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Generally, the owner of any easement has a duty to maintain the easement. If the easement is owned by more than one person, or is attached parcels of land under different ownership, each owner must share in the cost of maintaining the easement pursuant to their agreement.
Utility easements include the right to maintain or work on the utility. Provided they're working only in the easement area, a utility company does not need permission to work on your property ? including digging in your yard.
Sanitary sewer easements are 20 to 40-feet in width. Normally no more than a 10-foot width along the easement center line is required to maintain access for inspection and maintenance unless excavation is required for a repair. In the case of repair and excavation the entire easement width is needed.
An easement is a legal right to use someone else's property for a designated purpose. For example, a utility company may hold an easement to and maintain water piping under your property. Easements do not grant any ownership rights to their beneficiaries.
The North Carolina courts have defined an easement as ?a non-possessory right to make limited use of land owned by another without taking a part thereof.?