What is an easement?
An easement is the right provided to a person or entity to use someone else’s property. The property owner usually transfers this right while retaining ownership through execution of an easement document. See our brochure entitled “Easements: What You Should Know,” for more information on easements with the Cobb County Water System. .
An easement is the right to use the land of another. Title to the land remains in the owner. However, use of the land is subject to the easement. The most common type of easement is a Utility Easement. A Utility Easement grants to all public utility companies the right to use that strip of land for their systems. Easements can also be for other uses such as access and drainage. Easement can be dedicated by the property owner by adopting a plat. Or, an easement can be granted though the execution of a written document, which is similar to a deed. Rather than granting the right of a third party to use a piece of land for say, the installation of a sewer line, easements can also be granted to prohibited certain activities. For example, and easement might granted on land near an airport that prohibits building above a certain height. Easements almost always continue in force upon future landowners so your property can be impacted by easements granted by property owners many years ago. For
Generally speaking, an easement is the right to use all or part of the property of another person for some specific purpose. Easements can be permanent or temporary (i.e., limited to a stated period of time). Easements are created for a variety of purposes, including public access, utilities, drainage, pipelines, or pole lines. Interstate and primary highway easements were granted to the State of Alaska by the Federal Government through Public Land Orders (PLO). Other easements were acquired through Notices of Utilization filed by Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF), and some were purchased from adjoining land owners for a specific purpose. For more Right of Way information visit the Right of Way website.
