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# Responsibility for water and sewer lines of connected townhomes

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## What do you think? Question:

This question is submitted by Jimmy P. out of North Carolina

 

I live in a townhome with another townhome connected by a shared wall. Our property lines are 5 ft from the exterior walls. We each have a water/sewer line from the street that crosses over common property. Who is responsible for broken water line or stopped up sewer line?

 

 

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