A property easement is a right to use some part of a property for a specific purpose. A survey will define the property lines to hopefully prevent any questions of land ownership.

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An express easement may be contained in the deed to the property or in another document. Some examples include:

	A utility company can run power lines on a property
	Adjacent property owners may enter into an agreement to share a common driveway that extends over both properties.

An implied easement or prescriptive easement may arise when a use of property continues for a   certain   period of time. For example, if a neighbor has been crossing the corner of a property for   years, the   neighbor may have acquired a prescriptive easement to continue to cross the property in   the same   manner.

A right-of-way is a type of easement that gives someone the right to travel across property owned by   another person.