Easement
Gridlync land and infrastructure glossary.
An easement is a nonpossessory right to use another person’s land for a defined purpose, such as access, utilities, or drainage. The landowner keeps title, but the easement holder has an enforceable right to the specified use, often in perpetuity or for a fixed term. Easements can be affirmative, allowing a use, or negative, restricting one, and may be created by grant, reservation, or long-standing use. They are typically recorded so they bind future owners of the burdened parcel.
Easements underpin most infrastructure land portfolios. Gridlync tracks each easement’s grant, payment terms, and obligations so nothing is lost across a large network.
Example
Northbridge Water District holds a recorded drainage easement across Maria Delgado’s lot, letting the district maintain a buried culvert. Maria still owns the strip and mows it, but she cannot build over the pipe.