An easement grants someone access to your property for practical purposes or for other reasons. For example, your neighbors may have access to a path on your property to get to the beach. While ...

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While most of the proposals call for specific changes to the land - such as prescribed burns and water improvements - five of the applications still in the running are for conservation easements. With ...

You may think of an easement as just a right of way — that is given over your property — to a utility company for overhead power lines, phone cables or underground water pipes. Many properties have ...

When I purchased my home 15 years ago, I learned that my rear neighbor had an easement across my property for a vehicle access road. My property is surrounded by a fence; however, the entrance to the ...

Property rights known as easements may benefit or burden a business. Most easements give the easement holder the legal right to use real property owned by another party for a limited purpose. A ...