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I am selling my land and home, we have always been told there is legal easement, it is in my tital and abstract. the new tital company that is putting together the tital for my buyers say that although it states legal easement into my property, the discription of the easement is not right. This is the only driveway to this land dating back to 1957 and stated in the abstract. this may be a deal blower for the underwriter, but this has always been our only driveway, and has never been issue. we have lived there for 21 years, and always maintained the drive. Every other owner has done the same. please advise.
Optional Information: Country relating to Question: United States Already Tried: I just found out about this problem last night, and brought my abstract to the new tital company this AM. The closing is to take place tommorrow at 3 PM.
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this is Wisconsin, the financial man for the buyer said a letter of opinion from a lawyer that we have a easement would help to close, for the tital company. This is not land locked, but the only drive to my land, building another drive would be massive.
Thank you for your follow-up, Lynette.Wisconsin has both prescriptive easements and easements by necessity available as fall-back positions. The other possible option is to have the other person simply re-sign a new easement with you that would fit the description correctly, as that would possibly satisfy the potential buyer. In terms of not being 'land-locked', if the expense of building another road is prohibitive, the courts would consider the property land-locked and still consider the current driveway as an 'easement by necessity'.Good luck.Dimitry Esquire41088.0378497338
it is not an option to ask for a easement, it probably would not be granted. Is the only option the courts or because it states easement in the abstract, but just the wrong description, couldnt this be settled easier.
I am sorry Lynette but if the abstract and the title are different, it becomes an issue for the courts to settle and figure out what the correct description may be if the neighbors are unable or unwilling to re-sign the documentation. It becomes a fact issue that the courts have to evaluate. That may take months, I am afraid.It can be settled easier if the buyer chooses to accept the property with this potential defect, but that is no guarantee because this type of a defect will grant the buyer the right to cancel closing as this is a blemish on title. I wish I had better news for you, truly, but within 20 hours of closing you would not be able to settle this unless you get the buyer to agree to take the property as it is currently titled.Good luck.Dimitry Esquire41088.0477341435
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