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§458
Title 33: PROPERTY
Chapter 7: CONVEYANCE OF REAL ESTATE
Subchapter 6: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
§460

§459. Easements and rights-of-way; installation of docks

1.  Definitions.  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.  
A. "Dock" means a platform used for access to a water body or to secure, protect and provide access to a boat or ship. The platform may extend from a shore over the water body or may be a floating platform attached to a mooring.   [PL 2017, c. 194, §1 (NEW).]
B. "Easement or right-of-way" means the right of a person to pass over the land of another person.   [PL 2017, c. 194, §1 (NEW).]
C. "Water body" means all inland and coastal waters, including but not limited to all ponds, great ponds, lakes, rivers, streams and coastal waters.   [PL 2017, c. 194, §1 (NEW).]
[PL 2017, c. 194, §1 (NEW).]
2.  Easements or rights-of-way established on or after January 1, 2018.  The owner of an easement or right-of-way leading to or touching upon a water body does not have the right by implication to construct a dock on the easement or right-of-way or use the easement or right-of-way to facilitate the construction of a dock on the water body if:  
A. The easement or right-of-way is originally established in a written instrument executed on or after January 1, 2018; and   [PL 2017, c. 194, §1 (NEW).]
B. The instrument granting or reserving the easement or right-of-way does not expressly include the right to construct a dock on the easement or right-of-way or the right to use the easement or right-of-way to facilitate the construction of a dock on the water body.   [PL 2017, c. 194, §1 (NEW).]
[PL 2017, c. 194, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2017, c. 194, §1 (NEW).
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