Does Ms. Landowner own the airspace over her property up to the minimal level for safe flight as set by federal regulations?
With rapid technological advances, the law cannot ignore the privacy interest of citizens. If drones were allowed to invade private property without permission, all previous assurances of privacy would be eliminated.
Lis Pendens means: Pending lawsuit affecting title to real property. Washington law provides that a Lis Pendens may only be recorded where there is an “action affecting title to real property.” RCW 4.28.320 states in part that: At any time after an action affecting title to real property has been commenced… the plaintiff, the defendant…[others]…
The long-standing rule in Washington is first in time, first in right. This is the basic rule of Washington’s Recording Act at RCW 65.08.070. In addition, when a deed of trust is foreclosed under RCW 61.24, the trustee’s deed conveys all title that the borrower had at the time of executing the deed of trust to the purchaser.
Homeowner associations derive authority to carry out the function of enforcing covenants from the declaration of covenants, conditions, and restrictions and the deeds to the property within a development.
What happens when one neighbor who shares an easement and driveway with another neighbor who is the property owner, attempts a land grab by encroaching onto the owner’s property?