Virginia Easement By Necessity

• Category: Real Estate - Easements and Rights of Way
• State: Virginia
• Control #: VA-EAS-2
• Format: Word; Rich Text

Description

Purpose of conserving the natural and cultural values of the Property, preserving the dominant agricultural, woodland and wetland character of the Property, and preventing the use or development of the Property for any purpose or in any manner which would conflict with the maintenance of the Property in its scenic, agricultural, woodland and wetland condition or with purposes of the Open Space Land Act.

An easement gives one party the right to go onto another party's property. That property may be owned by a private person, a business entity, or a group of owners. Utilities often get easements that allow them to run pipes or phone lines beneath private property. Easements may be obtained for access to another property, called "access and egress", use of spring water, entry to make repairs on a fence or slide area, drive cattle across and other uses. The easement is a real property interest, but separate from the legal title of the owner of the underlying land.