An easement can be involuntary, known as a prescriptive easement. A "prescriptive easement” is a permanent legal right to use the real property belonging to another person, and is a form of “adverse possession.”It is created, not in a deed or other transaction, but by conduct: the open and hostile?use?of another’s property for a continuous period of at least 10 years (i.e., the New York statute of limitations).? The prescriptive easement differs from cases of “adverse possession,” where the law actually grants title rights to the “adverse possessor.”? With prescriptive easements, however, the law gives the “user” a “right of use” in another person’s property, equal to the user's conduct over the 10-year period,
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最近安装新的围栏，把survey 拿出来看了一下，发现邻居的车道和车库占了我们家6英尺宽的地面，房子去年买的。买的时候前房主的fence就是和邻居家的车道是无空隙的。并且FENCE边的一棵树被邻居家以围栏为界限砍掉了一半，当时以为分界线就在围栏这里。现在才发现其实我们这边围栏向邻居方向6英尺都是属于我们的地，但是看来他们的车道和车库都修建了几十年了。计算了一下，6英尺宽的地面实际面积被对方占走了840平方英尺。
求问，这6英尺宽的地还可以拿回吗？，我们是否可以让邻居移走车库，归还属于我们的面积呢？
欢迎各位朋友解答。非常感谢。
1. the law
An easement can be involuntary, known as a prescriptive easement. A "prescriptive easement” is a permanent legal right to use the real property belonging to another person, and is a form of “adverse possession.”It is created, not in a deed or other transaction, but by conduct: the open and hostile?use?of another’s property for a continuous period of at least 10 years (i.e., the New York statute of limitations).? The prescriptive easement differs from cases of “adverse possession,” where the law actually grants title rights to the “adverse possessor.”? With prescriptive easements, however, the law gives the “user” a “right of use” in another person’s property, equal to the user's conduct over the 10-year period,
https://www.nycbar.org/get-legal-help/article/real-property-law/restrictions-on-right-to-exclude-others-from-real-property/?
2. the estimation
假设车道和车库都占六尺，那么车道由于他们没有禁止你们使用，只是prescriptive easement，就是他们可以用你们的地皮，地产还是你们的。
车库占六尺就不一样了，如果车库有门有锁，完全是他们用，他们可以claim adverse possession。如果你去告他们，他们可以反告adverse possession，这样地皮就丢掉了。
但是如果车库仅仅是一个carport，没有门锁，那么还是和车道一样，是prescriptive easement，地皮是你们的，他们可以用。
看样子似乎NY的年限是十年，不知道房子历史是什么样的。你要知道更多，传照片上来。
首先买房律师没有看土地勘探文件。可以和对方协商，然后通过律师达成一个协议，不行就走法律程序。这地面积也太大了， 不能轻易放弃， 否则你以后卖房会吃亏的。
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