Utah Consent To Encroachment - Into Easement
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Tennessee utility easement laws don't open the utility companies to use the property in any way they like. However, they can stipulate how the area in which they work can be developed. For instance, a property might have restrictions as to where trees can be planted to avoid damaging the utility line.
Can You Build a Fence on an Easement? Yes, in most cases, you can build a fence on an easement. Fences are regularly built along or across easements. Homeowners who do this must expect the chance that their fence might be pulled down by a dominant estate (utility company, for example).
Both involve a property owner making extensions over their neighbor's property. While encroachments are the unauthorized use of the neighbor's property, easements are agreed upon by both parties. In many cases, the party responsible for the easement compensates the other neighbor.
In order to formally establish the easement as a property right, the owner would need to either enter an agreement with the owner of the property being used for the easement, or file an action in court to prove that the easement right has been established.
Section 57-13a-102 - Prescriptive easement for water conveyance (1) A prescriptive easement may be established if a water user has maintained a water conveyance for a period of 20 years during which the use has been: (a) continuous; (b) open and notorious; and (c) adverse.
Fences are typically built between 2 and 8 inches from the line between properties. Some areas will allow the building of fences directly on the property line, but in this case, you'll have to cooperate with your neighbor and potentially share the cost of the fence.
With an easement, a landowner, without sharing profits, has the right to use and enjoy another landowner's land. Easements are created either by a written contract or by implication in situations such as streets, parks, or alleyways.
You'll want to check if you're the easement user, known as the dominant property, or if you're the property owner who must allow your neighbor to use your property, known as the servient property. The servient property owner cannot block the use of the easement.
