Posted by Marrikay on 6/16/05 1:29pm
Msg #45222

Dumb question from newbie

Is an easement a jurat or acknowledgement?

Reply by Oldie on 6/16/05 1:33pm
Msg #45224

Neither. Go back to school.

Reply by Sheila Meinecke on 6/16/05 1:33pm
Msg #45225

is this attached to the deed or legal description exhibit a?

Reply by Bobbi in CT on 6/16/05 2:09pm
Msg #45230

Easy: definition of easement is in regular dictionary. /nm

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Reply by Marrikay on 6/16/05 4:32pm
Msg #45270

Re: Easy: definition of easement is in regular dictionary. /

Why do people on this list find it so nessasary to be smart alecs? I know what an easement is, and that was not my question. There are some on this list that are very sweet and helpful and for those I am eternally grateful. The ugly ones have just forgotten how much they didn't know when they first started.

Reply by Stephanie_CA on 6/16/05 5:59pm
Msg #45297

Re: Easy: definition of easement is in....wait a minute....

Bobbi in CT has ALWAYS been very helpful & extremely curteous; she is not a smart alec by any means.
Just had to let you know - perhaps you were on edge by the other comments.

Reply by Anonymous on 6/16/05 7:13pm
Msg #45327

Re: Easy: definition of easement is in regular dictionary. /

****The ugly ones have just forgotten how much they didn't know when they first started.***

You are very confused about the career you have chosen and do not know ANY of the history. The people you are calling smart alecs and ugly ACTUALLY DID know all they needed to know BEFORE they started.

Once upon a time, there were no signing services. Now there are a quarter of a million. They served a good purpose at one time. That was when signing services did not refer to notaries as "notary 'hos" (as they do now) because there were not any $50 notaries willing to do almost anything because they were starving to death.

Someone or something told you to get into this business to make a ton of fast money and you believed it. Why aren't they helping you now? Where are the organizations or people who told you that you could make six figures in this job?

I know where you can get help in a hurry. Victoria Ring will charge you 25.00 - 50.00 an hour to train you. She manufactured a hundred thousand signing agents or so with her website and then they were so confused because they have business so they kept calling and writing her and pleading for help. Now she is glad to give you plenty of advice but you are going to have to pay her. Victoria is not a stupid person. She cashed in and now she has even moved on. She is selling her business. Wake up.

Reply by CAtitlegal on 6/16/05 2:16pm
Msg #45231

An easement is a document conveying an interest in real property. Like a deed, there's a grantor and a grantee. Like a deed, the grantor has to sign it, it has to be notarized and recorded. If the easement document has been presented to you for the purpose of notarizing the signature of the grantor of the easement, you would use an acknowledgement.

Reply by ERNA_CA on 6/16/05 2:41pm
Msg #45240

Not a dumb question at all.
CAtitllegal came through yet again. Answered the question without getting side tract. Folks like you are appreciated CAtitlegal.

Reply by anonymous on 6/16/05 2:42pm
Msg #45241

Absolutely Erna, nice way to respond CaTitlegal but then I know how nice you are anyway!

Reply by CAtitlegal on 6/16/05 2:57pm
Msg #45251

bouncing on the clouds

Reply by anonymous on 6/16/05 3:01pm
Msg #45253

Yep, you guessed right! The clouds!

Reply by anon on 6/16/05 5:41pm
Msg #45291

cannot stand it when someone is helpful to another huh....
What goes around comes around back to YOU>>>>>>

Reply by Eatha/PA on 6/17/05 8:57am
Msg #45477

Re: Now if I could just keep myself from. . .

. . .calling her Cattle-gal, instead of CA-title-gal! A little mental slip there, sorry.

Reply by Marrikay on 6/16/05 4:34pm
Msg #45272

I haven't seen the document yet, not till Saturday. Thank you so much for your help and your sweet attitude.

Reply by kellieco on 6/16/05 6:29pm
Msg #45309

There are no dumb questions. I guess a few of us failed to read the note from the owner of this site. He once asked those who didn't want to be nice and helpful to please not answer any questions at all.

Reply by Eatha/PA on 6/17/05 9:03am
Msg #45482

Re: When you actually see the document,

it should have notarial wording on it to clue you in on what is needed.

Reply by Marrikay on 6/17/05 5:05pm
Msg #45642

Re: When you actually see the document,

Thank you so much, I didn't know if it would have that information actually on the document. Still learning. I'll try to find a dictionary next time or go back to school. I appreciate people like you who are really helpful instead of insulting. Each time I need to ask a question on here I really dread it because someone always bashes me, but at the same time there are really nice people who always help and that is worth the risk. Thanx again.

Reply by PAW_Fl on 6/16/05 6:59pm
Msg #45318

Just to be a bit picky (comes with maturity, commonly referred to as age), it really isn't conveying an interest in real property, but providing a right to use the land of another for a specific purpose, such as for a right-of-way or utilities. An easement appurtenant passes with the land when conveyed, so the easement must be documented any time title changes hands.

Reply by Cris_AR on 6/16/05 7:03pm
Msg #45323

In my state the Deed usually reads "Subject to right of way/easements and restrictions of record, if any" IF it even states it, most do not and very few actually list the Doc# of the easement/right of way and date filed.

Reply by PA Notary II on 6/16/05 7:16pm
Msg #45328

Marrikay: I don't think anyone here wants to be intentionally abusive towards you, but have you tried to be resourseful in your quest for knowledge...really ? If you would try to google 'easement', you would find quite a bit of information at your disposal. Not trying to be cute or patriarchial here, just trying to be helpful. In my years of experience, I have had to fight and fend for myself, as I'm sure many of the older, more experienced Notaries have, and I have found that, not only did I have more sense of pride in my attainment of knowledge acquired on my own, I actually had better retention of that knowledge BECAUSE I found it through my own resourcefulness. Better to teach you to fish than to GIVE you a fish.

Best of luck to you in your endeavors.

Reply by CAtitlegal on 6/16/05 7:43pm
Msg #45340

I'll argue with ya later Paw! I'm off to a signing...

Reply by Marrikay on 6/16/05 11:38pm
Msg #45410

Thank you so much for your help I appreciate it. I guess I didn't make myself clear, I was in a hurry and, well anyway, I know what an easement is and I really don't care what it is, what I really needed to know was whether or not I should use an acknowledgement or jurat. Thank you for reading my mind and knowing what I really needed.

Reply by BrendaTX on 6/16/05 10:07pm
Msg #45383

Re: Dumb question from newbie - Internet searching

-----Is an easement a jurat or acknowledgement?----

How I found the answer to this question via Internet searching

(1) I went to my favorite search engine:

http://www.vivisimo.com

and

(2) I put in:

> easement jurat acknowledgment <

(3) Listed on the first page I found the link -

http://www.sectitle.com/termatod.html#A

It defines all three words. I read the definitions, as follow:

ACKNOWLEDGMENT: A formal declaration before a duly authorized officer by a person who has executed an instrument that such execution is his act and deed.

JURAT: Certificate evidencing that an affidavit was properly made before an authorized officer, an acknowledgment.

EASEMENT APPURTENANT: Easement created for the benefit of a parcel of land.

EASEMENT IN GROSS: Easement created for the benefit of an individual, rather than for a parcel of land, e.g., a public utility easement.

EASEMENT OF NECESSITY: An easement which is indispensable to the enjoyment of the dominant estate. An easement by necessity arises by operation of law when land conveyed is completely shut off from access to any road by land retained by grantor or by land of grantor and that of a stranger.


Therefore...
I conclude with a good amount of confidence that an easement is not a jurat, nor is an easement an acknowledgement.


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Disclaimer: I do not purport that all definitions in the above link are accurate or applicable.