Agenda
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Tuesday, December 8, 2026
9:00 am – 4:30 pm ET
Agenda:
Presented by Knud E. Hermansen, PLS, PE, Ph.D., Esq.
Easement Definitions
- Parts of an easement
- Legally important categories of easement
- Appurtenant v. in-gross
- Public v. private
- Rights associated with easements
- Correlative rights
- Utilities in access easements
- Use of easements
- Obstructing easements
Break
Easement Creation
- Reservation
- Eminent domain
- Common law
- Express grants
- Prescription
- Implied
- Subdivision & sale
- Quasi
- Call as boundary
- Necessity
- Dedication
- Estoppel
Lunch
Terminating Easements
- Express
- Condemnation
- Discontinuance
- Abandonment
- Express condition
- Foreclosure
- Forfeiture
- Obsolescence
- Unity of title
Break
Boundaries Involving Easements
- Easement boundaries
- Property boundaries in easements
Claims & Litigating Easements
- Steps in litigating an easement
- Experts
- Pleadings
- Overburdening
- Stranger to the deed
- Prescription claims
- Improper descriptions
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Credits
Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Land Surveyors
6.5 PDHs
Attorneys
6.5 CLE hours
This webinar is designed to qualify for 6.5 PDHs for professional engineers and land surveyors in Maine. Continuing education courses for engineers and land surveyors in Maine are not subject to pre-approval requirements.
This webinar has been approved by the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar for 6.5 CLE hours.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the webinar for those who attend the entire course and score a minimum 80% on the quiz that follows the course (multiple attempts allowed).
On-Demand Credits
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Speakers
Knud Hermansen, PLS, PE, Ph.D., Esq.
Land Surveyor, in Hobe Sound, FLDr. Hermansen is a professional land surveyor, professional engineer, and attorney at law. He earned his undergraduate degree and a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from Pennsylvania State University, his M.S. degree in Surveying and Mapping from the University of Wisconsin, and a law degree from West Virginia University. He taught law, engineering, and surveying at the University of Maine, and he actively practices in the areas of land development, real estate, construction, professional liability, mediation, arbitration, and boundary location. Dr. Hermansen is the author or co-author of several articles and law reviews on surveying, land development, easements, and boundary retracement, including several Maine State Bar Association practice series.
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