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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">In this case, the USFS lease (as evidenced by the permit) was at all times held by an individual (initially in the name of Husband and now in the name of Beneficiary). However, the ownership interest in the
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">I was always under the impression that the USFS leases had to be held individually, and while the owner could “assign” the interest to a trust, the USFS would
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 21, 2026 12:02 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> [WSBARP] Chain of Title Question<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Dear All:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:#002060">Question summary</span></u><span style="color:#002060">: Does ownership of real property improvements (and not the real property itself) require an unbroken chain of title?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:#002060">Background</span></u><span style="color:#002060">: Husband and Wife owned a cabin located on property leased by the US Forest Service. The USFS permit was in Husband's name. Husband died. Husband’s Will
provided that all of his Estate was to be transferred into a Revocable Living Trust of which Husband and Wife were the Trustors. No document was ever recorded that transferred Husband's interest in the cabin into the Trust.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Later, while Wife was still alive, Husband and Wife’s Son executed a document that purportedly transferred all of Wife's interest in the cabin to the Trust under a Power of Attorney. As was the case with Husband,
it appears that no document was ever recorded to give effect this transfer. Wife subsequently died.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Son, as Successor Trustee of the Trust, has executed and is preparing to record a Bill of Sale from the Trust to a Beneficiary of the Trust. USFS has already issued its permit to the Beneficiary.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Does Son need to any record documents that evidence of transfer of ownership of the cabin from Husband and from Wife into the Trust? Or would chain of title to the cabin not really be an issue for subsequent
owners?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">In advance, thanks for your input here.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#002060">Mark B. Anderson<br>
</span></b><span style="color:#002060">ANDERSON LAW FIRM PLLC<br>
821 Dock Street, Suite 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"><span style="color:#002060">marka@mbaesq.com</span></a><br>
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