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private easement

A private easement is an easement that provides the right to use and enjoy a tract of property (the servient estate) by one specific person or a few specific people. Private easements are often sold to an adjoining property owner to allow the adjoining property owner to use the easement seller’s property in a limited way.

For example, a private sewer easement may be sold to a person building a house to allow the sewer line to slant properly to the street—which may require it to run underneath the easement seller’s property (the servient estate).



State Statutes for the State of Texas

CHAPTER 561 - WATER CONTROL BY COUNTIES

FLOOD CONTROL PROPERTY; CONDEMNATION. (a) A county may acquire public or private real property, including easements and rights-of-way, for

CHAPTER 216 - REGULATION OF SIGNS BY MUNICIPALITIES

(a) In this section, "private real property" does not include real property subject to an easement or

CHAPTER 251 - GENERAL COUNTY AUTHORITY RELATING TO ROADS AND BRIDGES

municipality with the prior consent of the governing body of the municipality to condemn and acquire real property, a right-of-way, or an easement in public or private real property that the commissioners court

CHAPTER 284 - DEPLOYMENT OF NETWORK NODES IN PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY

(17) "Private easement" means an easement or other real property right that is only for the benefit

Federal Statutes