignorant of the law, and didn't pay notice to either his property or his tax bill.
Beware. Things aren't always as they seem.
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