What is the right of easement?

Easement is the right to use land, which provides another land user with the opportunity to use it with certain restrictions established by law or contract.

Easement defines the scope of rights regarding the use of someone else's property. The person who uses the easement is obliged to pay a fee for the use of the property, unless otherwise established by the contract, law, will or court decision. The easement is not subject to alienation and does not deprive the owner of the property in respect of which it is established, the right to own, use and dispose of this property. The easement remains valid in the event of the transfer of ownership rights to the property in respect of which it is established to other persons. Damages caused to the owner (owner) of a plot of land or other immovable property by a person using an easement are subject to compensation on general grounds.

The right to use someone else's land plot or other immovable property consists in the possibility of passage, driving through someone else's land plot, laying and operating power transmission lines, communications and pipelines, ensuring water supply, land reclamation, etc.

A person has the right to demand the granting of a land easement from the owner (owner) of a neighboring land plot, and, if necessary, from the owner (owner) of another land plot. The right to use someone else's property can be established in relation to other immovable property (buildings, structures, etc.).