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WA’s Adverse Possession Bill: The State of our Dis-Union Address

By Bob Zierman on April 1, 2011
Posted in Basic Issues, Thoughts & Theory

black-big.pngThe vast majority of my posts for the last couple months have been Treatment Level – High. However, today Washington’s Senate exeded vast majority status by unanimously voting to adopt Washington’s Adverse Possession Bill. Great News! … Right?

Well to be honest, I’m not so sure. My uncertainty stems from the fact that the House, which…

Good Faith Element v. Clear, Cogent, and Convincing Evidence

By Bob Zierman on March 11, 2011
Posted in Basic Issues, Thoughts & Theory

gray-large.pngIn my January 2011 Bar News article A Good Faith Attack on Land Thieves, I suggested that the best method to attempt to eliminate land theft allowed under the current laws would be to add the element of Good Faith to adverse possession’s 10 year common law statutory interpretation of RCW 4.16.020.

Well, today at…

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Justice Smiles, pllc concentrates on resolving boundary disputes and other issues arising between neighbors. Adverse Possession is the primary legal doctrine used to settle these types of disputes. Justice Smiles’ managing attorney Robert WM Zierman has read and spreadsheeted virtually all of Washington States’ recorded Adverse Possession cases. In January 2011, Mr. Zierman published an article in the Washington State Bar Association’s (WSBA) Bar News titled: A Good-Faith Attack on Land Thieves (See pages 18-20).

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