[WSBARP] Judicial short plat

[Craig Gourley]

Listmates,  My client has just been told by a county official to get a judge to sign off on a  "judicial short plat".  Apparently the client owned Lot A and bought half of the adjoining lot B.  This was a post 1972 purchase so the platting statute applies.  Obviously getting ½ of a lot without a BLA or some other recognized  method is a violation of the platting statute.   Government official has told the client to explain the situation to a judge and get them to sign an order making the ½ lot a separate legal lot.  Purportedly the ruling would be based on "gee we didn't know and its been this way a really long time. "  Anyone heard of such a thing?

Gourley Law Group
Snohomish Escrow
The Exchange Connection

1002 10th Street / PO Box 1091
Snohomish, WA 98291

360.568.5065
360.568.8092  fax
Craig at glgmail.com<mailto:Craig at glgmail.com>

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