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If you are the land owner of easement can you plant shrubs on easement?

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in most cases the answer is yes. you may landscape the area, but that area is subject to be torn up by a utility comany or holder of the easement for a legal purpose such a as pipe repair or utility maintenance, and you cannot sue. But the company is responsible for restoring that area to a natural condition, which may not necessarily be what you have planted. if you know there is an easement, read the document. it should be in your title policy when you purchased the house, or call and speak with your title company

However, the answer would depend upon what type of easement you mean; some types cannot be blocked by anything, including shrubbery. For example, a shared driveway (with one person owning the property and the other owning an easement for passing over the property) would not be a good place for shrubs.

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