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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Im verifying this with title co but if an easement is created after the recording of the deed of trust unless in the foreclosure action notice is given to the benefited party of the easement just like you would
give notice to a junior judgment holder to mortgagee the easement is not eliminated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Eric Nelsen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 20, 2020 1:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Extinguishment of easement and effect of security interest<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Anyone have a response to John's hypothetical? I am wondering about it too.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Restating it: Let's say the lender does agree to creation of an easement on the property, and then ends up foreclosing later. Does the purchaser at the trustee's sale have an argument under RCW 61.24.050(1) that s/he takes the property
free and clear of that easement, because it didn't exist at the time the DOT was executed and the trustee's deed, by statute, conveys the title "frozen" at the time the DOT was executed?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I assume that a court would say that the lender's consent to the easement, recorded in the public record, is sufficient notice that the new easement has been exempted from the title available from foreclosure. But is there case law stating
that?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Additional wrinkle: Is there is a difference between the lender signing a "consent" to creation of the easement, and actually executing the easement as a grantor along with the owner/borrower?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Eric<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Eric C. Nelsen<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>John McLaughlin<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, April 18, 2020 12:53 PM<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m curious about Kary’s hypothetical, and the new easement not consented to by the lender.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If the lender <u>does</u> consent to grant of the easement burdening the encumbered property – and that consent is recorded along with the new easement – is the easement not wiped out if there is a foreclosure of the lender’s deed of trust?
I could see a purchaser at the trustee’s sale arguing that her title should be free and clear of any junior encumbrances. I haven’t been able to find any caselaw that addresses this issue.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:Eric@sayrelawoffices.com">Eric Nelsen</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Saturday, April 18, 2020 11:32 AM<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">WSBA Real Property Listserv</a><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [WSBARP] Extinguishment of easement and effect of security interest<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kary, your view is the one supported by law. I was thinking there was could be an arguable distinction between creation of an easement and destruction of one. My view, which is not supported, started from the conceptual point that collateral
can be destroyed and the lender can't just resurrect destroyed property by foreclosing. For example, if the loan is on a car that is wrecked and then dismantled for scrap; or a mortgaged house that burns down.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">By that logic, I suggested that if a landowner could "destroy" an easement by extinguishing it, then it's gone and a foreclosure of a security interest can't bring it back. But clearly since an easement is completely a creature of law and
has no physical existence analogous to a car or a house, the law can say what it wants about when and how it is truly destroyed or extinguished—or revived.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Eric<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Eric C. Nelsen<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sayre Law Offices, PLLC<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, April 18, 2020 8:29 AM<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p>I'm not seeing how this is any different than the inverse, creating an easement on property that is subject to an existing mortgage without the mortgagee's consent. Is there any question that in that situation the foreclosure of the mortgage would wipe
out the new easement? In this other situation you still have three parties and the act of two not being able to adversely affect the third.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Make the hypothetical more extreme. The easement was an access easement to the property, but not a necessary easement. An access road could be built to an adjacent road, but due to topography the road would be expensive, thereby greatly reducing the value
of the encumbered property.<o:p></o:p></p>
<pre>Kary L. Krismer<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>John L. Scott, Inc. <o:p></o:p></pre>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 4/17/2020 4:14 PM, Eric Nelsen wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For anyone following this thread—I've been convinced at this point that the security interest can effectively "revive" the easement upon foreclosure, because the bundle of ownership and appurtenant rights that are encumbered is essentially
frozen at the time of executing the mortgage or DOT. So if the borrower extinguishes an easement that benefits the encumbered property, the extinguishment is effective
<i>between the neighbors</i>, but it does not extinguish the <i>lender's</i> contingent right to foreclose on the easement along with the benefitted property. In order for the neighbor to fully extinguish the easement, the neighbor would need both the benefitted
owner's consent, and the benefitted owner's lender's consent.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So my argument below isn't right. Oh, well. Have a good weekend everyone--<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Eric<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Eric C. Nelsen<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sayre Law Offices, PLLC<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">
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<p class="MsoNormal">I agree that mechanically the sheriff's deed or the trustee's deed is likely to list the easement. But if the easement was previously extinguished, I would argue that the deed cannot re-create the easement, because the Deed of Trust can't
have a security interest in, or foreclose on, something that doesn't exist. But I guess that also begs the question—I don't know that an extinguishment of an easement, executed by the owner of the encumbered property, is effective. I really think it should
be, but I have nothing to back up my opinion.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If I could rephrase the problem: We generally think of mortgages and DOTs as being secured by land, a chunk of dirt that always exists and always will exist. It can be transferred to someone else but it's easy enough to envision that the
security interest "stays" with the land even if the ownership changes.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">But an easement can be "destroyed" by extinguishment in a way that dirt can't. An easement isn't a fee interest and by definition has to be situated
<i>outside</i> the boundaries of the dirt that is the main focus of the security interest. The owner of land benefitted by an easement has, so far as I am aware, a unilateral and unlimited right to extinguish an easement that benefits the owner's property.
It's not a transfer away, it's a cancellation. And once it's cancelled, there is no easement for the security interest to attach to.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Eric<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Eric C. Nelsen<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sayre Law Offices, PLLC<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1417 31st Ave South<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Joseph McIntosh<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 17, 2020 2:27 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Extinguishment of easement and effect of security interest<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">If I understand the question properly, the proposition I think you are looking for is this -- the person auctioning the mortgaged interest, whether a sheriff or trustee, gives the purchaser a deed to that precise
interest. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">So, here, the buyer at the foreclosure would acquire the mortgaged interest, to include the easement.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">This is how, mechanically, junior encumbrances are extinguished by senior lien sales.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A philosophical question:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">B owns Blackacre, which has an easement appurtenant for a driveway across Whiteacre, owned by W.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">B has a loan, secured by DOT on Blackacre. The DOT's legal description says it covers "Parcel A: Blackacre and Parcel B: Easement for driveway over Whiteacre."<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">W and B execute a document extinguishing the driveway easement over Whiteacre. So, the easement no longer exists.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Then B's lender forecloses on its DOT.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The question: Can the foreclosure "recreate" the easement over Whiteacre? In other words, was the earlier instrument extinguishing the easement ineffective because of the security interest, so that when the lender forecloses on "Blackacre
plus easement over Whiteacre," the easement springs back into being?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Related question: Same result if the DOT's legal description just said "Blackacre" and didn't mention the easement appurtenant? Regardless of whether or not an easement appurtenant is mentioned in a deed, it travels with the benefitted
land.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Eric<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Eric C. Nelsen<o:p></o:p></p>
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