Pennsylvania Easements, Rights of Way & Eminent Domain
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Agenda
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8:00 – 8:30 am EDT
Morning Session
8:30 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Break
12:00 – 1:00 pm EDT
Afternoon Session
1:00 – 4:30 pm EDT
Presented by Wendy Lathrop, PLS, CFM
Defining Rights of Ways and Easements
What is and is not an easement
Reviewing state law on easements
Creating easements: easements by necessity, easements by use, written
easements
Identifying critical distinctions between easements in gross, easements
appurtenant and prescriptive easements
Rights and responsibilities in easements
How to terminate easements
Obstructing use of easements and determining remedies for obstruction
Understanding Road Rights-of-Way
Defining roads and highways, public and private
Who owns the road, or has rights in it?
Landowner rights
Relocation of road rights of way
Encroachments
Understanding Utility Easements and Rights of Way
Defining what we mean by “utility”
Rights and responsibilities of utilities – and why
Utilities in roads and other locations
Notifying utilities (“call before you dig”)
• Federal laws and regulations
• State laws and regulations
Eminent Domain and Powers of Condemnation
Understanding eminent domain
• What is eminent domain?
• Who can exercise eminent domain, and why
• What can be condemned?
• The process for condemnation and protests against it
The Effect of Roads and Utilities on Title
Marketable title versus insurable title
The effect of rights of way on public or private property
The effect on rights of way by changes in use
The effects on public or private property by changes in right of way use
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Credits
Attorneys
Pennsylvania 6.5 CLE Hours
New York 7.5 CLE Hours
Pennsylvania Title
Insurance Producers
6.0 General
Land Surveyors & Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public. HalfMoon Education Inc. is an Accredited Provider of
CLE in Pennsylvania. This program has been approved for a total of 6.5 substantive CLE
credit hours, including no ethics hours for attorneys licensed in Pennsylvania. HalfMoon
Education Inc. is certified by the New York State CLE Board as an Accredited Provider of
CLE programs. This non-traditional format course offers 7.5 CLE hours, consisting of 7.5
Areas of Professional Practice hours, which are appropriate for experienced attorneys.
The Pennsylvania Insurance Department has approved this activity for 6.0 general
credits.
This event offers 6.5 PDHs to Pennsylvania land surveyors and engineers. Educators and
courses are not subject to preapproval in Pennsylvania.
Completion certificates will be awarded to participants who complete this event, respond
to all prompts, and earn a passing score (80%) on the quiz that follows the presentation
(multiple attempts allowed).
Speakers
Wendy Lathrop, PLS, CFM, CFS
President and Owner of Cadastral Consulting, LLC
Ms. Lathrop is licensed as a professional land surveyor in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland, and as a professional planner in New Jersey. She holds a master’s degree in Environmental Policy and has been involved in surveying since 1974 in projects ranging from construction to boundary to environmental land use disputes. Ms. Lathrop is also a certified floodplain manager through the Association of State Flood Plain Managers (ASFPM) and a Certified Floodplain Surveyor through the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors. A former adjunct instructor at Mercer County College in New Jersey, she has also taught as part of the team for the licensing exam review course at Drexel University in Pennsylvania. Ms. Lathrop has been teaching seminars for surveyors since 1986 and has been writing articles for surveyors since 1983. She is a contributing editor for The American Surveyor magazine, and she has four articles included in the American Bar Association’s text, Land Surveys: A Guide for Lawyers and Other Professionals. She and Stephen V. Estopinal, PLS, PE co–authored a book titled Professional Surveyors and Real Property Descriptions: Composition, Construction, and Comprehension, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in 2011. She is also on the faculty of GeoLearn, a web-based educational provider. Ms. Lathrop is a past president of the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors and of the National Society of Professional Surveyors, and she has served on the Board of Directors for the American Association for Geodetic Surveying.