Property Ownership

A North Dakota property owner grants a utility company the right to run power lines across their land permanently. This creates an easement:

AIn gross✓ Correct
BAppurtenant
CBy necessity
DBy prescription

Explanation

A utility easement is an easement in gross, benefiting the utility company personally rather than a dominant parcel of land. It does not benefit an adjacent property but rather the company that holds the easement.

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