[WSBARP] King County Notice of Code Violation and Abatement Order

[Scott Thomas]

As a city attorney, I think that most of my colleagues - but not all -
would be pleased to arrive at a settlement in which the nuisance is
resolved.  If somebody approached me to say that they could either pay a
fine or resolved the issue, it would not be a hard decision.

On Fri, Aug 1, 2025, 7:14 PM Gregory L. Ursich <gursich at insleebest.com>
wrote:

> Samuel: Have had several code enforcement defense cases recently and
> successfully resolved with the  cities of Bellevue, Seattle and Renton.
> Happy to consult on this one. I am sure they can be reasonable given that
> the property owner has passed. I have also dealt with this issue in the
> context of title insurance and the impact on marketability of the property.
> Greg Ursich, Inslee Best, 425-450-4258
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> On Aug 1, 2025, at 2:49 PM, Chris B <chrisb at firstavenuelaw.com> wrote:
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>  No idea with KC, but my experience with the city of seattle is that they
> run the fines to exorbitant levels and then negotiate down substantially.
> In one example, negotiated down from $190K to $6K.
>
> Christopher T Benis
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> On Aug 1, 2025, at 5:44 PM, Samuel Meyler <smeyler at reedlongyearlaw.com>
> wrote:
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> A PR is administering an estate and one of the properties has a King
> County Notice of Code Violation and Abatement Order from 2019 recorded
> against it.  The decedent never addressed the violations and apparently
> fines of $260.00 have been accruing daily for the last ~six years.
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> Has anyone had any luck getting a county/city/town to abate the fines in
> this situation?  Any other thoughts?
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> Sam
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