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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Yes, excellent point.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I’m wondering if we would argue that it is a matter of control and not so much an undivided interest in a common area.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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""> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>John M. Riley III<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 27, 2015 2:55 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Do you think RCW 4.24.630 Applies to Condos?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I think you will find under the Condominium Act, assuming this is a condominium to which that act applies, that all unit owners hold an undivided ownership interest in the common area. So it appears it would
not be possible to meet the "going onto the land of another" requirement of 4.24.630. See the Etzel case.
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<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"">
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Clark, Catherine<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 27, 2015 2:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Do you think RCW 4.24.630 Applies to Condos?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Listmates:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I represent a condominium unit owner who has suffered multiple floods in his unit as a result of a failing plumbing system – a common area. His kitchen and living room have been un-useable since September 2014. The HOA has not responded
to our letters so we are in the process of filing suit.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m wondering if RCW 4.24.630 applies to condos? I acknowledge that the statute says land, and it does apply to timber claims, but it is also a general statute on waste. I am, again, thinking outside the box here.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Apart from the uphill battle I will likely face on equating a condo with “land” (I’m happy to take that argument up), do you see any other reason why this statute would not apply in this circumstance?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Trespass is also available it seems to me.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All thoughts appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Copperplate Gothic Light";color:#1F497D">Catherine C. Clark<br>
Law Office of Catherine C. Clark PLLC<br>
701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4105<br>
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Phone: (206) 838-2528<br>
Fax: (206) 374-3003<br>
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