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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>See RCW 58.17.060 and 58.17.215 (but see also 58.17.218 and 64.04.175).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cheapest insurance might be to ask the local government for a copy of the short plat conditions of approval, which hopefully will include a paragraph or two that discusses the reason for the easement and provide other helpful tidbits.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Scott Thomas<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></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>Rich Holland<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 21, 2022 12:40 PM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property (wsbarp@LISTS.WSBARPPT.COM) <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Amending an Easement<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Scenario: Only record of grant of access easement (40’) seems to be in a short plat / BLA approved decades ago. No language of grant; just ‘drawn’ on the map. Subsequent documents refer to the BLA as the source of the easement. More recent document ‘restates’ that easement exists (referencing BLA again). Current owners of all the affected properties want to reduce the width of the easement.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My immediate thought was to draft an Amendment of Easement referencing the documents in title that mention the easement and it’s location in the BLA and ‘shrink it’ by referencing the width of the existing utility easement (30’) and all parties agree that is the end result that they want.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Does the apparent fact that the Easement was only created in the BLA and/or is present on the map of the BLA <i>require</i> that the BLA be amended or the easement be ‘approved’ by the municipal overlords?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Richard L. Holland<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Attorney, WSBA# 23921<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Due to COVID19, the majority of staff is working remotely. Please email us, rather than calling, whenever possible.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><img width=175 height=78 style='width:1.8263in;height:.8125in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D8558B.2A51F920" alt=logo-for-print.jpg></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>603 4<sup>th</sup> Avenue, Suite </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Kirkland, WA 98033 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>877.785.8734 / 866.982.5080 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000'>BE AWARE! Online banking fraud is on the rise.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>***PLEASE NOTE: WE DO NOT SEND FUNDING INSTRUCTIONS VIA EMAIL, PLEASE CALL OUR OFFICE TO VERIFY INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE SENDING ANY FUNDS***<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'>The information contained in this communication, and in any attached document(s), is privileged and/or confidential, intended solely for the individual/entity to whom/which it was sent. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify me immediately at the email address, mailing address, or telephone or fax number above.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>