Are easements placed between properties from front to back?

Unless you have several documents in hand, making an answer is a guess. Do you have a boundary survey of your lot? This will indicate an easement. As for the fence, refer to your HOA documents or call the HOA for this specific answer. The management company will be glad to help. Here are the Types of Easements in Georgia: Easement by Prescription: This occurs when someone uses another person's property openly, continuously, and adversely for a period of seven years, while keeping the property in repair, and having a claim of right. Easement by Necessity: This arises when a property is landlocked and has no access to a public road. The law implies a right of way to provide access.. Easement by Implication: This type of easement is created when a property owner sells a portion of their land, and the sale implies a right of way to the back portion. Utility Easements: These easements allow utility companies to install and maintain essential services like power lines, gas lines, etc., on private property. Right-of-Way Easements: These easements grant the right to travel across another person's land, often for roads or pedestrian routes. Hope this helps.

Stephanie, I’ve run into this before. Easements and setback rules can vary by subdivision, HOA, and local zoning. The best first step is to check your closing documents or plat map—you’ll usually find any easements spelled out there. Your HOA bylaws should also note setback requirements if they’re different from the city’s code. In Jonesboro, some neighborhoods do have 5-ft setback rules, but it’s not across the board. If you’re unsure, I’d suggest confirming with your HOA in writing or pulling the recorded plat at the county records office. That way you’ll know exactly where you stand.

It depends on your community. The county may be able to help you find a plat map/survey from the past. It would show a this easement. Did you not have a survey done prior to installing the fence to be assure of your corners? The easement behind houses is sometime to get emergency vehicles or its for utilities. Contact your county first. If there isn't a recorded plat -- have one done!

An easement is a legal right for someone to use part of another person’s property for a specific purpose, even though they don’t own it. Think of it as limited permission—ownership stays with the property owner, but another party gets certain usage rights. Common Examples in Real Estate: Utility Easements – Allow power companies, water providers, or internet service providers to install and maintain equipment like power lines, sewer pipes, or fiber cables across a property. Access (Ingress/Egress) Easements – Let someone pass through your property to get to theirs (common with landlocked parcels). Beach or Pathway Easements – Give the public or certain neighbors the right to walk to a beach or trail through part of your land. Drainage Easements – Permit water flow or stormwater drainage across property lines. Key Points: Easements run with the land, meaning they stay in place even if the property is sold, unless formally removed. They are typically recorded in public property records or shown on a survey. Easements can affect property value, how you can build, and where you can put fences, pools, or additions. You generally can’t block or interfere with an easement’s intended use. If you’re buying or selling, a title search and survey will reveal existing easements, so there are no surprises.

Your best bet would be to hire an surveyor to look into that. If you have the paperwork from when you purchased your property, you should have a survey in that stack of papers that would show any easements.

Anytime a dispute exists with easements or property lines, the best first step is to review the last recorded plat or survey for your property. This will clearly show where property lines and easements are located. If questions remain, contact the surveyor who prepared the survey, as well as your city or county zoning department, for clarification. Also, if you purchased title insurance, your title company can be a valuable resource. They can help resolve questions about easements or property rights, especially if something was not disclosed to you at closing.

Easements are typically defined in the plat, the deed, or recorded documents, not by what a neighbor or HOA says verbally. The only way to know if an easement exists is to check the recorded documents. Pull your plat survey, which shows the lot boundaries and any recorded easements. If there's an easement between properties, it will be shown on the plat with its dimensions and purpose. You can get this from your county's records office or from the title documents you received when you purchased the home. On the fence, HOA rules about fence placement and setbacks from property lines are separate from easements. Your HOA's covenants, conditions, and restrictions may require fences to be set back a certain distance from the property line regardless of whether an easement exists. Check your CC&Rs for the specific fence rules in your subdivision. If your neighbor is claiming an easement exists and you can't find one in the recorded documents, ask them to provide the specific document or plat reference that shows it. If the HOA is claiming it exists, ask them for the same. An easement has to be recorded to be enforceable, and "the HOA said so" without documentation isn't sufficient. If there's a genuine dispute, have a real estate attorney review the recorded documents and advise you on your rights.

More information would be required. You can go to your local township municipal building and find out for sure. Keith Jean-Pierre Managing Principal The Dapper Agents Operations In: NY, NJ, FL & CA

Easements are not placed in a standardized location relative to properties. Each easement is defined by its specific legal description, which can run front to back, side to side, diagonally, or in any other configuration depending on what the easement serves. In Georgia and across the Southeast, the most common types of easements are utility easements (which often run along property perimeters near the street or along rear lot lines for power, water, and sewer infrastructure), drainage easements (which follow natural drainage paths or engineered swales), and ingress and egress easements (which provide access from one parcel to another and can run in any direction the access path requires). To find out exactly where easements are located on a specific property, you need two documents: a current survey that shows the easement dimensions and locations graphically, and the recorded easement document from the county deed records that defines the legal rights and restrictions. Do not assume an easement runs only along the edges of the property. Some utility easements run through the center of lots, particularly in older subdivisions. Any serious buyer should review both documents during the inspection period before finalizing their purchase decision. Kevin Neely & Kaitlynd Robbins | K2 Sells, Keller Williams Elite Partners

Easements can vary, but in Florida they are often found along the sides, front, or back of a property to allow utilities, drainage, or shared access. A side easement may run from front to back, but not always. The exact location will be shown on a survey or title report. Before purchasing, it is important to review these documents so you know where easements are and how they may affect your ability to build a pool, fence, or addition.

Easements are recorded rights that allow someone else – usually a utility company, municipality or homeowners association – to use a strip of your property for a specific purpose. In most subdivisions there is a drainage and utility easement reserved along the side and/or rear lot lines so pipes, cables and drainage swales can be installed and maintained. They are not always "front to back" in the middle of the yard. Often the plat shows a five- or ten-foot easement running along the perimeter of each lot. You typically can put landscaping or a fence in that area but you may be required to leave a certain distance from the property line so you don’t impede access. If the covenants call for a five-foot easement and your fence is three feet from the line, the HOA could require you to move it. The only way to know where easements lie is to check the recorded subdivision plat and your survey and read the HOA covenants. You can get copies from the county recorder or the title company. If you and your neighbor disagree about the property line or fence location, a licensed surveyor can mark it for you. When in doubt, speak with your HOA or a real estate attorney to avoid encroaching on a recorded easement.