An easement gives one party the right to go onto another party's property. That property may be owned by a private person, a business entity, or a group of owners. Utilities often get easements that allow them to run pipes or phone lines beneath private property. Easements may be obtained for access to another property, called "access and egress", use of spring water, entry to make repairs on a fence or slide area, drive cattle across and other uses. The easement is a real property interest, but separate from the legal title of the owner of the underlying land.
Missouri Sample Letter for Request to Formalize Easement
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An easement acquired by prescription is a right acquired by continued and un-interrupted use which is open and visible, hostile, and under claim of right for a period of at least ten years.
To establish a prescriptive easement, it is necessary to show use that has been continuous, uninterrupted, visible and adverse for a period of 10 years.
In the absence of an agreement to the contrary, the owner of the dominant estate has the general duty to repair easement damage.
Your rights as a property owner include deciding who has access to and use of your property. You can refuse a utility easement request, especially if there are alternate properties that the company could use instead of yours.
Generally, the duty to maintain an easement rests with the owner of the dominant estate. There are two general types of easements recognized in Missouri: (1) appurtenant easements and (2) easements in gross.
For example, Johnny bought property that did not have access to a public road, but he used the private gravel road of his neighbor to reach a public road for ten years. A court may grant him a prescriptive easement if the owner of the other property did not ask him to stop using the private road.
