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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for sharing – very interesting read for a holiday afternoon!
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<p class="MsoNormal">It’s been the law in WA for over 100 years that you can hack away at any parts of the neighbor’s offending tree that cross your property line without any concern for the tree’s wellbeing. It would be nice to think reasonable neighbors could
talk across the branches and figure out a solution satisfactory to both, but alas, that is likely fantasy
<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😊</span> Perhaps the tree owner may want to take it down and plant a new one further away from the property line.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Script MT Bold"">Jennifer L. White, Esq.</span>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Brian Holtzclaw<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 16, 2023 2:33 PM<br>
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<p class="pf0"><span class="cf01"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Mustoe v. Ma, 193 Wn. App. 161 (2016)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf01"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Division 1 held in that case that a property owner can treat encroaching roots just like encroaching branches</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">I received a call from a potential client who has property containing numerous large trees. The tree in question in this matter is fully on his own property but some roots do extend
onto the neighbor's property, of course. The roots have done no damage, but the neighbor has decided to cut the roots at the property line because he doesn't want them on his side of the fence. The PC is concerned that if those very large roots are cut, it
could kill the tree eventually. Even of greater concern is that those are anchoring roots and that tree will no longer be secure and could easily fall onto his house. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">The neighbor is determined to cut the roots. PC would like to know what his legal standing is to 1- prohibit the neighbor from cutting the roots, or 2- what his recourse is should
the roots be cut and the tree dies or falls onto his home. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">All input, information, and citations if available, would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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