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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">Boat is personal property thus can have a homestead exemption if it meets the statutory definition. I have situations where a residential mobile home in a mobile home park (different owner) can be subject to an exemption.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%"><tr><td valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 3.75pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:black">RCW 6.13.010</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:black">Homestead, what constitutes — "Owner," "net value" defined.</span></p></td><td nowrap valign="top" style="padding:0in 3.75pt 0in 0in"></td></tr></table><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">(1) The homestead consists of real or personal property that the owner uses as a residence. In the case of a dwelling house or mobile home, the homestead consists of the dwelling house or the mobile home in which the owner resides or intends to reside, with appurtenant buildings, and the land on which the same are situated and by which the same are surrounded, or improved or unimproved land owned with the intention of placing a house or mobile home thereon and residing thereon. A mobile home may be exempted under this chapter whether or not it is permanently affixed to the underlying land and whether or not the mobile home is placed upon a lot owned by the mobile home owner. Property included in the homestead must be actually intended or used as the principal home for the owner.<br><br> (2) As used in this chapter, the term "owner" includes but is not limited to a purchaser under a deed of trust, mortgage, or real estate contract.<br><br> (3) As used in this chapter, the term "net value" means market value less all liens and encumbrances senior to the judgment being executed upon and not including the judgment being executed upon.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><img width="86" height="130" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D02661.ADC3ADF0" align="left" hspace="12"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d">Robert R. Rowley</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d"> | Attorney at Law</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d">505 W. Riverside Ave, Suite 500</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d">Spokane, WA 99201</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d">Telephone: (509) 252-5074</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d">Mobile: (509) 994-1143</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d">Facsimile: (509) 928-3084</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d">Email: </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a href="mailto:rob@rowleylegal.com"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">rob@rowleylegal.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d">Web Site: </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a href="http://www.rowleylegal.com/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">www.rowleylegal.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d"></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Stephen Whitehouse<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 31, 2014 4:37 PM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Homestead Exemption - Boat</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal">David,</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> I have no good answer, but could point out that the exemption derives, historically, from the homesteads granted by the federal government which were exempt from execution, and therefore its application in that scenario being limited to real property.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Steve Whitehouse<br><br>Sent from my iPad</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>On Dec 31, 2014, at 12:19 PM, David Faber <<a href="mailto:david@faberfeinson.com">david@faberfeinson.com</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Good afternoon WSBARP,</p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Anyone have any experience claiming the WA homestead exemption for a boat for which a PC uses as their primary residence? I have seen caselaw out of Arizona that approves of such an exemption claim, but haven't been able to find anything in WA.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br clear="all"></p><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Best,</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">David J. Faber</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Faber Feinson PLLC</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">210 Polk Street, Suite 1</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Port Townsend, WA 98368<br>(360) 379-4110</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">*** NOTICE: ATTORNEY CLIENT COMMUNICATION - PRIVILEGED & CONFIDENTIAL. 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