What type of easement is granted to avoid a landlocked parcel?

An easement by necessity is specifically intended to provide access to a landlocked parcel of land. This type of easement arises when a property does not have any legal access to a public road or right-of-way and is completely surrounded by other properties. In order to prevent the landlocked parcel from being rendered unusable, the law allows the creation of an easement by necessity over an adjacent parcel. This easement is typically implied rather than written and is established to serve the practical need for access.

In cases of easement by prescription, it involves a party gaining a legal right of way through continuous and open use of someone else's property without permission over a specific period. While beneficial, this does not automatically grant access to a landlocked parcel in the same way that an easement by necessity does.

A prescriptive easement is similar to an easement by prescription but emphasizes the continued use over time as a means to obtain rights. However, it does not explicitly address the need for access to an otherwise unreachable property.

A general easement is a broader term that can refer to any type of easement allowing different kinds of uses across properties but does not specifically relate to the situation of accessing a landlocked parcel.

Thus, the easement by necessity