Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California

Re: Serious Neighbor Harassment

If you need to access part of his property to get in and out of your property, you may need to file what is known as an action to quiet title to a prescriptive easement.

I would suggest you contact an attorney to evaluate the situation, as a simple restraining order prohibiting harassment will not solve your problem.

Very truly yours,

Re: Serious Neighbor Harassment

I agree with the previous answer; suits for harassment don't produce much finality and any money damages you might get would be pretty small in relation to the costs of suit. An action for prescriptive easement has merit as to the garage access problem. However, there seem to be deeper problems here and an attorney looking at your question has to wonder what the neighbor's position is on this - does the neighbor have an equally-convincing argument that he or she has been harassed or victimized by you?

The bottom line is that giving really useful advice necessarily depends upon evaluating both parties' claims and positions, then giving advice based upon what a judge or jury would probably think after hearing both sides. You may indeed be 100% in the right, but proper advice requires knowing the roots of the problem.