[WSBARP] Boundary Line Correction & No Conforming Deeds

[Paul Neumiller]

The BLC was recorded under fraudulent circumstances with previous owners but that's another story.  My clients are the only ones who would have to sign the conforming deed.  In other words, my clients own the only parcel that gave up land. But my clients don't want to and they query whether they can go back to the pre-BLC lines?  By analogy, Island County is starting to send out "reminders" telling parties to Boundary Line Adjustments that the County's approval of the Boundary Line Adjustments will expire within 6 months of the approval if the parties don't record the BLA agreement AND the conforming deeds.

For the title nerds among us and before someone raises the issue, YES, my clients' title insurance company should have caught this issue and obtained the conforming deeds prior to closing escrow at the time of my clients' purchase.  But it didn't catch the glitch and we have tendered the issue to the title company (to see if anything would stick against the wall).  The title company has denied coverage stating that it only insures the "land" as described in the policy and the policy used the post-BLC legal description.  So, because the full pre-BLC lot was not described in the policy, the portions of the lot allegedly transferred away by the BLC are not covered by the policy.

 So, my question is "If the conforming deeds aren't recorded after, what?, 18 years, is the BLC ineffective and the parties go back to the original configuration of the parcels?"  Oh, by the way, this is no bank beach-front property.  It matters.  I wasn't able to find any cases that addressed this issue.
 

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From: wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> On Behalf Of Bryce Dille
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2021 1:22 PM
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Subject: Re: [WSBARP] Boundary Line Correction & No Conforming Deeds

I have has this issue more times then I care to count. The parties and sometimes their atty things that recording the boundry line survey automatically transfers the property which it does not. Usually there is an agreement hopefully in writing agreeing to the revision. If you cant locate the party to sign the deed then do quiet title action based on agreement

Bryce H. Dille
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Sent: Friday, March 26, 2021 1:00 PM
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Subject: [WSBARP] Boundary Line Correction & No Conforming Deeds

Listmates: A Boundary Line Correction ("BLC") was recorded in 2003 reducing client's property (signed by previous owners).  Deeds to conform the parcels to the BLC were never recorded.  But client received SWD using post-BLC legal description.  County Assessor says because conforming deeds were never recorded, client has been paying taxes on full (pre-BLC) lots since then.  Client's would love to go back to pre-BLC configuration of lot.  Client might be able to locate previous owner and receive a quit claim deed for full pre-BLC legal description.  What is the impact of no conformance deeds?



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