Easement

Hello!
We have very small community with one major road road and two narrower secondary roads paved (others are gravel). My question concerns our easements. The original plat for the community was done in July 1988 and states a 40' easement (20' from centerline of the street/road) throughout the community. The CCR's were written in August of 1988 and state the easement is 10' from the sides of the roads.
Which would take precedence here - the plat or the CCR's. This is a pretty big concern to many of the property owners as, depending on which street/road they live on, the easement could be at their front door (we live in the mountains and some homes are built, by necessity, pretty close to the streets/roads. By using the 10' easement there could be as much as 4' difference from the 40' easement.

Thank you for your time.

The deed you have will state which document contains the easement information. More than likely, you own (for example) Lot 1d per plat map 1234, and then the easement as defined on the plat map governs the easement width.

As Bill says, this information should be verified with an attorney.