If this is the case, you can often have the easement removed. This is called a quit claim . It usually involves some minor administrative fees to process the quit claim and have the easement removed from your deed. If this will help your property sell, it is worth doing. A typical encroachment might be a neighbor's fence or shed that crosses the property line.
Most encroachments are slight and unintended and therefore, unnoticed until a survey is done.
A major encroachment, however - such as a neighbor's garden shed that is mostly or entirely on the property, should be removed. In fact, in some jurisdictions, sellers must provide a new survey when they sell a property. The survey should reveal any encroachments. The nation's number one individually owned real estate company. This entire web site is on file as a copyright Registration with the Library of Congress Copyright Office.