Which easement runs with the land and benefits adjacent land?

Which easement runs with the land and benefits adjacent land?

• A. Express Easements
• B. Easement In Gross
• C. Prescriptive Easement
• D. Easement Appurtenant

Answer: (D)

An easement appurtenant is the one that runs with the land and benefits adjacent land. It attaches to the dominant parcel (the land that gains the benefit) and burdens the servient parcel (the land that bears the burden). Because it’s tied to the property itself, the right stays with the land if the property is sold or transferred, passing to new owners along with ownership of the parcels involved. Contrast this with an easement in gross, which benefits a person or entity rather than a parcel of land, so it doesn’t attach to a specific piece of property. Express easements are created by a written agreement, and prescriptive easements come from long-term use; neither distinction by itself defines whether the easement runs with land—the key factor is whether it attaches to land and benefits adjacent land, which makes it appurtenant.

An easement appurtenant is the one that runs with the land and benefits adjacent land. It attaches to the dominant parcel (the land that gains the benefit) and burdens the servient parcel (the land that bears the burden). Because it’s tied to the property itself, the right stays with the land if the property is sold or transferred, passing to new owners along with ownership of the parcels involved.

Contrast this with an easement in gross, which benefits a person or entity rather than a parcel of land, so it doesn’t attach to a specific piece of property. Express easements are created by a written agreement, and prescriptive easements come from long-term use; neither distinction by itself defines whether the easement runs with land—the key factor is whether it attaches to land and benefits adjacent land, which makes it appurtenant.