re: Is there any legal recourse in this situation?

You might have a surevytude but better consult with a lawyer.

Happened in Florida a few years ago, cinder blocks work

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Happened in Florida a few years ago, cinder blocks work

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This one is always great

Owner puts up a fence to block the guy from getting to his spot behind the house just far enough to get to the owners own spot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvT89FBC320

And in video two the person that got blocked puts up a fence so that the first fence builder cant get to his spot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdwiaIfRKdk

If it was poured in the 30’s, you own the entire driveway through adverse possession. I would probably delete this post and if he took you to court, you would tell the judge you had been using the driveway as your own for x many years.

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It’s not me. I’m asking for a buddy. He offered 1000. The dumb bitch is just being difficult. This all started because someone new is moving in. They should have just knocked on the door and he would have moved.

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Simple solution before the new tenants move in...

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Is there anything that can be done legally to get ownership of the full drive?

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Survey the line, rent a concrete saw and cut the extra concrete off. Repour the two feet on the other side.

I would speak to a lawyer but I think you would be the sole owner through adverse possession/acquisitive prescription if you have been using this piece of property as your own for that amount of time (in addition to the previous property owners)

If the driveway has been in place for more than 30 years, your buddy owes its entirety through acquisitive prescription. This is true even if he hasn’t owned the property that long, as he gets the advantage of the possession of his predecessors in title, whether or not they were in good faith or bad faith. The 30 years can be cut to 10 if your buddy’s title describes all of the driveway (or if the title of his predecessor does), as being entirely on the property.

Also, assuming your buddy financed the purchase, the mortgage company required a survey which should have found the error. The mortgage company likely has title insurance and your buddy may have some level of protection under the lender’s policy (or his own title policy). Either way, he likely has a cause of action against the surveyor and/or the closing attorney who also should have found the error. However, you have a fairly narrow window of opportunity to go after the closing attorney.

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If it was poured in the 30’s, you own the entire driveway through adverse possession.

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Again it does not meet the requirement of exclusive use. If the property owner (even very rarely) uses the driveway AP just simply doesn't apply and anyone that thinks it does needs to go back and kick their 1L Property prof in the nuts assuming they had one.

AP is actually extremely rare in actual practice. Courts are generally reluctant to transfer ownership of property in this manner. It is even rarer in property boundary disputes especially when both properties are occupied. Walls, fences and the like are almost always required for this type of fruitful AP claim.