<div dir="ltr">Jennifer,<div><br></div><div><div>Thank you for responding to my email to the WSBARP listserv regarding subsurface mineral rights a couple weeks back. I am still exploring options under RCW 78.22 and I am wondering if I might pick your brain for a minute because I have some persistent questions. <span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">RCW 78.22.050 specifies that the procedures for extinguishing unused mineral rights are as follows:</span></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">(a) Serve the Notice of Intention to File a Claim of Abandonment and Extinguishment of Mineral Interest on the owner of subsurface mineral rights either via personal service or publication, provided personal service is not possible; and</div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">(b) File a copy of the Notice and an Affidavit proving service with the county Auditor.</div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Then, RCW 78.22.060 further states that if the above are filed with the County Auditor <i>along with</i> the Claim of Abandonment and Extinguishment, then the unused mineral rights will be considered extinguished.</div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">My questions are as follows:</div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">(1) The statute is oddly silent with regard to exactly what this Claim of Abandonment is. Have you dealt with RCW 78.22 before and, if so, what does this Claim of Abandonment entail? Is it to be filed with Superior Court or, in your understanding, does this only need to be filed with the Auditor?</div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">(2) If you have gone through the process under RCW 78.22, do you have a copy of a Claim of Abandonment from which I could crib? I am assuming that the Claim would only need to attest to the contents of the statute but, again, RCW 78.22 leaves a lot of detail out regarding the Claim of Abandonment.</span></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Thank you again.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Best,</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">David J. Faber</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Faber Feinson PLLC</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">210 Polk Street, Suite 1</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Port Townsend, WA 98368<br>(360) 379-4110</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">*** NOTICE: ATTORNEY CLIENT COMMUNICATION - PRIVILEGED & CONFIDENTIAL. This communication may contain privileged or other confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, or believe that you have received this communication in error, please do not print, copy, retransmit, disseminate, or otherwise use the information. Also, please indicate to the sender that you have received this communication in error, and destroy the copy you received.***</span></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 9:54 AM, Jennifer Johnson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jmhanigan@cni.net" target="_blank">jmhanigan@cni.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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You can either get a deed from the prior owner or use RCW 78.22 to extinguish the rights. That is all I’m aware of short of a quiet title action.<br>
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On 1/13/15 9:46 AM, "David Faber" <<a href="http://david@faberfeinson.com" target="_blank">david@faberfeinson.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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I sent out this question on Sunday, but it must have gotten lost in the shuffle. I'm still looking for any insight I can get:<br>
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A client owns real property for which a prior owner some decades back reserved subsurface mineral rights. The client learned from a neighbor who owns property received from the common grantor that they had been successful in recovering subsurface mineral rights some years back, but the neighbor could not remember any further specifics.<br>
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Anybody have any experience with doing something similar? I'd like to help, but I'm not sure how i would begin. Any options that any more experienced attorneys might know about? Any help would be much appreciated.<br>
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David J. Faber<br>
Faber Feinson PLLC<br>
210 Polk Street, Suite 1<br>
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