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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For many people, the property line is between the street and sidewalk (so a pipe under the front yard and extending under the sidewalk is all on their land).[/quote]

Ack. OK, that’s a new piece of information. In what state and county is this true? How do you know exactly where your property line ends? In Maryland from what WSSC says, I thought it seemed pretty clear that they would be responsible for anything under the street up until the homeowners property started. I assumed that your property started when your land or grass started. The part you’re responsible to maintain and mow. Come to think of it. We are required to shovel our sidewalks, so maybe that is our property as well? Yet we are not required to maintain the surface of the sidewalk.[/quote]

There is no uniformity at all where the property line is.

Just within DC, sometimes the property line is the front facade of the house, sometimes even the porch and bay window are in public space. Sometimes the property line is between the sidewalk and the yard, sometimes it's the curb of the street. You need to look at a surveyor's map, that's the only way to know.

Fortunately it's all online now, you used to have to go down to the Register of Deeds. [/quote]

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