Property Ownership
A Connecticut property owner grants a neighbor an easement to park on the property. Years later, the property owner sells the property. The new owner discovers the easement. The easement:
ATerminates automatically when the property is sold to a new owner
BRuns with the land and continues to bind the new owner if properly recorded✓ Correct
CCan only be enforced against the original property owner
DConverts to a license upon sale of the property
Explanation
A properly granted and recorded easement runs with the land—it binds all future owners of the burdened property. The new owner takes the property subject to the recorded easement and cannot extinguish it simply by purchasing the property.
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