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Easement appurtenant

An easement appurtenant is a nonpossessory right that benefits one parcel, the dominant tenement, and burdens another parcel, the servient tenement.

Official area

Property Ownership

Knowledge cluster

Property rights and burdens

Learning sequence

Define, distinguish, apply, retrieve

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Exam purpose

Recognize the rule, then reject the nearest look-alike.

Georgia lens

Apply the state distinction only when the facts call for it.

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What does Easement appurtenant mean in real estate?

An easement appurtenant is a nonpossessory right that benefits one parcel, the dominant tenement, and burdens another parcel, the servient tenement. It normally runs with the land.

How is Easement appurtenant different from the closest exam answer?

An appurtenant easement benefits a parcel. An easement in gross benefits a person or entity rather than a dominant parcel.

What is the Georgia-specific rule?

Georgia deeds and plats may create and describe appurtenant easements. A buyer should examine the recorded instrument for scope, location, maintenance, and duration.

Worked exam example

Scenario

A landlocked rear parcel has a recorded driveway right across the front parcel. The rear parcel is dominant and the front parcel is servient.

Decision rule

An appurtenant easement benefits a parcel. An easement in gross benefits a person or entity rather than a dominant parcel.

What is the most common exam trap?

Trap correction

The parcel using the easement is dominant even though it does not own the land being crossed.

Memory cue: The parcel using the easement is dominant even though it does not own the land being crossed.

Original exam check

Apply the definition

Which statement correctly explains Easement appurtenant?

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What is Easement appurtenant?

An easement appurtenant is a nonpossessory right that benefits one parcel, the dominant tenement, and burdens another parcel, the servient tenement.

What is Easement appurtenant commonly confused with?

An appurtenant easement benefits a parcel. An easement in gross benefits a person or entity rather than a dominant parcel.

How does Georgia treat Easement appurtenant?

Georgia deeds and plats may create and describe appurtenant easements. A buyer should examine the recorded instrument for scope, location, maintenance, and duration.