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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Easements are an interest in real property and must meet the requirements of the deed statute which, as you point out, only requires the acknowledged
signature of the grantor. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">But to effectively pass title, the instrument must be delivered and accepted.
</span></font><i><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext;font-style:italic">Clearwater v. Skyline Const. Co., Inc.</span></font></i><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">, 67 Wn. App. 305, 318–19 (1992). As that case points out, the
recording of a deed by the grantor creates a presumption of delivery, and, if the conveyance is a benefit to the grantee, acceptance of the deed by the grantee is presumed. These presumptions may be rebutted only by clear, cogent and convincing evidence, but
that would require the neighbor to get actively aggressive rather than be passively aggressive as you fear. And by that time, the plat will likely be finaled. I would just record the deed and not inform the neighbor until it is too late to disrupt the plat.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" color="#1f497d" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Rod Harmon</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext"> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com]
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Rich Holland<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, December 10, 2019 10:28 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [WSBARP] Grantee Easement approval<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">The axiom is of course that the only party that needs to sign a document is the party to be held bound. Hence why, usually, only the Grantor signs
a Deed. Does this hold up with Easements – as a <i><span style="font-style:italic">practical</span></i> matter of insurability, getting it recorded etc.?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Have a client who is being required by a municipality to grant an easement to an adjoining parcel and he would prefer to just have it drafted and
recorded without engaging the benefited parcel owner who might suddenly discover that he wants to be paid for receiving the easement since its grant is a condition of plat submission.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Richard L. Holland<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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