Easement Release Document

The party gaining the benefit of the easement is the dominant estate (or dominant tenement), while the party granting the benefit or suffering the burden is the servient estate (or servient tenement). For example, the owner of parcel A holds an easement to use a driveway on parcel B to gain access to A's house.

An easement can be terminated by estopple if the easement holder shows an intent to abandon and the owner of the servient tenement spends money in reasonable reliance on the easement holders representations.

The land for the beneficial enjoyment of which the right exists is called the dominant heritage, and the owner or occupier thereof the dominant owner; the land on which the liability is imposed is called the servient heritage, and the owner or occupier thereof the servient owner.

Include the whole length and width. Do this by reference to plans and a ground inspection. Deduct the "after scenario" value from the "before scenario" value to arrive at a value per unit of the easement land. Multiply by the measured area of the easement land to arrive at a total market value.

You can terminate an easement by release. A release is a surrender of a right or interest, such as an easement. Only the person holding the right can release it, such as the owner of the dominant estate in an easement appurtenant or the holder of an easement in gross.

An easement can be terminated by releasing it through the use of a deed. This can be done through a quitclaim or grant deed. A merger of legal interests by common ownership will extinguish an easement. A merger occurs when the same owner acquires fee title to both the benefiting and burdened properties.

An easement, right of way or profit can be expressly released by deed. Once this has been done then it is extinguished and cannot be revived. An easement, right of way or profit can be sometimes impliedly released by the owner's actions or in rare cases by the owner's inaction.

Thus, the simplest method by which an owner can prevent an easement from being acquired on his or her property is by giving his consent to the other person's use. Once permission is given, the use by the neighbor (or the neighbor's tenant) is not adverse.

Which of the following actions would terminate an easement? A release signed by the holder of the dominant tenement. A revocation granted by the grantor of the easement. A full conveyance signed by the servient tenement.