Lotable field guide
Legal Access and Road Frontage: What Land Buyers Must Verify
A road touching a parcel on a map does not prove you have a legal or practical right to reach the property.
Map the physical relationship
Road and right-of-way layers can show proximity or possible frontage, but adjacency is only screening evidence.
Prove the legal right
Title records, plats, easements, and a survey must establish insurable ingress and egress.
Confirm the entrance
The road authority may control driveway location, sight distance, culverts, curb cuts, and emergency access.
Price the solution
Missing easements, private-road work, crossings, or frontage improvements can affect financing and feasibility.