GEOFFREY MURRY

San Francisco Easement and Access Dispute Lawyer

Representation for disputes involving express easements, prescriptive easements, access rights, shared driveways, and claimed rights to use another person’s land.

Easement disputes often start when someone claims the right to use part of your property — or when you need to protect access across someone else’s. These conflicts can involve driveways, roads, paths, parking areas, utility access, gates, shared entrances, or long-standing informal use that was never clearly documented.

More than 20 years of experience

Geoffrey Murry helps San Francisco Bay Area property owners understand, enforce, or challenge claimed easement rights, including recorded easements, prescriptive easements, access rights, and other disputes over how land may be used.

Types of easement disputes

  • Express easements

  • Prescriptive easements

  • Implied easements

  • Implied dedication

  • Access rights

  • Shared driveways

  • Utility easements

  • Parking or pathway disputes

  • Claims based on long-term use

  • Interference with recorded easement rights

What is a prescriptive easement?

A prescriptive easement is a claimed right to use another person’s land based on long-term use under specific legal conditions. These claims are fact-intensive and often depend on the history, visibility, continuity, and character of the use.

Why easement disputes matter

Even a limited right to use property can affect privacy, access, development potential, resale value, and the practical enjoyment of land.

FAQ

  • Geoffrey Murry handles easement and access dispute litigation matters in the San Francisco Bay Area involving express easements, prescriptive easements, implied easements, implied dedication, access rights, shared driveways, utility easements, parking or pathway disputes, claims based on long-term use, and interference with recorded easement rights.

  • If someone claims an easement over your property, you should review recorded documents, gather evidence of past use, avoid making informal concessions, and speak with a real estate litigation lawyer who can evaluate whether the claimed right is valid.

  • Geoffrey Murry represents clients in San Francisco and throughout the Bay Area.

  • 582 Market Street, Suite 607
    San Francisco, California 94104

  • Phone: 415.805.7158 or Email: geoffrey@gmrel.com