Property Ownership

A Missouri property owner grants a neighbor an easement to cross their land for access to a lake. When the property is sold, this easement:

ATerminates automatically upon sale
BRuns with the land and transfers to the new owner✓ Correct
CMust be re-recorded with MREC
DRequires the neighbor to renegotiate

Explanation

An appurtenant easement runs with the land in Missouri. It transfers to subsequent owners of both the dominant estate (benefitting land) and the servient estate (burdened land) automatically upon conveyance.

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