While the beach is considered public, access in Duck has been limited to private property and paths controlled and owned by homeowners’ associations. But Hovey has taken issue with that notion. In a complaint filed in Dare County Superior Court in August, Hovey and his wife Tanya contend that the recorded subdivision plat confirms that roads and easements in Sand Dollar Shores were dedicated to the public by the owner in 1981 and accepted at the time by the Dare County Board of Commissioners.    Read the article…………………………