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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>I think this is may be a covenant, not an easement, which makes the evaluation easier:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:6.5pt;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span></i><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>In Washington, as elsewhere, there are three types of servitudes: <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white'>“A servitude is a legal device that creates a right or obligation that runs with the land” that “can be, among other things, an easement, profit, or covenant.” <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white'>Lake Limerick Country Club v. Hunt Mfd. Homes, Inc., 120 Wash. App. 246, 253, 84 P.3d 295 (2004) (citing 1 Restatement (Third) of Property: Servitudes § 1.1(1), (2), at 8 (Am. Law Inst. 2000)) (“The servitudes covered by this Restatement are easements, profits, and covenants.”).</span></i><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><br><br><span style='background:white'><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Robbins v. Mason Cty. Title Ins. Co., 195 Wash. 2d 618, 630–31 (2020).<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Covenants can be created on one’s own property that spring when the property is transferred. Developers do this all the time with HOA restrictive covenants. <i>“A ‘restrictive covenant’ is a negative covenant that limits permissible uses of land.” Restatement (Third) of Property (Servitudes) § 1.3 (2000).</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>The notion that you cannot create a servitude on your own property is not always very accurate. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Robert D. 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Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>nestor@pplsweb.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 12, 2020 6:49 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'WSBA Real Property Listserv' <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Height Restriction<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>How does an owner give an easement to himself? He owns both lots and wants to create this easement before sale of the downhill lot. A colleague recommended that we attach it to purchase contract and make the signing a condition of sale.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nestor<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Nestor Gorfinkel, Attorney at Law<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Licensed in Washington & Florida<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Florida Civil-Law (International) Notary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>ATTENTION - This e-mail message and any attachment to this e-mail message may contain confidential information that is legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not review, retransmit, convert to hard copy, copy, use or disseminate this e-mail or any attachments to it. 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Ursich<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 11, 2020 8:09 PM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Height Restriction<br><b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Nestor: I would create a separate easement agreement between the owner and himself on that lot and get a definition of the view easement (Legal description) from a surveyor. Record that easement first, then record a deed selling the lot with a reference in the deed that the conveyance is subject to that view easement and reference the recording number of the easement.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='margin-left:-4.5pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:58.05pt'><td width=180 valign=top style='width:135.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:58.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-5.4pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><img border=0 width=177 height=73 style='width:1.8437in;height:.7604in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D6708D.B5BB50E0"></span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=443 valign=top style='width:332.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:58.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-5.75pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Gregory L. Ursich </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-5.75pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Shareholder<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-5.75pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Skyline Tower, Suite 1500 | 10900 NE 4<sup>th</sup> Street | Bellevue, WA 98004<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-5.75pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>P: 425.450.4258 | F: 425.635.7720<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-5.75pt'><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:blue'><a href="http://www.insleebest.com/uploads/vcards/gursich.vcf"><span style='color:blue'>vCard</span></a></span></u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'> |</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:blue'> <u><a href="http://www.insleebest.com/"><span style='color:blue'>website</span></a></u></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'> |</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:blue'> <u><a href="mailto:gursich@insleebest.com"><span style='color:blue'>gursich@insleebest.com</span></a></u></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>This electronic mail transmission is privileged and confidential and is intended only for the review of the party to whom it is addressed. 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Unintended transmission shall not constitute waiver of the attorney-client or any other privilege.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> <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>] <b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:nestor@pplsweb.com">nestor@pplsweb.com</a><br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 07, 2020 10:34 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'WSBA Real Property Listserv' <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Hight Restriction<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Anyone have a deed where owner wants to convey neighboring lot with a Height restriction?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks and Happy Friday.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Nestor Gorfinkel, Attorney at Law<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Licensed in Washington & Florida<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Florida Civil-Law (International) Notary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>ATTENTION - This e-mail message and any attachment to this e-mail message may contain confidential information that is legally privileged. 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