The New Hampshire Land Surveyors’ Association celebrated their 50th anniversary with a packed annual meeting held in Concord earlier this month. Paul Alfano gave a presentation showing land surveyors how they can determine who owns the fee “underneath” a road.
Road ownership often is irrelevant until a road is discontinued, or if it never is opened, built, or used for public travel within certain, statutory time limits. Once one of those events occurs, land once encumbered by a road can be quite valuable.
For more information on public and private roads, please see our free road law guide. The guide is available online, or can be downloaded.
You can reach Paul Alfano at paul@paula89.sg-host.com or (603) 226-1188.