Real Property Legal Questions and Answers
Can I Revoke an Easement on My Property for Utilities?
I am uncertain if an easement was issued in 1992 when I bought my home. I have been under the assumption it was. The property my home is on is encroached on by an apartment building by 1.7 feet and the water, sewage, and other utilities of these apartments run through my back yard. I was told at the time as a first time home buyer I had no choice I had to sign an easement for ...
05/18/2011 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: New Mexico | #24868When is a right of way considered abandoned?
a right of way not being used for over 40 years, is it still valid?
04/29/2011 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Louisiana | #24747Can a Neighbor Use My Driveway if the Other Owner Hasn't Consented?
I own a piece of land and a neighbor came to me 6 months about the availability of him of usine my road into the property to access his son's to be built home. Because i did not want to have a confrontation with the person i told him i need to ask a brother of mine that also owned the property if it was ok with him. i alos told him that he needed to have his attorney write up a...
04/18/2011 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Pennsylvania | #24667Can I stop a utility company from changing the equipment used in the easement?
I signed a waterline right of way and easement,they put the waterline in the ground in november 2010 and in marsh 2011, The gas drilling company redug the ground and put a fiberoptic line in without my agreement or a contract,The landman said they would sue me if i tried to stop them. This is what my agreement says, A permanent easement and right of way for the purposes of layi...
04/07/2011 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: West Virginia | #24592Does my neighbor have the right to plant on or grade my driveway easement?
I have an exclusive driveway easement that has been surveyed and registered at the court house. I am responsible for all maintenance and upkeep does my neighbor have the right to plant on it or grade it.
03/30/2011 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Tennessee | #24533What are my options when being constantly blocked on my easement?
I am the last house on an easement. I own the easement. I am constantly being blocked in by guests worker etc. I have repeatedly asks the home owners not to do so with no satisfaction. What are my options? My ability to have unrestricted access and egress. Deliveries to my home are also some times interrupted.
03/27/2011 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: New York | #24506Can a New Owner Deny Me Access to a Water Easement I've Used for 12 Years?
I own a mobile home as a rental and have been buying water from a pvt. water system for 12 years. I am on a easement type road and the county will not run a water line to my property. A well is on my property but is contaminated so the system owner who buys water from the county and has a line running past my property is the only way I can get water. The seller without notice t...
03/21/2011 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Georgia | #24456Who is Responsible for Maintenance of an Easement?
I am the owner of a small hobby farm in Washington Co Kentucky.To access my farm I have to drive across a deeded right of way which is mentioned in my deed and in the deed of the owner of the farm I travel across.For the last 24 years I have been the only one maintaining this road which is gravel.The maintenance consist of cutting the grass on the edge of the right of way.The r...
01/18/2011 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Kentucky | #24030Can I Terminate an Easement if I Buy Adjoining land?
I own a 6 acre lot in PA, that is the second to last lot on a mountain dirt road. There was one more 7 acre lot beyond mine which was supposed to be a common area on which the road terminated as a cul-de-sac. When the developer tried to transfer the property to the owners association, they refused to accept possession of it because they didn't want to be burdened with the p...
01/17/2011 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Pennsylvania | #24021What Can I Do if if Someone Exceeds the Boundaries of an Easement?
What happens when the boundaries of an easement are exceeded by causes of nature. The U.S. Corp of Engineers obtained an easement onto my property to raise the level of a stream that flows by. They turned a three foot deep creek into a fifteen foot deep raging hell hole. The amounts of water , and in the winter , great amounts of ice keep eroding the stream bank. The water ...
12/30/2010 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Pennsylvania | #23909