Appurtenant Easement
Gridlync land and infrastructure glossary.
An appurtenant easement benefits a particular parcel of land (the dominant estate) and burdens another (the servient estate), passing automatically when either property is sold. Access and driveway easements are common examples. It is tied to the land rather than to a person, so when the dominant parcel is sold the new owner automatically gains the easement, and a buyer of the servient parcel takes it subject to the burden.
Appurtenant and in-gross easements both appear in infrastructure land records. Gridlync tracks each easement’s type, parties, and terms.
Example
The Tran family’s landlocked back parcel has an appurtenant access easement over the Wilcox property’s driveway. When the Trans sell to the Bauers, the new owners inherit the same right to cross the Wilcox land to reach the road.