<div dir="ltr">No handy cite, I am pretty sure you cannot thrust permission upon someone. Indeed, unrecognized permission is itself evidence of adverse use. Permission requires acknowledgement by the adverse user. And yes, at that point, you have the silver bullet.<div><br></div><div>I'd just file suit, though. Time is short.</div><div><br></div><div>Craig<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px">Craig Blackmon, <a href="https://www.mywsba.org/PersonifyEbusiness/LegalDirectory/LegalProfile.aspx?Usr_ID=000000029240" target="_blank">Attorney at Law</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">92 Lenora St. #103, </font></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Seattle WA 98121 </span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Office/Cell: (206) 369-5949</font></span> </div><div style="font-size:12.8px">On the blog: <a href="https://seattlepropertylawyer.com/blog/quitclaim-deed-explained" target="_blank">Changes to Title and the QCD</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://seattlepropertylawyer.com/" target="_blank"><img style="font-size:small" width="96" height="60" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4yAS3LbigaeQ7XjeX_jBFLC1xkGA4lhF3hRITg40apDzIx3WWSC-yKZowxra-M6dhcfA8lC3xQ"></a> <a href="https://www.fsbolawyers.org/" target="_blank"><img width="96" height="92" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wb7RP8yX-nieDebz-qxj-lDuz4U1vb4JaUimepQmmYEjbAHyaH1ZbnST10vrkMatVaysevEMU"></a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication is a private, confidential electronic communication encompassed by 18 USC 2510. 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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Dear Listmates:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Client owns real property adjacent to real property owned by "Neighbor." Client and Neighbor do not get along. Client reports that Neighbor has a fence that has encroached on Client's property for 9 years.
Client would like to avoid any future claim of adverse possession. Client has agreed to sell the property to a third party. The third party is aware of the encroachment and is willing to purchase the property subject to that encroachment.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Will adverse possession be defeated if, at this point, Client grants permission for Neighbor to use the property as it is currently used? I am contemplating either a recorded easement or a license for this purpose.
And would Neighbor have to somehow "accept" this permission?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Thanks in advance.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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