<div dir="ltr">I don't see any issue with the lessees using the easement to access the property. I think the scope of the easement is the issue in this situation. What does the easement language say about the scope? Is it for ingress, egress and regress? I have had a number of cases where the scope is only for coming and going (ingress and egress) - not for parking. By parking on the easement they are misusing the easement and it is considered a trespass.<div><br></div><div> Mielke v. Yellowstone Pipeline Co., 73 Wn. App. 621, 73 Wash. App. 621, 870 P.2d 1005 (Wash. Ct. App. 1994)<br><br>This includes the misuse, overburdening or deviation from an existing easement. See Hughes v. King Cy., 42 Wn. App. 776, 714 P.2d 316, review denied, 106 Wn.2d 1006 (1986); Tatum v. RR Cable, Inc., 30 Wn. App. 580, 636 P.2d 508 (1981), review denied, 97 Wn.2d 1007 (1982).</div><div><br><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Kelby J. Derenick </div><div>Attorney</div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;font-size:11pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;font-size:11pt">CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This electronic mail message contains information that (a) is or may be legally privileged, confidential, proprietary in nature, or otherwise protected by law from disclosure, and (b) is intended only for the use of the Addressee(s) named herein. If you are not the intended recipient, an addressee, or the person responsible for delivering this to an addressee, you are hereby notified that reading, using, copying, or distributing any part of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this electronic mail message in error, please contact me immediately and take the steps necessary to delete the message completely from your computer system. Thank you.</span><br></div><div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:468.381px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div><div style="margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><br></span></div></div></div></div></div><div></div><div></div></div></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 8:53 AM Timothy Lehr <<a href="mailto:timothy@stileslaw.com">timothy@stileslaw.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg6847972445481249005">
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have a PC that owns a parcel of land that includes an access easement for the benefit of an adjoining landowner. Adjoining landowner owns farmland and uses that easement to access certain farm fields. The easement allows access from a
main road, travels across PC’s parcel and ends at adjoining landowner’s farm fields.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The farmer leases his farm field during the waterfowl hunting months to a duck club. The members of the duck club use PC’s access easement to access the field for hunting. Lately, they have been parking within the easement area. When PC
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<p class="MsoNormal">Question is – when the farm landowner is the sole beneficiary of the access easement, can that access be transferred or conveyed to the duck club member via a land lease?
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