Me. Stat. tit. 33 § 458 : PROPERTY — CONVEYANCE OF REAL ESTATE — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS — Easements or rights-of-way; installation of utility services

1. Easements or rights-of-way established on or after January 1, 1990. The owner of an easement or right-of-way does not have the right by implication to install utility services on or under the easement or right-of-way if:
A. The easement or right-of-way is originally established in a written instrument executed on or after January 1, 1990; and [ 1989, c. 149 (NEW).]
B. The instrument granting or reserving the easement or right-of-way does not expressly include the right to install utility services. [ 1989, c. 149 (NEW).]

[ 1989, c. 149 (NEW).]

2. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings.
A. "Easement or right-of-way" means the right of a person to pass over the land of another person. [ 1989, c. 149 (NEW).]
B. "Utility services" includes facilities necessary for the transmission of electricity, gas, telephone communications, cable television, sewerage, water or similar services which are currently or may in the future become available. [ 1989, c. 149 (NEW).]

[ 1989, c. 149 (NEW).]

33 M.R.S. § 458

1989, c. 149, (NEW) .
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