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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif] -->On December 30, 2016 at 11:15 AM John McCrady <j.mccrady@pstitle.com> wrote:<br><br><div class="ox-4066988969-WordSection1"><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"><span style="color: #993366;">I agree with Eric’s analysis. </span></p><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"><span style="color: #993366;">RCW 58.17.030 states that “every subdivision shall comply with the provisions of this chapter……”</span></p><p class="ox-4066988969-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.”</span></p><p class="ox-4066988969-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.</span></p><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"><span style="color: #993366;"> </span></p><div><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeueETW01-55Rg; color: #993366;">John McCrady</span></p><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeueETW01-55Rg; color: #993366;">Counsel</span></p><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"><span style="color: #993366;">Puget Sound Title Company</span></p><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"><span style="color: #993366;">5350 Orchard Street West</span></p><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"><span style="color: #993366;">University Place WA 98466</span></p><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"><span style="color: #993366;">253-476-5721</span></p></div><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"><span style="color: #993366;"> </span></p><div><div style="border: none; border-top: solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt; padding: 3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"><strong>From:</strong> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com] <strong>On Behalf Of </strong>Eric Nelsen<br><strong>Sent:</strong> Friday, December 30, 2016 10:25 AM<br><strong>To:</strong> WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br><strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [WSBARP] illegal subdivision</p></div></div><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"> </p><p class="ox-4066988969-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?</span></p><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d;"> </span></p><p class="ox-4066988969-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.</span></p><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d;"> </span></p><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d;">Clear as mud--</span></p><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d;"> </span></p><div><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f497d;">Sincerely,</span></p><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f497d;"> </span></p><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f497d;">Eric</span></p><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f497d;"> </span></p><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f497d;">Eric C. Nelsen</span></p><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f497d;">SAYRE LAW OFFICES, PLLC</span></p><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f497d;">1417 31st Ave South</span></p><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f497d;">Seattle WA 98144-3909</span></p><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f497d;">phone 206-625-0092</span></p><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f497d;">fax 206-625-9040</span></p><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f497d;"> </span></p><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: red;">Please Note that We Have Moved.</span></strong> <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). <strong>Our new address is 1417 31st Avenue South, Seattle WA 98144. </strong>All other contact information remains the same.</span></p></div><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d;"> </span></p><div><div style="border: none; border-top: solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt; padding: 3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif;">From:</span></strong><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>] <strong>On Behalf Of </strong>Craig Gourley<br><strong>Sent:</strong> Thursday, December 29, 2016 5:47 PM<br><strong>To:</strong> <a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br><strong>Subject:</strong> [WSBARP] illegal subdivision</span></p></div></div><p class="ox-4066988969-MsoNormal"> </p><p class="ox-4066988969-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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