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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">FYI, after discussion with the parties, here is the language I plan to use on a Statutory Warranty Deed:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lot 32, etc., etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">SUBJECT TO any existing encroachments that may exist along the southwestern boundary of this parcel in the form of a fence, wall, or other improvement.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">The buyer has agreed to accept ownership of the property on this basis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Any further suggestions to tighten this up?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222A35">Mark B. Anderson<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>John McCrady<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 06/21/2023 5:02 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Defeating Prospective Adverse Possession Claim<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope I understand the facts correctly. If the buyer is willing to take subject to the encroachment, then use a Statutory Warranty Deed that lists the existing encroachment as an exception to the warranties.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Rod Harmon<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 20, 2023 7:48 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Defeating Prospective Adverse Possession Claim<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My question too. Why file suit if your client has a buyer who is happy with what he sees?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Rod Harmon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">RODNEY T. HARMON</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> Bothell, WA 98041</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> Tel: (425) 402-7800</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> Fax: (425) 458-9096</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">
wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> <<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Britt, Christopher<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 20, 2023 4:31 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Defeating Prospective Adverse Possession Claim<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Quiet title will not suffice. What you would want - if you filed something - would be declaratory judgment. There is nothing of record (at least from the facts you outlined) that would require clearing. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Also, you said 9 years correct? I previously stated that it takes 10 years for adverse possession unless the neighbor pays taxes. Was there some reason you even want to file suit?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">1403 S. Grand Blvd., Suite 201-S</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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F: +1.509.455.3718 (must dial 1 before area code)</span><span style="color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 4:16 PM Mark Anderson <<a href="mailto:marka@mbaesq.com">marka@mbaesq.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#002060">It sounds like a quiet title action is the only way to go.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#002060">Unless… What if the neighbor voluntarily removes his fence?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="color:#222A35">Mark B. Anderson<br>
</span></b><span style="color:#222A35">ANDERSON LAW FIRM PLLC<br>
821 Dock St Ste 209 PMB 4-12<br>
Tacoma, Washington 98402<br>
+1 253-327-1750<br>
+1 253-327-1751 (fax)<br>
<a href="mailto:marka@mbaesq.com" target="_blank">marka@mbaesq.com</a><br>
<a href="http://www.mbaesq.com/" target="_blank">www.mbaesq.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">
wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> <<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Andrew Hay<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 06/20/2023 3:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Defeating Prospective Adverse Possession Claim<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Wow – kind of a mess. Beware of transferring the property via a statutory warranty deed. The deed warrants title to the full legally-described property. Mere knowledge by the
buyer or a disclosure by the seller does not defeat the claim under the warranty.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">Kiss's claim that the Popchois waived the warranties of the deed is without merit.
<a name="m_1756494594367464997_Bookmark_I53MMNMX2"></a><a name="m_1756494594367464997_Bookmark_I72TPNPB4"></a><span style="mso-bookmark:m_1756494594367464997_Bookmark_I53MMNMX2">At least since 1901,
<a name="m_1756494594367464997_Bookmark_LNHNREFcl"></a>Washington courts have followed the rule that a grantee does not waive the covenants of a deed by having knowledge of a defect.
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:m_1756494594367464997_Bookmark_I53MMNMX2"></span><a href="https://plus.lexis.com/api/document?collection=cases&id=urn:contentItem:7Y5N-6830-YB0W-608M-00000-00&context=1530671" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:m_1756494594367464997_Bookmark_I53MMNMX2"><i><span style="color:#0077CC;background:white">Edmonson</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark:m_1756494594367464997_Bookmark_I53MMNMX2"></span></a><a href="https://plus.lexis.com/api/document?collection=cases&id=urn:contentItem:7Y5N-6830-YB0W-608M-00000-00&context=1530671" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:m_1756494594367464997_Bookmark_I53MMNMX2"><i><span style="color:#0077CC;background:white">,
155 Wn. App. at 389</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark:m_1756494594367464997_Bookmark_I53MMNMX2"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:m_1756494594367464997_Bookmark_I53MMNMX2"><span style="color:black"> (citing
</span></span><a href="https://plus.lexis.com/api/document?collection=cases&id=urn:contentItem:3RRR-4MP0-003V-74P2-00000-00&context=1530671" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:m_1756494594367464997_Bookmark_I53MMNMX2"><i><span style="color:#0077CC;background:white">W.
Coast Mfg. & Inv. Co. v. W. Coast Improvement Co.</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark:m_1756494594367464997_Bookmark_I53MMNMX2"></span></a><a href="https://plus.lexis.com/api/document?collection=cases&id=urn:contentItem:3RRR-4MP0-003V-74P2-00000-00&context=1530671" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:m_1756494594367464997_Bookmark_I53MMNMX2"><i><span style="color:#0077CC;background:white">,
25 Wash. 627, 637, 66 P. 97 (1901))</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark:m_1756494594367464997_Bookmark_I53MMNMX2"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:m_1756494594367464997_Bookmark_I53MMNMX2"><span style="color:black">;
<i>accord</i> </span></span><a href="https://plus.lexis.com/api/document?collection=cases&id=urn:contentItem:3RRR-2KD0-003V-70MC-00000-00&context=1530671" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:m_1756494594367464997_Bookmark_I53MMNMX2"><i><span style="color:#0077CC;background:white">Fagan
v. Walters</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark:m_1756494594367464997_Bookmark_I53MMNMX2"></span></a><a href="https://plus.lexis.com/api/document?collection=cases&id=urn:contentItem:3RRR-2KD0-003V-70MC-00000-00&context=1530671" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:m_1756494594367464997_Bookmark_I53MMNMX2"><i><span style="color:#0077CC;background:white">,
115 Wash. 454, 457, 197 P. 635 (1921)</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark:m_1756494594367464997_Bookmark_I53MMNMX2"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:m_1756494594367464997_Bookmark_I53MMNMX2"><span style="color:black">. “Such covenants warrant against
<b> [*284] </b> known as well as unknown defects, and grantees with knowledge of an encumbrance have the right to rely on the covenants in the deed for their protection.”
</span></span><a href="https://plus.lexis.com/api/document?collection=cases&id=urn:contentItem:3S3J-Y3J0-003F-W4CM-00000-00&context=1530671" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:m_1756494594367464997_Bookmark_I53MMNMX2"><i><span style="color:#0077CC;background:white">Foley
v. Smith</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark:m_1756494594367464997_Bookmark_I53MMNMX2"></span></a><a href="https://plus.lexis.com/api/document?collection=cases&id=urn:contentItem:3S3J-Y3J0-003F-W4CM-00000-00&context=1530671" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:m_1756494594367464997_Bookmark_I53MMNMX2"><i><span style="color:#0077CC;background:white">,
14 Wn. App. 285, 292, 539 P.2d 874 (1975)</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark:m_1756494594367464997_Bookmark_I53MMNMX2"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:m_1756494594367464997_Bookmark_I53MMNMX2"><span style="color:black">. In
<i>Foley</i>, both the grantee and grantor had knowledge of the defect, but as the Court of Appeals noted in this case, “[t]his is a distinction
<b> [***17] </b>without a difference.” </span></span><a href="https://plus.lexis.com/api/document?collection=cases&id=urn:contentItem:7Y5N-6830-YB0W-608M-00000-00&context=1530671" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:#0077CC;background:white">Edmonson</span></i></a><a href="https://plus.lexis.com/api/document?collection=cases&id=urn:contentItem:7Y5N-6830-YB0W-608M-00000-00&context=1530671" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:#0077CC;background:white">,
155 Wn. App. at 389</span></i></a><span style="color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Anderson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 20, 2023 1:55 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Defeating Prospective Adverse Possession Claim<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#002060">Dear Listmates:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#002060">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#002060">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?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#002060">Thanks in advance.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b>Mark B. Anderson<br>
</b>ANDERSON LAW FIRM PLLC<br>
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Tacoma, Washington 98402<br>
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