<div dir="ltr">Thank you for the cite. this is what I needed to get started with.<div><br></div><div>Jim</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>James R. Doran<br></div>Attorney at Law<br></div>100 E. Pine Street - Suite 205<br></div>Bellingham, WA 98225<br>(360)393-9506<br></div><a href="mailto:jim@doranlegal.com" target="_blank">jim@doranlegal.com</a><br></div><a href="http://www.doranlegal.com" target="_blank">www.doranlegal.com</a><br></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 3:11 PM Flatt, Danielle F. <<a href="mailto:Flatt@ryanlaw.com">Flatt@ryanlaw.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">RCW 9A.52.105 & .115 were enacted in 2017 to deal with the true squatter situation (e.g., someone has broken into the premises) not a person who is just living
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">The person seeking to remove the squatter needs to make a sworn declaration that the people occupying the premises have never had permission to be there.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Some jurisdictions are more cautious than others to use it. Note that the statute creates a right of action against the declarant by the persons removed from
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<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Probate and squatters<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Yes. This is a good idea and we are trying that right now. In this case, I do not think it will work. Can we do some sort of "eviction" or "ejectment" within the probate case or do we have to file a separate
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Jim, if the PR is prepared to re secure the property to prevent a recurrence you could, assuming the estate is solvent enough, offer “cash for keys” except these people do not have keys, but you could offer cash to induce them to vacate
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">I have a situation where we opened a probate and have a Personal Representative appointed. Squatters have taken up residence on the real property that is owned by the deceased. The real estate agent cannot
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