A dispute over a fence, encroachment, or boundary line: certified surveying, registration, use, and possible remedies.
When the fence is not in the right place
Boundary disputes erupt when a gap is discovered between the situation on the ground and the registration: a fence erected inside the neighboring parcel, a structure or building addition that extends into adjacent land, many years of use of a path or parking space, and disputes over boundary lines in old parcels that did not undergo precise settlement. What looks like "a few meters" is sometimes worth hundreds of thousands of shekels and building rights.
The legal tools
An action for eviction against the encroacher and restoration of the previous state; injunctions and demolition orders against non-compliant construction, and urgently when construction is actually taking place: delay may make it harder to obtain the remedy and restore the previous state; claims for reasonable usage fees for the years of use of the land; and proprietary regularization: correction of registration, repartition, or a transaction. On the other side stand the familiar defenses: limitation and delay, a license to use created by many years of tacit consent, and market overt.
The decisive evidence: surveying
A boundary dispute is decided by a licensed surveyor: up-to-date survey maps versus the registration plans, historical aerial photographs documenting the situation over decades, and old settlement and registration files. A surveyor’s opinion on your behalf, before any step, is the first and most worthwhile investment: it determines whether you have a case, and what it is worth.
Representation in boundary disputes
Israel Arama represents property owners in boundary disputes and encroachments, in cooperation with surveyors and appraisers. If a neighbor is building into your land, do not wait: apply for an injunction now.
When the fence is not in the right place — what is important to know?
Boundary disputes erupt when a gap is discovered between the situation on the ground and the registration: a fence erected inside the neighboring parcel, a structure or building addition that extends into adjacent land, many years of use of a path or parking space, and disputes over boundary lines in old parcels that did not undergo precise settlement. What looks like "a few meters" is sometimes worth hundreds of thousands of shekels and building rights.
The legal tools — what is important to know?
An action for eviction against the encroacher and restoration of the previous state; injunctions and demolition orders against non-compliant construction, and urgently when construction is actually taking place: delay may make it harder to obtain the remedy and restore the previous state; claims for reasonable usage fees for the years of use of the land; and proprietary regularization: correction of registration, repartition, or a transaction. On the other side stand the familiar defenses: limitation and delay, a license to use created by many years of tacit consent, and market overt.
The decisive evidence: surveying — what is important to know?
A boundary dispute is decided by a licensed surveyor: up-to-date survey maps versus the registration plans, historical aerial photographs documenting the situation over decades, and old settlement and registration files. A surveyor’s opinion on your behalf, before any step, is the first and most worthwhile investment: it determines whether you have a case, and what it is worth.
Representation in boundary disputes — what is important to know?
If a neighbor is building into your land, do not wait: apply for an injunction now.
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