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Sarah Everhart

Jul 6, 2017
6 min

Conservation Easement Considerations

By Sarah Everhart At this year’s Maryland State Bar Association Conference the Agriculture Law Section of the Bar co-hosted a panel discussion with the Environment and Energy Section pertaining to legal considerations for conservation easements. One of the panelists was Nancy Russell-Forrester, Esq. Nancy represents the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation (MALPF) program and she put together the following checklist for attorneys advising clients considering a c

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Sarah Everhart

Nov 3, 2015
3 min

Understanding Easements On Farmland

By Sarah Everhart What Is An Easement? An easement is a non-possessory interest in the land of another which entitles the easement holder to limited use of another’s land without interference. An easement holder is a person with a legal right to use the easement and may include the owner of the land across which the easement passes. Because the land crossed by the easement is burdened by the easement, it is referred to as the “servient estate.” An easement is defined by its

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