Every once in awhile, someone might come.
I'm in shingletown, but the land we're trying to build a house on is on ash creek rd. Not long after we bought it, a county person came to survey our land from the wayside, prob for tax revisions, but still.
People are also often wandering into our land (including a past fellon), so that could be taken into account.
If you want some fixture that the putter-in requires a permit, co will check for other unpermitted things when examining if the first permit can be met.
If you want to get a well drilled or any septic maintenance, they will check for many different things that may need permits. For example, when we had our well prospecter come out, he graciously warned us that the junk (from squatters, it took my family two years to clear the stuff
before this point) should be cleared, because when getting a well permit, the county would check for any other things that might be off code.
Fines are higher than permits.
Quite a few people I've talked to from out of the way places (a guy & others in Paradise, a couple working at RAIN, guy in Shingletown, prob more) have warned us of theirs' or others' firsthand experiences in being found, that they'd done something illegal without knowing. Then you've probably heard about the burn lot laws that devastated so many people
after the fires.
Fly-bys.
That guy in Paradise? his (friend? neighbor?) was in trouble for staying on their property without a house for over a fortnight in a camper. How did they learn this? a helicopter spotted their camper a few times. Then there's satellite.
In the future, there may be stricter rules for getting it permitted, which will take more renovation, time & money. Of course, we could also become the State of Jefferson, and less gov money would be directed away from us, making it cheaper. ;P
There's probably more, I'm just too tired to go on. We've found the risks, especially since we still need to get other things built and builders need to make sure of permits, greater than the disadvantages. We'll have to use life savings and work hard to get the permits for a house, tho.
I haven't talked to anyone with easements through
three people's properties though, so you might be safe.
Also, I'm in Shasta co, Cottonwood side. My Grandma's in Lake California (Cottonwood, Tehama), tho, so she might know more...
lmk if you want to talk more.