LD 1923
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easement unless the owner of the interest is a party to the trail
easement or consents to it.

 
§1583.__Judicial actions

 
1.__Action or intervention.__An owner of an interest in the
real property burdened by a trail easement or a holder of the
trail easement may bring or intervene in an action affecting the
easement.

 
2.__Intervention only.__The State or a political subdivision
of the State in which the real property burdened by a trail
easement is located may intervene in an action affecting the
easement.

 
3.__Power of court.__This chapter does not affect the power of
a court to enforce a trail easement by injunction or proceeding
in equity or to modify a trail easement in accordance with
principles of law and equity.

 
§1584.__Validity

 
A trail easement is valid and enforceable even if:

 
1.__Not appurtenant to interest in real property.__It is not
appurtenant to or does not run with an interest in real property;

 
2.__Assigned to another holder.__It can be or has been
assigned to another holder;

 
3.__Not recognized at common law.__It is not of a character
that has been recognized traditionally at common law;

 
4.__Negative burden.__It imposes a negative burden;

 
5.__Affirmative obligations.__It imposes affirmative
obligations upon the owner of an interest in the burdened
property or upon the holder;

 
6.__Benefit does not touch or concern real property.__The
benefit does not touch or concern real property;

 
7.__No privity of estate or of contract.__There is no privity
of estate or of contract; or

 
8.__Does not run to successors or assigns.__It does not run to
the successors or assigns of the holder.

 
§1585.__Interpretation of instrument creating a trail easement


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