Property Ownership
A NH property owner grants an easement allowing a neighbor to use a path across the property for access to a lake. When the property is sold, this easement:
ATerminates automatically upon sale of the property
BMust be renegotiated with the new owner
CRuns with the land and is binding on the new owner✓ Correct
DBecomes void unless the neighbor repays any access fees
Explanation
An appurtenant easement (one that benefits an adjacent property) runs with the land. It is conveyed automatically with the dominant estate (the neighbor's property) and remains binding on successive owners of the servient estate (the property that bears the easement burden).
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