My Tree Fell on Neighbor's Garage: Who Pays?

Who is responsible, when your tree, or a branch from your tree, falls on your neighbor’s garage or fence or shed and causes serious damage?

Neighbors and Fruit Trees

There’s nothing like the satisfaction of growing and eating your own apples or pears or peaches. Many fruit trees are ornamental as well, adding beauty to a back or side yard.

Can I Sue? Neighbor's Contractor Cut Down My Trees

The contractors building a house next door cut down trees and shrubs on my side of the property line. Can I sue them -- and should I do so in small claims court?

Must I cut off the top of my trees because my neighbor wants the view preserved?

Check the local rules and regulations -- you may not be legally required to trim your trees.

We want to remove trees on our land, but the neighbor says no. What to do?

We have three fully grown pine trees in our yard, practically on the property line. We wanted to remove them because they are in direct line with our swimming pool and we are afraid that they could blow down in a bad storm. Our neighbors fought us on this. If the trees should fall onto their property and damage their pool or yard, who's responsible for the damage and who has to remove the trees from their yard?

How Can I Stop Neighbor From Growing Marijuana in Backyard?

Although several states allow a person to grow marijuana for personal use, their operation should not create a nuisance for neighbors or violate the terms of any such laws.

How Do I Stop My Neighbors From Using Their House as a Vacation Rental?

Vacationing tenants of the neighbor driving you crazy?

How Do I Stop My Neighbor From Building a Second Story Addition?

Local ordinances and permitting requirements may give you grounds on which to block a neighbor's new construction.

What Can I Do About My Neighbor’s Loud, Stinky Chicken Coop?

A range of options for dealing with smelly chickens on a nearby residential property.

Adverse Possession: When Trespassers Become Property Owners

A trespasser can sometimes gain legal ownership of land just by occupying it. Here's how.

My Fence Isn't Located on the Property Line and My Neighbor Is Using My Property: What Should I Do?

Strategies for handling a neighbor who's cutting trees on, or otherwise using, property that's legally yours despite the fence location.

Neighbor Built Fence Over the Property Line. Does He Now Own That Land?

The fact that your neighbors are not actively "using" the portion of your land behind their fence would not stop them from asserting an ownership claim based on adverse possession.

Can I build a tall fence to put some distance between my crazy neighbor and me?

Making sure to comply with state laws and any homeowners' association rules before constructing a fence, particularly for the express purpose of limiting contact with a neighbor.

What's a Spite Fence and What Can I Do About the One My Neighbors Built?

If your neighbor constructs a spite fence, making the neighborhood look terrible and calling attention to the property, can you file suit?

My neighbor's fence is really ugly. Can I make him take it down?

Without a local statute regulating fences, or a homeowners' association regulating community aesthetics, it’s unlikely that a lawsuit will successfully force your neighbor to replace an ugly fence.

My neighbor's new fence is on his property, but blocks access to my trash cans. Is this legal?

Most courts will not allow a neighbor to install a fence on what is essentially a shared boundary, particularly if it interferes with your use and enjoyment of your property -- but is a lawsuit the right approach?

Can my neighbor replace our shared fence and require me to pay a share?

Shared payment for a fence is not required in every situation!

How can I protect my property boundary lines when my neighbor wants to build a fence?

My neighbor recently built a wire fence, with my permission, about three feet on my property line in order to go around some trees. The fence goes about 500 feet. Someone told me in seven years the property will belong to my neighbor. Is this true?

Must my neighbor pay for the damage he's caused to my fence?

My next door neighbor and I share a common backyard chain link fence. I paid for it more than 10 years ago, before he moved in. He repeatedly places wet rugs, towels, etc., across the top rail of the fence. It is beginning to rust in those areas. The neighbor is uncooperative. May I remove and discard the rugs -- or at least cut away and discard the portion hanging in my yard?