Agenda

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Tuesday, May 2, 2023 
8:30 am – 4:00 pm CDT

 

Presented by Gary Kent

Agenda Highlights:

I.                     Definitions

a.       Dominant and Servient estates

b.       Easement, License, Profit a Prendre

c.        Rights of Way

d.       Appurtenant easements, Easements in Gross

e.       Affirmative and Negative Easements

II.                   Creating easements

a.       Written easements

i.       Express Grant

ii.     Dedication

iii.   Reservation

iv.    Mortgage

v.     Condemnation

vi.    Recordation requirements

b.       Unwritten easements

i.       Implied easements

ii.     Easements by necessity

iii.   Easements by estoppel

iv.    Prescriptive easements

1.       Prescription vs. adverse possession

v.     Implied Dedication

 

III.                  Characteristics of Easements

a.       Scope

b.       Duration

c.        Exclusivity

d.       Maintenance

e.       Scope of Unwritten easements

f.         Overburdening/Expanding the Use of an Easement

g.       Interfering with an Easement

h.       Relocating an Easement

IV.                 Terminating easements

a.       Merger of title

b.       Release

c.        Vacation/Abandonment

d.       Terms of the Document

e.       Condemnation

f.         Termination by Unwritten Means

i.       Non-User/Abandonment

ii.     Cessation of Purpose/Impossibility of Use

iii.   Adverse Possession/Prescription

iv.    Estoppel

V.                   Reversionary rights

VI.                 Rails to Trails

VII.               Describing Easements

VIII.              Other types of easements – Air. Light, Avigation, Conservation, Wind and Solar easements and other encumbrances

 

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Credits

Professional Engineers:
6.0 PDHs

Land Surveyors:
6.0 PDHs (in Most States)

Attorneys:
6.0 CLE Hours (AZ, CA, CT, NH, MO, PA, TX, VT)

 

Continuing Education Credit Information

This webinar is open to the public and is designed to qualify for 6.0 PDHs for professional engineers and land surveyors in most states. Please refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility. 

 HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida (Provider No. 0004647), Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700) and North Carolina (S-0130). HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York engineers and land surveyors via its registration with the Practicing Institute of Engineering (Regulations of the Commissioner §68.14(i)(2)). Other states do not preapprove continuing education providers or courses. 

 This webinar has been evaluated for compliance with the NYS Mandatory Continuing Education requirements by the Practicing Institute of Engineering and has been approved for 6.0 PDHs in the fields of professional engineering and land surveying. 

 HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for land surveyors licensed in Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, and North Carolina (S-0130). This course has been registered with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (#10262) and has been approved by the Tennessee Board of Examiners for Land Surveyors (#1092). This webinar has been submitted to the Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors and Professional Landscape Architects for approval, which is currently pending. 

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 This webinar is intended to offer 6.0 CLE credits to attorneys in Arizona and New Hampshire, where CLE providers and courses are not subject to preapproval.  
This webinar offers 6.0 CLE hours to California attorneys. HalfMoon Education in an approved CLE sponsor for California attorneys (No. 8370). 

This webinar offers 7.2 CLE hours to Missouri attorneys. This course has been approved by the Missouri Bar MCLE Department. This approval qualifies the webinar for Connecticut attorneys. 

This webinar offers 6.0 CLE hours to Pennsylvania attorneys. HalfMoon Education is an approved CLE provider for Pennsylvania attorneys (No. 1613). 

This webinar offers 6.0 CLE hours to Texas attorneys. HalfMoon Education is an approved CLE provider for Texas attorneys (No. 8306). 

This webinar offers 6.5 CLE hours to Vermont attorneys. HalfMoon Education is an accredited CLE provider for Vermont attorneys. 

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  On-Demand Credits 
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Speakers

Gary R. Kent, PS

Meridian Land Consulting, LLC

Mr. Kent is in his 39th year with Schneider Geomatics in Indianapolis – having transitioned to part-time status in 2020. He also provides training, consulting and expert witness services as manager and owner of Meridian Land Consulting, LLC. Mr. Kent has served as chair of the Joint ALTA/NSPS Committee responsible for the ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey standards since 1995. He has also served on the Indiana State Board of Registration for Professional Surveyors since 2004 and is a past president of both ACSM and the Indiana Society of Professional Land Surveyors. Mr. Kent has presented programs on boundary law, easements and rights of way, surveying standards and practice, and leadership in all 50 states.