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Obellisk posted...

Did you get a survey when you bought the property?

This. You had to. Its standard, or at the very least your lawyer dug up an old one. Every property or structure ever made gets a survey its just standard. Dig out your purchase agreement and lawyers papers from when you purchased the house and see, the copy will be in there.

You can also go online or into your local municipal tax office and pay the small fee to get ahold of it if need be.

If the tree is on his property, call him first then his insurance if he wont honor the deed. Take pics but I see you did. If the tree is technically on your property just proceed with cleaning and repair and be happy it didn't kill anyone.

Source - I work in land development and deal with this stuff all the time. Usually surveys are only done once on a property or nee build so if you bought the house used your lawyer would have judt dug out the original survey but it still remains the guide. Your lawyer would have also done a roll under check to make sure the deed was clean and there was no crazy means against it before purchase. The survey is part of that process.