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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">It strikes me that this ruling will prevent municipalities from towing any abandoned vehicle for fear of someone claiming it was their homestead?  Am I reading too much into this?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">How about private owners being able to exercise right of private tow on their own properties for fear of a claim of a homestead exemption?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoPlainText">New Supreme Court Opinions as of Thursday, August 12 </p><p class="MsoPlainText"> </p><p class="MsoPlainText">Aug. 12, 2021 - 98824-2 - City of Seattle v. Long      </p><p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="https://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/?fa=opinions.disp&filename=988242MAJ">https://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/?fa=opinions.disp&filename=988242MAJ</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">“Simply  put,  the  homestead act was  intended to provide  shelter  for  families.  Macumber v.  Shafer,  96 Wn.2d 568,  570,  637 P.2d  645 (1981)  (citing  Clark  v. Davis,  37  Wn.2d  850,  226 P.2d 904 (1951)).   The  act  bars the  city  from  towing a vehicle  that is  occupied as a  primary  residence  and from  forcing an  individual to agree  to a  payment plan to prevent that vehicle  from  being  sold at a  public  auction.  With these  observations,  I  respectfully  concur.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="350" style="width:262.5pt"><tr><td width="95" style="width:71.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><img border="0" width="95" height="131" style="width:.9895in;height:1.3645in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D78F55.CCE17A00"></span></p></td><td width="210" style="width:157.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Robert R Rowley</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0e1735">Attorney & Counselor at Law</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><img border="0" width="12" height="12" style="width:.125in;height:.125in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01D78F55.CCE17A00"></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <a href="tel:(509)%20252-5074" target="new"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7e8183">(509) 252-5074</span></a>  </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><img border="0" width="12" height="12" style="width:.125in;height:.125in" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.png@01D78F55.CCE17A00"></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <a href="tel:(509)%20994-1143" target="new"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7e8183">(509) 994-1143</span></a><br></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><img border="0" width="12" height="12" style="width:.125in;height:.125in" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.png@01D78F55.CCE17A00"></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <a href="fax:(509)%20928-3084" target="new"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7e8183">(509) 928-3084</span></a>  </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><img border="0" width="12" height="12" style="width:.125in;height:.125in" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image005.png@01D78F55.CCE17A00"></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <a href="http://www.rowleylegal.com/" target="new"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7e8183">rowleylegal.com</span></a><br></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><img border="0" width="12" height="10" style="width:.125in;height:.1041in" id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image006.png@01D78F55.CCE17A00"></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <a href="mailto:rob@rowleylegal.com" target="new"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7e8183">rob@rowleylegal.com</span></a><br></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0e1735">Helping You Protect What Matters Most</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br></span><a href="https://www.faceboo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