Do I have to give my neighbor a 30 day notice to move something he has put on my farm

[4570Man]

YES, someone suggested an accidental FIRE! I think if it was known there was a dispute, it would be looked at more closely. Who would even want to be suspected of such a thing?

I think that was me. Burning a wood pile on your own property isn’t a crime.

 

[Rebeldad1]

I never thought of you as a bad neighbor. But I don't believe you can collect the cost of a survey.

Q- was your purchased survey only focused on the immediate area of the container? Or did it survey your entire property, including property lines far away from the disputed item?

Only the property line with the container on it

 

[Industrial Toys]

If your intention was to affect this dispute, I would call it ARSON. I have been to parts of Northern Quebec, and if you tried that, your house would be on fire next.

Not a good road to go down if you ask me.

 

[4570Man]

Burning the wood pile probably isn’t a solid place. Burning the house in retaliation is a good way to end up dead. I’d probably shove the wood pile across the line and drag the container across and build a fence.

 

[Industrial Toys]

AFTER, everyone knows there is a dispute? And then, his property gets damaged. Yeah right. An accident.

Nothing like escalating a dispute. Really smart.

 

[Diggin It]

Do we even know what's in the container? Is it empty or full of something that would make it too heavy to move? Does it have a bad odor with stuff oozing out of it?

 

[4570Man]

AFTER, everyone knows there is a dispute? And then, his property gets damaged. Yeah right. An accident.

Nothing like escalating a dispute. Really smart.

Dragging the container back across the line is the quickest easiest way to end the dispute. What’s he going to claim you damaged? Drag marks in the dirt maybe. Highly unlikely he’s going to sue for that considering he cut trees and put gravel on the OPs property and then put the container there.

 

[Industrial Toys]

That approach to me would be reasonable if normal means failed. Done gently and not in a spirit of anger or retaliation.

Face it, there are always things we mightl like to do, or think would be fun to do, or just talk about, but really, it's best to keep one head, and don't allow ones EGO to get you into trouble.

 

[Ritothebull]

If the container is a rental the company's name and # should be on it and if so I would call them first, you'll no doubt get it relocated in short order once they know they put it on your property.

 

[Gary Fowler]

My neighbor moved in last summer. Started a BNB managed lodge and now does not live on the property. We have had easement issues (previously discussed here) and not on the best of terms.
While he was here we discussed if he knew wjere the property line was. He pointed out what the previous showed him and that was in line with the county aerial drawing. The property a few years back was surveyed and market but all is overgrown.

Last summer he moved in a shipping container. It was placed on the property line but seemed to be on our side. I let it pass because of how long the easement issue has taken (still not finished on that either).
I called the survey company a couple months ago to locate the pins set on the line. Last week they finally had time. The shipping container is about 5 feet from the property line and on our side. That puts the container and a pile of wood about 30 feet into our property.

It is placed noticeably into our property from the description he gave me so he would have done this knowing it was over the line.
I am writeing a notice letter in which I am including a picture of the survey pin and his container.
Notifing him of the survey
Billing him for the survey as well as charging him a monthly storage fee.
Also notifing him it needs to be moved.

Question is am I missing anything here as far as my rights?

Are you really talking about an easement or the property line. An easement could be just as much a part of his property as yours but a property line it totally different.
It looks like you are saying your neighbor bought the adjoining property without having a survey done then put the container where he thought the line should be.
This really sounds like lawyer time to me and perhaps you can make him pay for the survey if you go to court since you had to have it done to prove he is on your property. His responsibility was to have it surveyed prior to fencing or placing any permanent or semi-permanent (storage container) on the land.
Get a lawyer and sue him if he refuses to move it after you have contacted him. A judge might just make him pay at least half of the survey cost if not all since he should have done it when he bought the property. Most finance companies require a land survey before they will loan money to buy property.