In this form, the owner of an easement terminates his ownership of the easement in favor of the owner of the real property on which the easement was located. This form is a generic example that may be referred to when preparing such a form for your particular state.
Illinois Terminating or Termination of Easement by a General Release
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And easement is terminated by release if the dominant tenant agrees to give up the interest. A written release is required, usually the dominant tenant execute a quick claim deed in favor of the servient tenant, and the servient tenant records the deed.
These methods of termination are abandonment, merger, prescription, end of necessity, demolition or destruction, marketable title statutes, misuse, estoppel, and death of the holder of an easement in gross.
The servient easement is generally not permitted to interfere with an affirmative easement right. However, having an easement right over another's land is not the same as ownership, and there are a variety of ways the easement can be terminated and lost forever.
A presumed easement, or an easement by prescription, can be created based on physical use of property over time. A party claiming a prescriptive easement must provide evidence possession that is open, uninterrupted, continuous, exclusive, and adverse for a period of 20 years.
Easements can be terminated through release, merger, or abandonment, or lost by adverse possession. 25 AM JUR 2D Easements and Licenses §§ 112-119 (1996). Termination occurs by release when all the dominant owners agree to abandon the easement. City of Chicago v Hogberg, 217 Ill 180, 75 NE 542 (1905).
An easement is defined as the grant of a nonpossessory property interest that grants the easement holder permission to use another person's land.
Illinois adverse possession laws require claimants to occupy a given property for at least 20 years and either "color or title" or payment of property taxes for seven of those years.
You might be able to negotiate directly with your neighbor to get an easement. This might include paying your neighbor a fee to allow you to access the land. Be sure, though, to never rely on a verbal or handshake agreement. Instead, sign legal documents to make the easement official.