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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#993366'>I agree with Eric’s analysis. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#993366'>RCW 58.17.030 states that “every subdivision shall comply with the provisions of this chapter……”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#993366'>RCW 58.17.300 states that “any person……who violates any provision of this chapter…..shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor and each sale…or transfer….shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#993366'>I am not aware of any authority holding that a transfer in violation of the subdivision code is void or voidable. If anyone is aware of such authority I would love to hear about it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#993366'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:HelveticaNeueETW01-55Rg;color:#993366'>John McCrady<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:HelveticaNeueETW01-55Rg;color:#993366'>Counsel</span><span style='color:#993366'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#993366'>Puget Sound Title Company<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#993366'>5350 Orchard Street West<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#993366'>University Place WA 98466<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#993366'>253-476-5721<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#993366'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Eric Nelsen<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 30, 2016 10:25 AM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] illegal subdivision<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I am pretty sure deed is valid--a deed just conveys real property even if it's just a postage stamp of land that it describes, and zoning/building codes and "legal tax parcels" are all just overlayers of regulation. I think what you have is a tax parcel that is owned not by undivided interests in the whole (tenants in common), but in separate chunks--I think that would be called ownership in severalty?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>It's really a category problem--depends on what you choose to define as "parcel." "Parcel" could mean the land described in a deed, or it could mean a tax parcel as defined by the county. The county won't recognize the deed parcel as a tax parcel, so for all tax and administrative purposes, the tax parcel is owned partly by one person and partly by another.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Clear as mud--<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Eric<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Eric C. Nelsen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>SAYRE LAW OFFICES, PLLC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>1417 31st Ave South<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Seattle WA 98144-3909<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>phone 206-625-0092<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>fax 206-625-9040<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>Please Note that We Have Moved.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>We have moved our Seattle office to Mount Baker Ridge (a small commercial community just above the I-90 tunnel). <b>Our new address is 1417 31st Avenue South, Seattle WA 98144. </b>All other contact information remains the same.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></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> [<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Craig Gourley<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 29, 2016 5:47 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] illegal subdivision<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Listmates, I am wondering what rights are created when property is transferred via an illegal subdivision. By example, someone transfers the north one third of a lot to a buyer. No BLA, no short plat, just a deed. My initial presumption is that buyer owns the property but just can’t get a building permit. Is the transfer void on its face or voidable or neither? I am being lazy tonight and thought I would ask those who may have already researched the matter. 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