{"id":653,"date":"2026-01-30T06:21:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T06:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alexi.pro\/?p=653"},"modified":"2026-01-30T06:21:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T06:21:24","slug":"right-of-way-or-easement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alexi.pro\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/right-of-way-or-easement\/","title":{"rendered":"Right of way or easement"},"content":{"rendered":"\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"reddit\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>\n

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An easement is a broad right to use someone else’s land for a specific purpose (like utilities or drainage), while a right-of-way (ROW) is a type of easement specifically granting the right to pass over another’s property for access, often to a public road, forming a path<\/mark>.\u00a0<\/span>Think of it as: all ROWs are easements, but not all easements are ROWs;\u00a0<\/span>an ROW is about passage, while other easements might be for things like power lines or water pipes.\u00a0<\/span>Key conditions for a compulsory ROW often involve a landlocked property needing access, with the path chosen to cause the least harm to the neighbor’s land and requiring fair compensation.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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    Definition:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
    A legal right to use a portion of another person’s land for a specific, defined purpose.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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      Examples:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
      Utility easements (power lines, sewer pipes), drainage easements, or even light\/view easements.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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        Can be for continuous use (like drainage) or intermittent (like an inspection).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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        Right of Way (ROW)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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        Definition:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>A specific easement for passage or travel over another’s property.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

        Purpose:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>To provide access to a public highway for a landlocked property (dominant estate).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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        • Property is surrounded by other immovable properties.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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        • No adequate access to a public highway.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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        • Isolation isn’t the owner’s fault.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
        • The path chosen is the least prejudicial (damaging) to the neighbor’s land (servient estate).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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        • Proper indemnity (payment) must be made for the ROW.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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            An easement is a broad right to use someone else’s land for a specific purpose (like utilities or drainage), while a right-of-way (ROW) is a type of easement specifically granting the right to pass over another’s property for access, often to a public road, forming a path.\u00a0Think of it as: all ROWs are easements, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexi.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexi.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexi.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexi.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexi.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alexi.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":654,"href":"https:\/\/alexi.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653\/revisions\/654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexi.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexi.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexi.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}