[WSBARP] The BLA that wasn't

Tue Oct 10 10:53:11 PDT 2017

Why not do a statutory boundary line agreement, 58.04.007, assuming you
already have a survey? Then, as with all DPCs and BLAs and these agreements,
you do deeds to convey the pieces. 

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[mailto:wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com] On Behalf Of Richard Holland
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 10:18 AM
To: WSBA Real Property Listserv
Subject: [WSBARP] The BLA that wasn't

Ok, so here’s a nice set of facts to chew on for a Tuesday:

In Random County (let’s just say it is isolated and far to the east), Owner
A and Owner B are neighbors.  They get along well and it seems silly to them
that their lots are both oddly split by County Road.  So, since Owner A’s
house is on one side and Owner B’s house is on the other, they come to the
logical conclusion that they should just swap the ‘split’ portions, so that
all of Owner’s A property is one side and all of Owner B’s is on the other –
land value equivalent.  No fight or anything.  Should have been just fine.

A & B go to the County and get permission for a BLA.  In this particular
County a document gets recorded called a Certificate that is the County’s
approval of the BLA.  Certificate says on its face that it is good for 1
year.

County updates tax records, noting the BLA.

Years pass, but less than 7, A dies.  Lender of A has contact with A’s
Estate who is willing to do a DIL.

Title report comes 
 oh no.  There is nothing on Title that actually
contained words of conveyance from A to B and B to A.  Title’s position is
that regardless of what the County and the parties think, the insurable
title to the two parcels are the original ‘split’ ones.

In advising Lender, I can think of only two options:  1) Judicially
foreclose since Lender’s DOT covers the split lot legal, present all of this
to a judge and ask the Court to sort it out; or 2) With eyes wide open, have
the Lender take the DIL without insurance and file what would be a friendly
QT action since obviously B wants the BLA legal as well.  Realistically,
though I see no advantage to this since it will be as much of an action as
#1 – except no redemption period.

Can anyone think of another option?  The only other thing that came to my
mind was to get the Estate of A and B to ‘fix’ the lack of conveyance with a
present deed.  Issue of course being that the Cert has long since expired
and basically they would have to start over.

Sincerely,

Richard L. Holland

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