A conservation easement is valid even though:\n1. It is not appurtenant to an interest in real property;\n2. It can be or has been assigned to another holder;\n3. It is not of a character that has been recognized traditionally at common law;\n4. It imposes a negative burden;\n5. It imposes affirmative obligations upon the owner of an interest in the burdened property or upon the holder;\n6. The benefit does not touch or concern real property; or\n7. There is no privity of estate or of contract.\nExcept as otherwise provided in this chapter, a conservation easement may be created, conveyed, recorded, assigned, released, modified, terminated, or otherwise altered or affected in the same manner as other easements.\n1988, cc. 720, 891.
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