EASEMENTS

What is an easement?

• A right of ownership

• A right to use land

• A right to occupy land

• A right to assign land

Easements can only be created by an express agreement

• Yes

• No

If your property has no direct access to a public road, you can say that your property is...

" When a property is sold, the new owner has the same right to use the easement as the previous owner did" means...

• The easement flies with the land

• The easement swims with the land

• The easement runs with the land

• The easement walks with the land

In an easement in gross there are dominant and servient tenements

• True

• False

• Sometimes

Every night, when your neighbor Harry comes home, he drives his car across the corner of your property. You see him but never stop him and he does it for 5 years. One day, you get tired of him driving across your property and tell him to stop but he says “no way, I have an easement by prescription”.

• You are right

• Harry is right

• No one is right

• Both are right

An easement can not be terminated by a court order

• True

• False

It is always a good idea to request a _ _ _ before buying a property.

Easements in appurtenant run with the transfer of land

• True

• False

Ann sells a back portion of her land to Dave, but neglects to give him an easement for access. If Ann refuses to give Dave the easement...

• Dave can go to court and have an easement by implication granted to have access.

• Dave can go to court and have an easement by prescription granted to have access.

• Dave can go to court and have an easement by necessity granted to have access.

• He cannot do anything because it's Ann's land.