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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Chances are, it is a dedication of right-of-way form. Municipal ROW is treated like an easement, but actually it is something a bit different. You may very well want the dedication form, because it is typically easier to vacate a right-of-way than it is to release an easement. Moreover, if the City were to vacate the ROW, there would remain the easement.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Setareh Mahmoodi<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 15, 2019 4:00 PM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Sample Easement to the City<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>To everyone who is suggesting the city should draft it and/or ask the city for a form: <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>They have a general form and the language is more like the property owner is giving away his property. They call it a "dedication of property to the city." I am not comfortable with it. They have agreed for us to change the language but they don't have any other forms and/or won't redraft. They want us to draft and they will review. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Thanks, </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 3:47 PM Setareh Mahmoodi <<a href="mailto:mahmoodi.setareh@gmail.com">mahmoodi.setareh@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hello, <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I am looking for a sample easement language. Client is giving an easement to the city for a 7 inch sidewalk easement. Client is my family and I don't do real estate law and would love not to have to recreate this. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Any samples and/or tips and advice would be greatly appreciated!<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Best regards, </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Setareh Mahmoodi </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Attorney at Law </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>18222 104th Ave NE, Suite 103</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Bothell, WA 98011</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Phone: 425-806-1500</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Fax: 425-489-4142 (Please email documents if at all possible)</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Email: <a href="mailto:SM@LawOfficesofSM.com">SM@LawOfficesofSM.com</a></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Website: </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><a href="http://www.lawofficesofsm.com/" target="_blank">http://www.lawofficesofsm.com/</a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> This email message and any attachments is a transmission from the law firm and is intended for the recipient only. 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