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Rule #1 is - what State and County the land is in. You also have to remember, that no matter what the laws states in writing, what happens in the real world often differs - since many judges do what they want. That's why you have to search local case-law - which is easy since the Internet was invented. Some states absolutey do not grant full access to landlocked parcels - period - end-of-story. Others do - to different degrees. I just made an offer on a 100 acre landlocked parcel in the upper peninsual or Michigan. In that particular area - the law reads - any land that shows on the plat-map is eligible for ingress and egress relief. It is limited and complicated, and done only by court order. Often, even if a road is granted it is for limited access. Whatever it is - it is put in righting by a judge. In all states, the grantee of a landlocked parcel is eligible to obtain an easement by necessity - but again, to limited degrees. In a few states, however, a grantor of a parcel who retains a landlocked parcel cannot obtain an easement by necessity, the theory being that the grantor is responsible for causing the problem. Easement by Prescription - an easement created by the open, notorious, uninterrupted hostile, and adverse use of another's land for 7, 10, sometimes 20 years. It depends on where you are. Easement by Implication - an easement that is created by operation of law when an owner
severs property into two parcels in such a way that an already existing, obvious, and continuous
use of one parcel (as for access) is necessary for the reasonable enjoyment of the other parcel. Easement by Estoppel - an easement that is created when the conduct of the owner of land
leads another to reasonably believe that he or she has an interest in the land so that he or she
acts or does not act in reliance on that belief.
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