Easement for Utilities
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The easements shall be at least 15 feet in width and may be coincident with utility easements. Where a subdivision is traversed by a legal drain, the easement for the drain shall be in ance with the Indiana Code requirements for legal drains.
You can refuse a utility easement request, especially if there are alternate properties that the company could use instead of yours.
Illinois law recognizes an easement by necessity as one of the two types of an implied easement (along with an easement arising from a pre-existing use). An easement by necessity is created when a landowner is landlocked and needs access for ingress and egress over another's property.
Indiana easement laws are derived from a combination of common law and statutory authority. Easement theories are complex and heavily dependent upon specific facts. Therefore, a landowner's rights are often initially unclear and require an intensive investigation into an easement's creation and intended purpose.
An easement is the right to use or enter land, or servient estate, that belongs to someone else for a particular purpose, often to benefit the dominant estate. Because utilities go hand-in-hand with the use of property, easements provide the route for utilities to gain access to property.
The easement width shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet.
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 The most common type of easement, a utility easement allows a utility company to run its pipes, lines, etc., under or on other people's property in order to serve its customers. As opposed to buying all the land necessary, utility companies negotiate easement agreements with landowners.