Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Georgia

property easment

I am a home owner with a 1/2 acre lot. I have a dirt road and power lines behind my property. The county is planning to widen and pave the dirt road with a 30 foot right of way. The power lines run along side the road on my property side of the road. The local power co. wants me and my neighbors to sign a request for a 15 foot easment our my property to relocate the power lines 2 feet past our property lines plus a 13 foot easment to maintain the lines. I live in a subdivision with all burried utilities except the lines to the rear of my property. Do I have any write to say no to the easment, and if so what leagally can I do to prevent it . If we cant say no, do we have any rights to reinbursment from the county or power co.


Asked on 2/15/02, 12:47 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Hugh Wood Wood & Meredith

Re: property easment

Since I represent the power company, I suppose I should not respond. Go see a local lawyer. However, keep in mind that in the United States, unless you are forced to sign something (speaking of matters in a civil case such as land), you don't have to sign anything voluntarily that you don't want to. A local real estate attorney in your county should be able to guide you through this relatively easy matter. Hugh C. Wood

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Answered on 2/16/02, 2:04 pm


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