fried1765
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So did you plant 4 feet or 4 inches from the property line?
I don't think he can make you move the plants but if they are 4 inches from the property line then there can always be a dispute on the exact location of the line and 4 inches is not much. My understanding for my area is that he would be able to trim the shrubs to the property line. Trimming the plants to the property line with the plants 4 inches from the line is going to look odd and may not be healthy for the shrubs.
If the shrubs are four feet from the line that makes things a bit better.
It is a moot point now but you might have been able to claim the property since you were maintaining it with a adverse possession claim which is not easy to do but possible. This is what the neighbor is worried about. Not a good sign that he jumped to that conclusion and started a property line peeing contest when he just moved in. Sad.
Good Luck,
Dan
My property has 7 abutters.
3 of them throw their brush-grass clippings over the line.
2 have structures well inside the 25' legal offset minimum.
1 did have a small shed that was over the line, but it deteriorated, and the owner removed it.
Perhaps the theory is: oh he can't see it from his house,... so it is OK.
I am an old guy, so .... I just shut up, and suck it up.