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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>If the tidelands are a separate tax parcel, and she is the owner of that tax parcel, then she can sell the uplands and retain ownership of the tidelands.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><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><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Inge Fordham<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 14, 2020 5:50 PM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Selling Property & Retaining Tideland Rights<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>A PC contacted me with an interesting situation. She has a waterfront house with tideland rights and a contract to sell shellfish. She wishes to sell the property but retain the tideland rights and the contract. Is this even possible? I can think of folks who retain mineral rights but tideland rights may be a whole separate bag of worms.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thanks in advance! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=60 valign=top style='width:45.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black'><img width=96 height=95 style='width:1.0in;height:.9916in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D6D2B7.24939C30" alt="uc%3fexport=download&id=1W3rEcChy0_E0cCfV5up02mkhwnL6eWIs&revid=0B4P5JoIHdbFaR29EbHlRWHFseFV5STZpSUVGeUNPWldkVDFVPQ"></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=570 valign=top style='width:427.25pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#203864'>Inge A. Fordham | Attorney</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black'>Fordham Law, PLLC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black'>3218 Sixth Avenue | Tacoma, WA 98406<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black'>Office: (253) 348-2657 | Mobile: (206) 778-3131<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black'><a href="http://www.fordhamlegal.com">www.fordhamlegal.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#7D888E'>Confidential Communication:</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#7D888E'> This email is sent to a recipient on behalf of an attorney/law firm, and is information intended exclusively for the individual, entity or company to which it is sent. This communication may contain proprietary, privileged or confidential information or may otherwise be legally exempt from disclosure other than to the intended recipient. If you are not the named addressee, you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy or otherwise disseminate this message or any part of it. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately by email or other communication and delete all copies of the message.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>