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Prescriptive easement dispute, Nebraska.
In 1973 my aunt bought a farm and sold off 5 acres with no written easement at that time. In 1981 she granted a perpetual easement to the lot which was 30' wide. This easement did not include a portion of the drive that cut across the corner where the lot and the 30' easement intersected. The lot also changed owners in 1981 and my aunt told the new owners of the lot that they c...
06/28/2009 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Nebraska | #17224Is a County Worker Guilty of Trespass for Entering a Hole in My Fence?
If I have a fence up and there is an 8 foot opening in it, does that give a county worker the right to trespass?
06/09/2009 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Maryland | #16916Where can I find an example of a joint driveway easement for South Carolina?
I need an example of a joint driveway easement for the State of South Carolina. If you cannot find an example for my state, then any example is fine.
06/03/2009 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: South Carolina | #16859Easment for Landlocked Parcel in Texas
My mother passed away in 2005 and left a Ranch in Stephens County Tx to my brother , sister and myself in equal parts. The will was probated and all three were named as executors. My sister and I wish to sell our 2/3 of the Ranch but a real estate agent told us we need a road easement for land that we cross to get to our Ranch. The owner of this land is agreeable to giving us a...
05/19/2009 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Texas | #16711Easement of ingress and egress
We own a piece of rural property in California which has access problems. A neighbor has offered to grant us an easement allowing us to use his private road which extends all the way across his acreage to our property. We need an easement form which we can all sign and record with Mendocino County (a Grant Deed) which will grant us ingress and egress in perpetuity, and be tra...
05/11/2009 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: California | #16634In Florida who legally is required to maintain the easement to a property?
Easement to property. Who legally is required to maintain the easement? Is it the owner of the property that the easement is on or the property owner that uses the easement? If damages are done to the easement who is required to fix it / Maintain it by Florida Law?
05/04/2009 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: ALL | #16542Can your the state take 20' right of way from the homeowner without compensation?
Can your state department of transportation take the 20' right of way from the homeowner and widen the road without compensation?
04/23/2009 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Pennsylvania | #16109Can the owner of the parcel where the easement exist move the driveway?
Our home/land is land locked and we have a private easement (legal and documented) over a neighboring parcel. The easement is 24'; however the previous owners (builders) of both parcels did not survey the property prior to establishing the driveway. A survey has shown that our driveway exceeds the easement. The driveway has been in place since before 1996. We purchased the ...
04/18/2009 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Michigan | #16042Convey Easement Rights to Property
We recently (two years ago) acquired a piece of property through a trust disbursement. The trustor mentions in the trust that the real property had a common driveway with the adjoining property. However, the grant deed has no such description in it (an easement). Further, the adjoining property has improvements constructed which are several feet onto our property (as determined...
04/13/2009 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: California | #15970What Affect will the Transfer of Landlocked Lot have on Easement Rights?
I am in the Unincorporated section of Collin County. The Question is: Can a seller who owns a 40 acre tract of land sell a 2 acre lot that would be landlocked if it were not for an Access Easement to a public road? Also, could the seller sell the Access Easement to the person that bought the 2 acre lot or does this access easement run with the larger tract of land? Is it not sa...
03/05/2009 | Category: Real Property » Easements | State: Texas | #15450