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My father-in-law died recently (Florida) and left me vacant property (about 5 acres) he has owned in south wayne county for about 40 years. I was there a little over 20 years ago as we walked the approximately 5 acres but to be honest I have NO IDEA where it is located. I even made a comment to him (half joking) about six months before he died that one day we need to make a trip up to KY because if something ever happened to him there is no way I could find it. Unfortunately he died of a heart attack about 6 months later.
My question is this: How do I find the property? I do have a map# from the tax statement so can I hire a property appraiser in KY and give him/her the map# from the tax statement and he/she take me to the property as well as identify property lines? Any estimates on what that would cost? Any other suggestions?
I would like to visit the property and is quite possible I will be relocating to the Nashville TN area soon which would allow me to actually make an occasional weekend trip to this property and spend some time on it.
You might want to post your inquiry in the general Kentucky section, rather than in the Lexington section.
Once you're in Wayne County, the county tax assessor and/or deeds on record ought to have a description of your property including its location - in fact, it sounds as if you may already have this. Next step would be to acquire a county map, or even try online maps if you have a legal address for your property. You might also want to talk with a surveyor to confirm your legal boundaries. Your lawyer, or perhaps your late father-in-law's lawyer, can also provide assistance.
Good luck with your property - it sounds like a very generous legacy from your father-in-law.
If you have a tax document that shows the map number or parcel identification number, contact the Wayne county courthouse and provide the tax documents and they should be able to get you a physically street address.
you can/will need to look up in the deed - also at the court house - and that will have the dimensions and boundaries for that 5 acre plot but there probably won't be a detailed survey; maybe not even a plat map.
If you have the deed and the property will/does belong to you, a survey can mark the specific borders of the parcel IF you think you need it. These days for a rural, outdated plat map, a surveyor will probably charge at least a thousand dollars and may take 6 months before they physcially mark the borders. Lots of time will need to be spent chasing down neighbors' deeds and other property markers. These days, the surveyors measure in hundredths of a foot where as in the 50's, 60's and 70's, surveys could be off by many feet for a five acre parcel.
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