PASS GEORGIA
REAL ESTATE EXAM PREPGEORGIA REAL ESTATE EXAM GLOSSARY
An easement appurtenant is a nonpossessory right that benefits one parcel, the dominant tenement, and burdens another parcel, the servient tenement.
Property Ownership
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What does Easement appurtenant mean?
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 do you separate the nearest exam answer?
An appurtenant easement benefits a parcel. An easement in gross benefits a person or entity rather than a dominant parcel.
What changes or stays the same in Georgia?
Georgia deeds and plats may create and describe appurtenant easements. A buyer should examine the recorded instrument for scope, location, maintenance, and duration.
A landlocked rear parcel has a recorded driveway right across the front parcel. The rear parcel is dominant and the front parcel is servient.
The parcel using the easement is dominant even though it does not own the land being crossed.
PASS GEORGIA
REAL ESTATE EXAM PREPGEORGIA REAL ESTATE EXAM
GLOSSARY TERM GUIDERetrieve the rule under exam conditions
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Lot B is landlocked and has a recorded driveway easement across Lot A to the road. The owner of Lot B sells Lot B. Which statement is accurate?
- A
The easement ends, since it was personal to the seller
- B
The easement passes to Lot B's buyer with the land
- C
Lot A becomes the dominant tenement after the sale
- D
The buyer must renegotiate the right as a license
An easement appurtenant benefits a parcel, so it runs with the land to the next owner of Lot B. Lot B, the parcel using the driveway, is the dominant tenement, and Lot A is servient. A right tied to a person rather than a parcel would be an easement in gross.
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https://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/gacode/Default.aspOfficial statewide reference for Georgia real estate recording, indexing, and public land-record access.
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