When you buy real estate, including in the form of a house and the land it sits on, it's your private property to do with as you wish. As long as you follow local zoning and building code rules, you ...

In their Land Use column, Adam Leitman Bailey and John M. Desiderio discuss how New York appellate courts determine whether or not a party is entitled to claim a prescriptive easement over another ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What Is an Easement? Why You Might Have to Share Your Property For many homebuyers, an easement is anything but easy to understand ...

An easement is a common finding during a title search, the crucial step in the homebuying process that confirms the seller’s legal ownership of the property and uncovers any claims or restrictions ...

An easement grants someone access to your property for practical purposes or for other reasons. For example, your neighbors may have access to a path on your property to get to the beach. While ...

An easement gives another party the right to access a property without the owner’s permission. Specified in the title, easements are granted for a number of reasons, including: Allowing utility ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The Montana House on Tuesday passed a bill amended to add restrictions to prescriptive easements ...