Unless otherwise provided for in the terms of an easement, the owner of a dominant estate shall not use an easement in a way that is not reasonably consistent with the uses contemplated by the grant of the easement, and the owner of the servient estate shall not engage in an activity or cause to be present any objects either upon the burdened land or immediately adjacent to such land that unreasonably interferes with the enjoyment of the easement by the owner of the dominant estate. For the purposes of this section, "object" does not include any fence, electric fence, cattle guard, gate, or division fence adjacent to such easement as those terms are defined in §§ 55.1-2800 through 55.1-2826. Any violation of this section may be deemed a private nuisance, provided, however, that the remedy for a violation of this section shall not in any manner impair the right to any other relief that may be applicable at law or in equity.
2003, c. 774, § 55-50.1; 2007, c. 931; 2019, c. 712.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 55.1 - Property and Conveyances
Chapter 3 - Form and Effect of Deeds and Covenants; Liens
§ 55.1-300.1. Certificate of Release of Certain Prohibited Covenants
§ 55.1-302. Construction of generic terms
§ 55.1-303. Appurtenances, etc., included in deed of land
§ 55.1-304. Relocation of easement
§ 55.1-305. Enjoyment of easement
§ 55.1-306.1. Utility easements; expansion of broadband
§ 55.1-307. Public road easements; maintenance and improvements
§ 55.1-308. Private roads; public use; maintenance and improvements
§ 55.1-309. Deeds good between parties
§ 55.1-310. Conveyance of property not owned but subsequently acquired
§ 55.1-311. Vendor's equitable lien abolished
§ 55.1-312. Certain deeds to county real estate validated
§ 55.1-313. Validation of sales, etc., by county courts prior to 1860
§ 55.1-315. Effect of option; recording
§ 55.1-316. Form of deed of trust to secure debts, etc.
§ 55.1-317. Requirements for trustees
§ 55.1-318.1. Effect of amendment to loan document on deed of trust
§ 55.1-319. Priority of residential refinance mortgage over subordinate mortgage
§ 55.1-320. How deed of trust construed; duties, rights, etc., of parties
§ 55.1-321. Notices required before sale by trustee to owners, lienors, etc.; if note lost
§ 55.1-322. Advertisement required before sale by trustee
§ 55.1-323. Contents of advertisements of sale
§ 55.1-324. Powers and duties of trustee in event of sale under or satisfaction of deed of trust
§ 55.1-325. Meaning of phrases that may be included in deed of trust
§ 55.1-326. Evidences of indebtedness placed on equal footing
§ 55.1-327. Sales under deeds of trust that contain no maturity date or provision authorizing sale
§ 55.1-328. Validation of conveyances of real property under trust instrument not authorizing sale
§ 55.1-329. Permissible form for notice of sale under deed of trust
§ 55.1-330. Construction of deeds requiring notice by advertisement in newspaper
§ 55.1-331. Disposition of surplus from trustee's sale after death of grantor
§ 55.1-332. Title to real estate sold not affected by nonlisting of secured notes for taxation
§ 55.1-333. Validation of certain sales made under deeds of trust
§ 55.1-334. Validation of certain sales made under deeds of trust prior to October 1, 1977
§ 55.1-335. Validation of other sales under deeds of trust
§ 55.1-337. Required notice of foreclosure or repossession of manufactured home
§ 55.1-338. Release to person dead inures to successors
§ 55.1-339. Release of deed of trust or other lien
§ 55.1-340. Release by financial institution upon payment of debt placed with it for collection
§ 55.1-341. Partial satisfaction
§ 55.1-342. Permissible form for certificate of satisfaction or certificate of partial satisfaction
§ 55.1-343. Where certificates of satisfaction are to be indexed
§ 55.1-344. Releases made by court; costs and attorney fees
§ 55.1-345. Recordation of certificate of satisfaction, etc., required when release of lien recorded
§ 55.1-348. Document of rescission; effect; liability for wrongful recording
§ 55.1-349. Secured creditor to submit satisfaction for recording; liability for failure
§ 55.1-350. Form and effect of satisfaction
§ 55.1-351. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
§ 55.1-353. Effect of word "covenants."
§ 55.1-354. Effect of covenant of general warranty
§ 55.1-355. Covenant of special warranty
§ 55.1-357. Implied warranties on new homes
§ 55.1-358. Effect of certain transfer fee covenants
§ 55.1-359. Covenant of "right to convey."
§ 55.1-360. Covenant for "quiet possession" and "free from all encumbrances."
§ 55.1-361. Covenant for "further assurances."