Hello World. It’s been quite some time since I’ve given you a shout out through this blogsite. Instead, you may have found some of my ruminations in the King County Bar Association’s Bar Bulletin. [Sorry, “The Bur Bulletin is for paid KCBA Members only.” You don’t trust me on this one? Ok, the work around
King County Washington Property Research Part II of III – Now Get An Aerial View
With your King County Parcel Number, now you can seek to gain an aerial view of your property in inquiry and see the rough – yes rough – contour(s) of what is presumed by the county auditor’s office to be the boundary lines associated with your property.
Now you will want to go to
King County Washington Property Research Part I of III – Start with the Parcel Numbers
When doing research on your own and your neighbor’s property, start (and follow through) with some tools related to the properties tax parcel numbers by using King County Geographical Information System (“KCGIS”) Center’s Parcel Viewer 2.0. Once you have arrived at this screen, continue with the following steps;
- Click on the green, “Start Parcel
Hey Everybody – Matt’s Got a Great Idea!
Robert – Adverse possession to a property owner is legalized theft. The new law [RCW 7.28.083] should have struck it down completely. Adverse possession is archaic and with today’s ready access to surveys, there is no reason absolute boundaries cannot be confirmed and legal boundaries protected by the very authorities property owners fund with their
Permissive Use – An Equal Application for cases of Adverse Possession & Prescriptive Easement?
Kunkel v. Fisher, 196 Wn.App 599 (Div. I 2001) is a case which does a good job of explaining permissive use. But, it is also a case which then muddies the water when comparing adverse possession and prescriptive easement.
Kunkel starts out: “In a claim for a prescriptive easement, the use of another’s property
How Bad Do You Want It? – [Is It Worth It?]
Big game next Sunday. For those folks who will be out on the gridiron, for what is likely the majority of their lives, they have likely been asked: How Bad Do You Want It?
It’s quite likely that many of them want it pretty-darn bad. So much so that if it were legal to
Merger of Easements Need to Be Considered When Buying & Selling Adjoining Properties
This morning I had the privilege of spending time with Carl Jorgensen of WFG National Title Insurance in a presentation to real estate agents. Carl is a personable, professional person. He’s very knowledgeable in his field.
At any rate, we got into an interesting area of easement laws: Merger.
Merger occurs when the servient (i.e.
New Year 2013 – A Rededicated Approach to Quieting Title
If you have a boundary issue with your neighbor, you probably are not in such good cheer.
Well, now is the time to do something about it. Justice Smiles has refined its process to further assist you. This is how it lays out.
- Spend a few moments to fill out Justice Smiles’ Initial Assessment or call 206.216.5878 so you can decide whether or not
Remedying Failing Walls
In the last couple of days, I have had not one, but two inquiries as to what possible remedy might be available when an adjoining wall is listing over onto one’s property.
I find it rather amazing, but to my knowledge Washington State doesn’t have a specific cause of action. Washington case law does include situations in
How believable is the previous real property owner as a Witness?
The scenario is this. You and your neighbor have purchased properties. Neither you nor your neighbor had a survey prior to purchase. So, the result is when either of you later do have a survey, it is discovered that there are in fact some [potential] encroachments.
However when you purchased your home, you found out – verbally of course –