When I've done mine in the past, I've just said something like "the westerly 10' of the property currently described as" and then pull the property description recorded at the county.
-- Mike Hammett ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 9, 2026 5:57:18 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Electric service easement/ROW requirements on a ground lease Hardest part of creating an easement is getting the metes and bounds. If you are offset from a boundary that is already on a deed somewhere it is pretty easy. (Relatively speaking. ) They have an odd way of stating directions, like North 22.3 East which is 022.3 for a pilot. But then you will find S 17.6 W which is 197.6 heading style. And then there is the word "thence". And "Point of Beginning" and "True Point of Beginning". I had a course in this crap once upon a time, so for me saying it is easy may not be the best way to characterize it, but any reasonable minimally math competent person can figure it out. From: AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 9, 2026 2:55 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Electric service easement/ROW requirements on a ground lease But my attorney said I need an attorney. Solution: don’t ask your attorney. From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, March 9, 2026 4:40 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Electric service easement/ROW requirements on a ground lease I find easements very easy to create, get signed and get recorded. No attorneys needed. From: AF < [email protected] > on behalf of Adam Moffett < [email protected] > Sent: Monday, March 9, 2026 11:22 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' < [email protected] > Subject: [AFMUG] Electric service easement/ROW requirements on a ground lease Example below. On a ground lease, does the electric co always require you to get an easement for the electric service, or will they accept a lease which grants them access? We've been doing easements. Everyone's attorney hates easements, so why not have a paragraph in the lease calling out a 5ft wide right-of-way and granting the utility companies access to the leased area and ROW? I just don't know if Electric co's will accept it. They always ask for an easement, but their bluebooks aren't that specific. One I just looked at has language like: "satisfactory easements, rights-of-way, permits, consents or certificates necessary to give the company access." I assume they mean "satisfactory" to them, not to me. I know I really need to ask the electric companies for the definitive answers, but it's hard to get ahold of the right people, and before I spend all day on hold I'm wondering what other people have experienced. -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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