---
title: "Pipeline Easements"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/environmental-and-energy-law-en/pipeline-easements-en"
field: "Environmental & Energy Law"
description: "Pipeline easements under Civil Code Articles 247, 248, 249, 252 and 253: encumbrance, compensation and protection. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-09"
updated: "2026-10-23"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Pipeline Easements

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/environmental-and-energy-law-en/pipeline-easements-en

## The Concept of a Servitude and Its Role in Infrastructure Projects

Laying and operating a pipeline almost always involves crossing land plots belonging to different owners, and this is where the institution of the servitude, defined in Article 247 of the Civil Code, comes into play. Under the law, a land plot or other immovable property may be used — that is, encumbered — for the benefit of the owner of another land plot or other immovable property, so that this owner has the right, in individual cases, to use the encumbered plot, to prohibit certain actions on it, or to exclude the exercise of certain rights of the owner of the burdened plot. For energy infrastructure this means that a pipeline operator can obtain a lawful authority to act on the land without acquiring ownership, while the landowner retains title in exchange for compensation.

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### What is a servitude in the pipeline context?

An encumbrance of a land plot or other immovable property for the benefit of the owner of another plot, by force of which he may use the plot, prohibit defined actions on it, or restrict certain rights of its owner.

### How is a servitude formalised?

Through the application of the rules provided for the acquisition of an immovable thing, and compensation may be determined as a periodic payment.

### When does a servitude exist under the law?

Only where it gives the authorised person an advantage in the use of his own plot; in exercising it, the interests of the owner of the burdened plot must be respected.

### Is a personal servitude transferable to another person?

No — a restricted personal servitude, including the right to use a building as a dwelling, is not transferred to other persons.