Who must create a true easement?

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Who must create a true easement?

A true easement is created when the owner of the servient estate grants or reserves the right to use their land for the benefit of another parcel. The servient landowner is the party who imposes the burden and, by conveying or reserving the easement, brings the right into existence. The easement then runs with the land and benefits the dominant estate. The other parties don’t create the easement themselves: the dominant estate benefits from it, but it is the servient owner's action—granting or reserving—that creates the legal right.

A true easement is created when the owner of the servient estate grants or reserves the right to use their land for the benefit of another parcel. The servient landowner is the party who imposes the burden and, by conveying or reserving the easement, brings the right into existence. The easement then runs with the land and benefits the dominant estate. The other parties don’t create the easement themselves: the dominant estate benefits from it, but it is the servient owner's action—granting or reserving—that creates the legal right.

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