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.
Maryland Easement for Access to Property
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This form is an Easement or Right-of-Way for Access to Property. The form provides that an easement is granted for the ingress and egress to, from, upon, and over the property described in the agreement. The form also provides that the grantee may construct a permanent street or road on the property.
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An easement gives the dominant owner the right or rights to cross or otherwise use someone else's land. Two of the most common easement rights are a right to light and a right of way.
In Maryland, an easement is a non-possessory interest in the real property of another that can arise either by express grant or implication. (Clickner v. Magothy River Ass'n). Maryland easements are a species of servitude.
These easements are maintained by the County. Easements in a residential subdivision draining to a County right-of-way not conveying "public" water shall be specified as a "Private Drainage Easement" unless otherwise specified by the County.
Easements are contractual agreements between a property owner and a holding organization. Generally, the owners of the easement property agree to relinquish partial development rights, to maintain the property, to provide limited public access, and to obtain prior approval for any changes or alterations.
Due to the easement, the property owner may not be responsible for accidents on the land involved in the easement. Because a party other than the owner has the legal right to use the relevant land, that party can take legal responsibility for the safety, care, and maintenance of the land and accidents.
UTILITY EASEMENT The current requirement for 10?foot?wide public utility easements (PUE) on both sides of all streets has been reduced to a single PUE for all roads (public or private).
To establish an easement by prescription a person must make an adverse, exclusive, and uninterrupted use of another's real property for twenty years.
