Most easements give the easement holder the legal right to use real property owned by another party for a limited purpose. A negative easement creates a related, but different, type of property right.

Easements are a commonly encountered in agricultural settings. An easement does not give the holder of the easement a right of possession, but a right to use or to take something from someone ...

Easements may restrict what you do in other ways. A negative easement could, for example, prevent you from developing the property or adding a second floor that blocks your neighbor’s views and ...

A “positive” easement gives a person or entity the legal right to use someone else's property for a particular purpose, while a “negative” easement restricts what a property owner can do ...

Payments may also be received for the placement of a “negative” easement on adjacent property so that the neighboring landowner is restricted from utilizing their property in a manner that ...