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175w, 2560px" /></a></p> 176<p>In<a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10076205114111677471&q=+Bernstein+v+Sebring&hl=en&as_sdt=4,5" target="_blank"> Bernstein v Sebring</a>, the easement for ingress and egress included portions of a paved road and a 244 foot gravel/dirt road splitting off the paved road used as a driveway for the defendant-easement holderâs property. In 2018 (while the first easement lawsuit was pending) the easement holder told the plaintiff that he was going to immediately pave the gravel/dirt roadway, including the portionâs on plaintiffâs subservient property. This lawsuit followed. With the two lawsuits, the defendant claimed plaintiff violated the rule against splitting causes of action; more on that at the end of this post.</p> 177<div class="read_more_link"><a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/california-access-easements-when-they-may-be-paved-or-graveled/" title="Continue Reading California Access Easements -When they may be Paved or Graveled" class="more-link">Continue reading</a></div> 178 </div> 179 </div> 180 <footer> 181 <div class="author vcard">by <span itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization" itemscope><a href="https://www.jfalconelaw.com/about-the-firm.html" class="url fn author-jfalcone-1 author-336 post-author-link" rel="author" target="_self" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Law Office of James J. 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Instead, <a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/title-insurance-only-insures/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">title insurance indemnifies the insured against loss</a> resulting from differences between the actual title and the record title as of the date title is insured. Liability is often clear due to missed documents in the chain of title. Once liability is established<a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/california-title-insurance-covers-marketability-title-not-marketability-property-can-tell-difference/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"> the problem is to decide how to calculate what the damage is</a>. In a recent decision the title insurer argued that the diminution in value of the property due to an undisclosed easement was based on the value of the actual use of the property. They were wrong- the court held it liable for diminution based on the highest and best use of the property.</p> 238<p><a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2025/02/Title-insurance-attorney.jpg"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2025/02/Title-insurance-attorney.jpg" alt="Title-insurance-attorney" width="1000" height="667" class="alignright size-full wp-image-2015" srcset="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2025/02/Title-insurance-attorney.jpg 1000w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2025/02/Title-insurance-attorney-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2025/02/Title-insurance-attorney-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2025/02/Title-insurance-attorney-180x120.jpg 180w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></a>In <a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=7329120103890574012&q=tait+v+commonwealth&hl=en&as_sdt=4,5" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Tait v. Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company</a>, (103 Cal.App.5th 271), the Taits had purchased a residential property in Danville for $1.25 million. They had planned to subdivide but later discovered a maintenance easement that covered the area of a drainage easement that the title policy did not include as an exception. They could not subdivide.</p> 239<p>Commonwealth issued the Taits an American Land Title Association (ALTA) Homeowner’s Policy of Title Insurance for the property. The policy insured the Taits against âactual lossâ arising from certain defined covered risks, which include someone else having an easement on the property.</p> 240<div class="read_more_link"><a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/title-insurance-compensates-for-loss-based-on-the-highest-and-best-use-not-the-use-at-the-time-of-discovery-of-the-defect/" title="Continue Reading Title Insurance Compensates for Loss Based on the Highest and Best Use, Not the Use at the Time of Discovery of the Defect." class="more-link">Continue reading</a></div> 241 </div> 242 </div> 243 <footer> 244 <div class="author vcard">by <span itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization" itemscope><a href="https://www.jfalconelaw.com/about-the-firm.html" class="url fn author-jfalcone-1 author-336 post-author-link" rel="author" target="_self" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Law Office of James J. 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300. The most common result is a judicial sale of the property, made by a referee appointed by and accountable to the court. The referee is typically a licensed real estate broker. In a recent decision out of Nevada County, after the sale one of the co-owners sued the broker. The Court sided with the broker, finding that he was entitled to qualified judicial immunity. <a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2024/04/Quasi-Judicial-Immunity-attorney.jpg"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2024/04/Quasi-Judicial-Immunity-attorney.jpg" alt="Quasi-Judicial-Immunity-attorney" width="1024" height="683" class="alignright size-full wp-image-2005" srcset="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2024/04/Quasi-Judicial-Immunity-attorney.jpg 1024w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2024/04/Quasi-Judicial-Immunity-attorney-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2024/04/Quasi-Judicial-Immunity-attorney-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2024/04/Quasi-Judicial-Immunity-attorney-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2024/04/Quasi-Judicial-Immunity-attorney-180x120.jpg 180w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></p> 301<p>In <a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=14532778997447143194&q=Holt+v.+Brock,+(85+Cal.+App.+5th+611+(2022),+&hl=en&as_sdt=2006" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Holt v. Brock, (85 Cal. App. 5th 611 (2022), reh’g denied (Dec. 13, 2022)</a>, review denied (Mar. 15, 2023)) a brother and sister could not agree on what to do with an inherited house, so one filed for partition. Brock was appointed and the court ordered the parties to sign a listing agreement, the property to be sold âas isâ with a listing price of at least $882,500, the actual listing price to be determined by the brokerâs assessment of current market value.</p> 302<p>The plaintiff offered to buy the property for $1 million if the broker reduced his commission to 3%. There is some dispute as to what happened, but after agreeing the broker decided he would not change the listing agreement. The house sold to the highest bidder for less than $1 million, and the plaintiff sued the broker. <a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2024/04/Judicial-Immunity-attorney.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2024/04/Judicial-Immunity-attorney.jpg" alt="Judicial-Immunity-attorney" width="1024" height="683" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2006" srcset="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2024/04/Judicial-Immunity-attorney.jpg 1024w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2024/04/Judicial-Immunity-attorney-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2024/04/Judicial-Immunity-attorney-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2024/04/Judicial-Immunity-attorney-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2024/04/Judicial-Immunity-attorney-180x120.jpg 180w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></p> 303<div class="read_more_link"><a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/when-a-real-estate-agent-acting-as-referee-in-california-partition-is-immune-from-lawsuits-qualified-judicial-immunity/" title="Continue Reading When a Real Estate Agent Acting as Referee in California Partition is Immune from Lawsuits â Qualified Judicial Immunity" class="more-link">Continue reading</a></div> 304 </div> 305 </div> 306 <footer> 307 <div class="author vcard">by <span itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization" itemscope><a href="https://www.jfalconelaw.com/about-the-firm.html" class="url fn author-jfalcone-1 author-336 post-author-link" rel="author" target="_self" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Law Office of James J. 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The seller remains on the existing loan (and continues to make the payments) and finances the difference between the existing loan balance and the purchase price. But any transfer normally triggers <a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/acceleration-clauses-in-califo/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">the âdue on saleâ or acceleration clause</a>, where <a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/multiple-deed-trust-held-lender-foreclosure-first-not-prevent-deficiency-second/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">the lender may foreclose</a>, calling the entire loan due. Once the deed is recorded, the transfer is public record, and the Lender may catch it. But there is an exception in Federal Law which blocks lender action for a transfer to the spouse or children of the borrower. This becomes important where the original loan has a low interest rate, or the buyer is unable to qualify for a loan. </p> 364<p><a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2023/11/Due-on-Sale-attorney.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2023/11/Due-on-Sale-attorney.jpg" alt="Due-on-Sale-attorney" width="639" height="437" class="alignright size-full wp-image-1996" srcset="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2023/11/Due-on-Sale-attorney.jpg 639w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2023/11/Due-on-Sale-attorney-300x205.jpg 300w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2023/11/Due-on-Sale-attorney-175x120.jpg 175w" sizes="(max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px" /></a>All-inclusive deeds of trust are used when the interest rate on the existing loan is much lower than the current prevailing rate, the rate of the wraparound can be lower than the [prevailing rate, and the seller still earns a spread between the rate he is paying and the rate that the buyer is paying to the seller.</p> 365<p>The exception is part of the <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/12/1701j-3" rel="noopener" target="_blank">GarnâSt Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982</a>, that deregulated savings and loan associations and allowed banks to provide adjustable-rate mortgage loans. More importantly for us, it prohibits lenders from exercising the due on sale clause in transfers between parents and children. There are some other exemptions set out at the end of this Blog.</p> 366<div class="read_more_link"><a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/an-exception-to-the-due-on-sale-clause-sale-from-parent-to-child-using-an-all-inclusive-or-wraparound-deed-of-trust-in-california/" title="Continue Reading An Exception to the Due on Sale Clause â Sale from Parent to Child Using An All-Inclusive or Wraparound Deed of Trust in California." class="more-link">Continue reading</a></div> 367 </div> 368 </div> 369 <footer> 370 <div class="author vcard">by <span itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization" itemscope><a href="https://www.jfalconelaw.com/about-the-firm.html" class="url fn author-jfalcone-1 author-336 post-author-link" rel="author" target="_self" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Law Office of James J. 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A practical example is the case of an easement on one of the properties (the servient) for the benefit of the other property (the dominant). The easement is terminated when the same person acquires both the dominant and servient estates. But there are exceptions, as a troubled owner learned in a decision issued last November.</p> 427<p>In <a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10378045813309694297&q=Tariwala+v+Mack&hl=en&as_sdt=4,5" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Tariwala v Mack,</a> Defendant Mack owned two adjacent properties at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/dir/2957+Los+Robles+Road,+Thousand+Oaks,+CA/2949+Los+Robles+Rd,+Thousand+Oaks,+CA+91362/@34.169169,-118.8404763,399m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x80e825223490dca9:0x678c41cbf62dca95!2m2!1d-118.8391865!2d34.1689634!1m5!1m1!1s0x80e8252235e38c15:0xd2b081eb2bdc7286!2m2!1d-118.8389475!2d34.1692337!3e0" rel="noopener" target="_blank">2957 & 2949 Los Robles Road in Thousand Oaks</a>. Lot 2957 (the Mack property) was in the front along the road, the other lot was in the back. A recorded easement over the Mack property provides the only access to 2949 (what later became the Plaintiffâs property) </p> 428<p><a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2023/01/Sacramento-real-estate-Merger-attorney.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2023/01/Sacramento-real-estate-Merger-attorney.jpg" alt="Sacramento-real-estate-Merger-attorney" width="1024" height="684" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1982" srcset="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2023/01/Sacramento-real-estate-Merger-attorney.jpg 1024w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2023/01/Sacramento-real-estate-Merger-attorney-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2023/01/Sacramento-real-estate-Merger-attorney-768x513.jpg 768w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2023/01/Sacramento-real-estate-Merger-attorney-1000x668.jpg 1000w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2023/01/Sacramento-real-estate-Merger-attorney-180x120.jpg 180w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a>Mack lost the rear property in foreclosure. Mack refused to move out of the house and remove garbage, inoperable vehicles, and other personal property, and the Bank had to evict him. The bank eventually sold it to the Plaintiffs. Mack denied an easement existed and refused Plaintiffs access over his property so they could begin clearing their lot and renovating the now-dilapidated house. They filed a lawsuit to confirm the easement, and for a preliminary injunction, which they received. Mac violated the injunction and was found in contempt twice. Mac lost at trial and appealed, claiming that the easement was extinguished when he owned both properties due to the doctrine of merger.</p> 429<div class="read_more_link"><a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/doctrine-of-merger-in-california-real-estate-owning-adjoining-parcels-may-eliminate-an-easement-on-one-but-not-always/" title="Continue Reading Doctrine of Merger in California Real Estate – Owning adjoining parcels may eliminate an easement on one, but not always" class="more-link">Continue reading</a></div> 430 </div> 431 </div> 432 <footer> 433 <div class="author vcard">by <span itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization" itemscope><a href="https://www.jfalconelaw.com/about-the-firm.html" class="url fn author-jfalcone-1 author-336 post-author-link" rel="author" target="_self" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Law Office of James J. 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468 <meta itemprop="width" content="1200" /> 469 <meta itemprop="height" content="1200" /> 470 <meta itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="http://schema.org/False" /> 471</div> 472 <div class="published-date"><span class="published-date-label">Published on:</span> <time datetime="2022-11-16T10:47:31-08:00" class="post-date published" itemprop="datePublished" pubdate>November 16, 2022</time></div> 473 474 475 <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/asessor-parcel-numbers-apn-cannot-always-be-relied-on-in-legal-descriptions-the-rules-involved/" itemprop="url" title="Permalink to Asessor Parcel Numbers (APN) Cannot Always be relied on in Legal Descriptions – the Rules Involved" rel="bookmark">Asessor Parcel Numbers (APN) Cannot Always be relied on in Legal Descriptions – the Rules Involved</a> 476 </h2> 477 <meta itemprop="headline" content="Asessor Parcel Numbers (APN) Cannot Always be relied on in Legal Descriptions – the Rules Involved" /> 478 479 480 <div class="author vcard">by <span itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization" itemscope><a href="https://www.jfalconelaw.com/about-the-firm.html" class="url fn author-jfalcone-1 author-336 post-author-link" rel="author" target="_self" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Law Office of James J. Falcone</span></a><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://www.facebook.com/California-Real-Estate-and-Business-Attorney-269093775777/" /></span></div> 481 482 <div class="sharelinks sharelinks-1967 sharelinks-horizontal" id="sharelinks-1967"> 483 <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp8378K-vJ&text=Asessor+Parcel+Numbers+%28APN%29+Cannot+Always+be+relied+on+in+Legal+Descriptions+-+the+Rules+Involved" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/themes/Willow-Responsive/images/share/twitter.gif" alt="Tweet this Post" /></a> 484 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.calrealestatelawyersblog.com%2Fasessor-parcel-numbers-apn-cannot-always-be-relied-on-in-legal-descriptions-the-rules-involved%2F" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/themes/Willow-Responsive/images/share/fb.gif" alt="Share on Facebook" /></a> 485 <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.calrealestatelawyersblog.com%2Fasessor-parcel-numbers-apn-cannot-always-be-relied-on-in-legal-descriptions-the-rules-involved%2F&title=Asessor+Parcel+Numbers+%28APN%29+Cannot+Always+be+relied+on+in+Legal+Descriptions+-+the+Rules+Involved&source=California+Real+Estate+Lawyers+Blog" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/themes/Willow-Responsive/images/share/linkedin.gif" alt="Share on LinkedIn" /></a> 486</div> </header> 487 <div class="content" itemprop="articleBody"> 488 <div class="entry-content"> 489 <p>Assessorâs Parcel Numbers are usually included in the legal description of a deed. But that does not always work; there are times when the APNs do not exactly describe the individual parcel. The assessorâs office does not necessarily follow the subdivision map in assigned APNs. Parties do not necessarily have the Assessors map to refer to and this leads to confusion in what is being conveyed (or <a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/does-a-california-title-companys-preliminary-report-govern-or-is-it-only-the-final-policy-that-matters/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">insured by the title insurer</a>!). </p> 490<p> This may be why use of an APN in a summons <a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/publishing-summons-in-quiet-title-actions-what-is-required/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">published in a quiet title action</a> is not sufficient. This problem was pointed out in a recent case where some deeds included a metes and bounds description (Metes and bounds are the boundaries of a parcel of real estate that identified by its natural landmarks and measurements), plus APNs. The APN included area that is not within the metes and bounds description. One party said I own it all, and the other said no.</p> 491<p><a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2022/11/Assessors-parcel-number-attorney.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2022/11/Assessors-parcel-number-attorney.jpg" alt="Assessors-parcel-number-attorney" width="2047" height="1359" class="alignright size-full wp-image-1974" srcset="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2022/11/Assessors-parcel-number-attorney.jpg 2047w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2022/11/Assessors-parcel-number-attorney-300x199.jpg 300w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2022/11/Assessors-parcel-number-attorney-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2022/11/Assessors-parcel-number-attorney-768x510.jpg 768w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2022/11/Assessors-parcel-number-attorney-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2022/11/Assessors-parcel-number-attorney-1000x664.jpg 1000w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2022/11/Assessors-parcel-number-attorney-181x120.jpg 181w" sizes="(max-width: 2047px) 100v
491w, 2047px" /></a>In<a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=17163745821781935917&q=XPO+Logistics+Freight,+Inc.+v.+Hayward+Property,+LLC&hl=en&as_sdt=4,5" rel="noopener" target="_blank"> XPO Logistics Freight, Inc. v. Hayward Property, LLC</a>, a large property was subdivided into four parcels in a recorded parcel map. But before that, the County Assessor divided the property for (tax purposes) into three parcels with separate APNs shown on an unrecorded assessorâs map. As three numbers were tacked onto four parcels, using an APN does not identify a specific subdivided lot. There were a number of subsequent transactions, resulting in a dispute about what was actually conveyed. Some legal descriptions of the property conveyed included a metes and bounds description plus APNs.</p> 492<div class="read_more_link"><a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/asessor-parcel-numbers-apn-cannot-always-be-relied-on-in-legal-descriptions-the-rules-involved/" title="Continue Reading Asessor Parcel Numbers (APN) Cannot Always be relied on in Legal Descriptions – the Rules Involved" class="more-link">Continue reading</a></div> 493 </div> 494 </div> 495 <footer> 496 <div class="author vcard">by <span itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization" itemscope><a href="https://www.jfalconelaw.com/about-the-firm.html" class="url fn author-jfalcone-1 author-336 post-author-link" rel="author" target="_self" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Law Office of James J. 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Falcone" /> 498 499<div itemprop="logo" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" itemscope> 500 <link itemprop="url" href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2016/07/JamesJFalconeFirmLogo.jpg" /> 501 <meta itemprop="height" content="60" /> 502 <meta itemprop="width" content="60" /> 503 <meta itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="http://schema.org/True" /> 504</div> 505 </div> 506 507 <div class="category-list"><span class="category-list-label">Posted in:</span> <span class="category-list-items"><a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/category/property-law/" title="View all posts in property law" class="category-property-law term-9 post-category-link">property law</a> and <a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/category/real-estate-law/" title="View all posts in real estate law" class="category-real-estate-law term-6 post-category-link">real estate law</a></span></div> 508 <div class="published-date"><span class="published-date-label">Published on:</span> <time datetime="2022-11-16T10:47:31-08:00" class="post-date published" itemprop="datePublished" pubdate>November 16, 2022</time></div> <div class="visuallyhidden">Updated: 509 <time datetime="2022-11-16T10:47:31-08:00" class="updated" itemprop="dateModified">November 16, 2022 10:47 am</time> 510 </div> 511 512 513 514 515 516 </footer> 517 518 </div> 519</article> 520 521 522<article id="post-1956" class="entry post-1956 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-easement category-real-estate-law" itemprop="blogPost" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" itemscope> 523 <link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/easements-for-road-use-when-the-owner-can-can-make-improvements-on-the-unused-portion-of-the-easement/" /> 524 <div class="inner-wrapper"> 525 <header> 526 527 528 529 <div id="default-featured-image-1956-post-id-1956" itemprop="image" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" itemscope> 530 <link itemprop="url" href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2019/02/social-image-logo-og.png" /> 531 <meta itemprop="width" content="1200" /> 532 <meta itemprop="height" content="1200" /> 533 <meta itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="http://schema.org/False" /> 534</div> 535 <div class="published-date"><span class="published-date-label">Published on:</span> <time datetime="2022-09-26T08:13:24-07:00" class="post-date published" itemprop="datePublished" pubdate>September 26, 2022</time></div> 536 537 538 <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/easements-for-road-use-when-the-owner-can-can-make-improvements-on-the-unused-portion-of-the-easement/" itemprop="url" title="Permalink to Easements for Road Use – When the Owner Can Can Make Improvements on the Unused Portion of the Easement" rel="bookmark">Easements for Road Use – When the Owner Can Can Make Improvements on the Unused Portion of the Easement</a> 539 </h2> 540 <meta itemprop="headline" content="Easements for Road Use – When the Owner Can Can Make Improvements on the Unused Portion of the Easement" /> 541 542 543 <div class="author vcard">by <span itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization" itemscope><a href="https://www.jfalconelaw.com/about-the-firm.html" class="url fn author-jfalcone-1 author-336 post-author-link" rel="author" target="_self" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Law Office of James J. Falcone</span></a><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://www.facebook.com/California-Real-Estate-and-Business-Attorney-269093775777/" /></span></div> 544 545 <div class="sharelinks sharelinks-1956 sharelinks-horizontal" id="sharelinks-1956"> 546 <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp8378K-vy&text=Easements+for+Road+Use+-+When+the+Owner+Can+Can+Make+Improvements+on+the+Unused+Portion+of+the+Easement" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/themes/Willow-Responsive/images/sh
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554in this litigation as a 52-foot wide corridor from Highway 29 along the northern side of the winery property proceeding westward and ending in a cul-de-sac 100 feet in diameter.</p> 555<div class="read_more_link"><a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/easements-for-road-use-when-the-owner-can-can-make-improvements-on-the-unused-portion-of-the-easement/" title="Continue Reading Easements for Road Use – When the Owner Can Can Make Improvements on the Unused Portion of the Easement" class="more-link">Continue reading</a></div> 556 </div> 557 </div> 558 <footer> 559 <div class="author vcard">by <span itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization" itemscope><a href="https://www.jfalconelaw.com/about-the-firm.html" class="url fn author-jfalcone-1 author-336 post-author-link" rel="author" target="_self" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Law Office of James J. Falcone</span></a><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://www.facebook.com/California-Real-Estate-and-Business-Attorney-269093775777/" /></span></div> <div itemprop="publisher" itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization" itemscope> 560 <meta itemprop="name" content="Law Office of James J. Falcone" /> 561 562<div itemprop="logo" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" itemscope> 563 <link itemprop="url" href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2016/07/JamesJFalconeFirmLogo.jpg" /> 564 <meta itemprop="height" content="60" /> 565 <meta itemprop="width" content="60" /> 566 <meta itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="http://schema.org/True" /> 567</div> 568 </div> 569 570 <div class="category-list"><span class="category-list-label">Posted in:</span> <span class="category-list-items"><a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/category/easement/" title="View all posts in Easement" class="category-easement term-25 post-category-link">Easement</a> and <a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/category/real-estate-law/" title="View all posts in real estate law" class="category-real-estate-law term-6 post-category-link">real estate law</a></span></div> 571 <div class="published-date"><span class="published-date-label">Published on:</span> <time datetime="2022-09-26T08:13:24-07:00" class="post-date published" itemprop="datePublished" pubdate>September 26, 2022</time></div> <div class="visuallyhidden">Updated: 572 <time datetime="2022-09-25T13:13:43-07:00" class="updated" itemprop="dateModified">September 25, 2022 1:13 pm</time> 573 </div> 574 575 576 577 578 579 </footer> 580 581 </div> 582</article> 583 584 585<article id="post-1946" class="entry post-1946 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized" itemprop="blogPost" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" itemscope> 586 <link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/a-notice-of-action-lis-pendens-may-be-recorded-in-a-constructive-trust-action-what-it-takes/" /> 587 <div class="inner-wrapper"> 588 <header> 589 590 591 592 <div id="default-featured-image-1946-post-id-1946" itemprop="image" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" itemscope> 593 <link itemprop="url" href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2019/02/social-image-logo-og.png" /> 594 <meta itemprop="width" content="1200" /> 595 <meta itemprop="height" content="1200" /> 596 <meta itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="http://schema.org/False" /> 597</div> 598 <div class="published-date"><span class="published-date-label">Published on:</span> <time datetime="2022-08-01T08:35:44-07:00" class="post-date published" itemprop="datePublished" pubdate>August 1, 2022</time></div> 599 600 601 <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/a-notice-of-action-lis-pendens-may-be-recorded-in-a-constructive-trust-action-what-it-takes/" itemprop="url" title="Permalink to A Notice of Action (Lis Pendens) May be Recorded in a Constructive Trust Action â What it Takes" rel="bookmark">A Notice of Action (Lis Pendens) May be Recorded in a Constructive Trust Action â What it Takes</a> 602 </h2> 603 <meta itemprop="headline" content="A Notice of Action (Lis Pendens) May be Recorded in a Constructive Trust Action â What it Takes" /> 604 605 606 <div class="author vcard">by <span itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization" itemscope><a href="https://www.jfalconelaw.com/about-the-firm.html" class="url fn author-jfalcone-1 author-336 post-author-link" rel="author" target="_self" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Law Office of James J. Falcone</span></a><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://www.facebook.com/California-Real-Estate-and-Business-Attorney-269093775777/" /></span></div> 607 608 <div class="sharelinks sharelinks-1946 sharelinks-horizontal" id="sharelinks-1946"> 609 <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp8378K-vo&text=A+Notice+of+Action+%28Lis+Pendens%29+May+be+Recorded+in+a+Constructive+Trust+Action+%E2%80%93+What+it+Takes" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/themes/Willow-Responsive/images/sh
609are/twitter.gif" alt="Tweet this Post" /></a> 610 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.calrealestatelawyersblog.com%2Fa-notice-of-action-lis-pendens-may-be-recorded-in-a-constructive-trust-action-what-it-takes%2F" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/themes/Willow-Responsive/images/share/fb.gif" alt="Share on Facebook" /></a> 611 <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.calrealestatelawyersblog.com%2Fa-notice-of-action-lis-pendens-may-be-recorded-in-a-constructive-trust-action-what-it-takes%2F&title=A+Notice+of+Action+%28Lis+Pendens%29+May+be+Recorded+in+a+Constructive+Trust+Action+%E2%80%93+What+it+Takes&source=California+Real+Estate+Lawyers+Blog" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/themes/Willow-Responsive/images/share/linkedin.gif" alt="Share on LinkedIn" /></a> 612</div> </header> 613 <div class="content" itemprop="articleBody"> 614 <div class="entry-content"> 615 <p>A Notice of Action, also known as <a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wrongful-recording-lis-pendens-ever-slander-title/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Lis Pendens </a>(Latin for “a suit pending”), may be recorded in a lawsuit that involves title to real property. Because this will prevent sale or refinancing of the property it attracts the defendantâs attention, and they want to remove (âexpungeâ) it from the record. Anyone seeking money damages can throw in a real property claim, and the courts have weeded them out by looking at the overall lawsuit and determining whether or not it was really just about money damages. If it was damages, the courts concluded that it did not contain a real property claim and expunged the notice. <a href="https://www.jfalconelaw.com/real-estate-law.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank"> Sacramento real estate attorneys</a> are well aware of the risk of an expungement action, because the prevailing party is entitled to be awarded their attorney fees. In a recent decision from Alameda the court clarified that, in a lawsuit with 7 causes of action for damages and one for constructive trust, the constructive trust claim falls squarely within the plain language of the statute: it âwould, if meritorious, affect … titleâ to specific real property. They were entitled to record the <a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/buyer-at-california-foreclosur/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">lis pendens</a>.</p> 616<p><a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2022/07/Sacramento-real-estate-attorney.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2022/07/Sacramento-real-estate-attorney.jpg" alt="Sacramento-real-estate-attorney" width="1024" height="683" class="alignright size-full wp-image-1951" srcset="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2022/07/Sacramento-real-estate-attorney.jpg 1024w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2022/07/Sacramento-real-estate-attorney-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2022/07/Sacramento-real-estate-attorney-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2022/07/Sacramento-real-estate-attorney-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2022/07/Sacramento-real-estate-attorney-180x120.jpg 180w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a>In <a href="https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/A163711.PDF" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Shoker v. Superior Court,</a> Ghuman lured the Shokers into investing $1.5 million in an unidentified technology company. He became familiar with the real properties they owned (and rented for income), and then promised the Shokers returns far exceeding those that they were receiving on their rental properties. </p> 617<p><strong>The SCAM</strong></p> 618<div class="read_more_link">
618<a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/a-notice-of-action-lis-pendens-may-be-recorded-in-a-constructive-trust-action-what-it-takes/" title="Continue Reading A Notice of Action (Lis Pendens) May be Recorded in a Constructive Trust Action â What it Takes" class="more-link">Continue reading</a></div> 619 </div> 620 </div> 621 <footer> 622 <div class="author vcard">by <span itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization" itemscope><a href="https://www.jfalconelaw.com/about-the-firm.html" class="url fn author-jfalcone-1 author-336 post-author-link" rel="author" target="_self" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Law Office of James J. Falcone</span></a><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://www.facebook.com/California-Real-Estate-and-Business-Attorney-269093775777/" /></span></div> <div itemprop="publisher" itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization" itemscope> 623 <meta itemprop="name" content="Law Office of James J. Falcone" /> 624 625<div itemprop="logo" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" itemscope> 626 <link itemprop="url" href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2016/07/JamesJFalconeFirmLogo.jpg" /> 627 <meta itemprop="height" content="60" /> 628 <meta itemprop="width" content="60" /> 629 <meta itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="http://schema.org/True" /> 630</div> 631 </div> 632 633 <div class="category-list"><span class="category-list-label">Posted in:</span> <span class="category-list-items"><a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/category/uncategorized/" title="View all posts in Uncategorized" class="category-uncategorized term-1 post-category-link">Uncategorized</a></span></div> 634 <div class="published-date"><span class="published-date-label">Published on:</span> <time datetime="2022-08-01T08:35:44-07:00" class="post-date published" itemprop="datePublished" pubdate>August 1, 2022</time></div> <div class="visuallyhidden">Updated: 635 <time datetime="2022-07-31T12:56:19-07:00" class="updated" itemprop="dateModified">July 31, 2022 12:56 pm</time> 636 </div> 637 638 639 640 641 642 </footer> 643 644 </div> 645</article> 646 647 648<article id="post-1935" class="entry post-1935 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-property-law category-real-estate-law" itemprop="blogPost" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" itemscope> 649 <link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/easements-for-road-access-is-parking-necessarily-included/" /> 650 <div class="inner-wrapper"> 651 <header> 652 653 654 655 <div id="default-featured-image-1935-post-id-1935" itemprop="image" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" itemscope> 656 <link itemprop="url" href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2019/02/social-image-logo-og.png" /> 657 <meta itemprop="width" content="1200" /> 658 <meta itemprop="height" content="1200" /> 659 <meta itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="http://schema.org/False" /> 660</div> 661 <div class="published-date"><span class="published-date-label">Published on:</span> <time datetime="2022-07-25T08:30:36-07:00" class="post-date published" itemprop="datePublished" pubdate>July 25, 2022</time></div> 662 663 664 <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/easements-for-road-access-is-parking-necessarily-included/" itemprop="url" title="Permalink to Easements for Road Access – Is Parking Necessarily Included?" rel="bookmark">Easements for Road Access – Is Parking Necessarily Included?</a> 665 </h2> 666 <meta itemprop="headline" content="Easements for Road Access – Is Parking Necessarily Included?" /> 667 668 669 <div class="author vcard">by <span itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization" itemscope><a href="https://www.jfalconelaw.com/about-the-firm.html" class="url fn author-jfalcone-1 author-336 post-author-link" rel="author" target="_self" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Law Office of James J. Falcone</span></a><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://www.facebook.com/California-Real-Estate-and-Business-Attorney-269093775777/" /></span></div> 670 671 <div class="sharelinks sharelinks-1935 sharelinks-horizontal" id="sharelinks-1935"> 672 <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp8378K-vd&text=Easements+for+Road+Access+-+Is+Parking+Necessarily+Included%3F" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/themes/Willow-Responsive/images/sh
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Could you include parking spaces in the <a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/the-floating-easement-what-it-is-and-how-it-is-established/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">easement area</a>? A recent California decision points out the requirement to be clear in drafting easement language because only necessary incidental uses are included.</p> 679<p><a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2022/07/Sacramento-easement-attorney.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2022/07/Sacramento-easement-attorney.jpg" alt="Sacramento-easement-attorney" width="1024" height="654" class="alignright size-full wp-image-1941" srcset="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2022/07/Sacramento-easement-attorney.jpg 1024w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2022/07/Sacramento-easement-attorney-300x192.jpg 300w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2022/07/Sacramento-easement-attorney-768x491.jpg 768w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2022/07/Sacramento-easement-attorney-1000x639.jpg 1000w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2022/07/Sacramento-easement-attorney-188x120.jpg 188w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a>In <a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=13462169029539005813&q=67+Cal+App+5th+61&hl=en&as_sdt=4,5">Prune v City & County of San Francisco (67 CalApp 5th 61)</a> the City of San Francisco sought <a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/california-condemnation-eminen/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">eminent domain </a>and obtained title in 1951 to an 80-foot strip of land to construct a Hetch Hetchy pipeline to construct an underground pipeline conveying water to San Francisco from the grandparents of plaintiffs. The deed reserved certain rights in the plaintiffsâ familyâs favor, including among other things the right to use the surface of the property for pasturage and the right to construct roads and streets âover and acrossâ the property âbut not along in the direction of the Cityâs pipeline or lines.â Plaintiffs developed the property into a commercial center, and 75% of the pipeline property had been paved. To allow this development, in 1967 the City granted a revocable permit to use the pipeline property for additional parking and landscaping for a fee of $50 per month. Years later the City wanted to increase the permit fee from $50 to over $4,500, and this lawsuit resulted.</p> 680<p>The Deed to the City contained two reservations, fully set out below. 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But an action for trespass is designed to protect possessory ânot necessarily ownershipâ interests in land from unlawful interference. As the landlord does not have a right to possession during the lease term, he may not bring an action for trespass. The prescriptive right does not arise against an owner that had no possessory interest in the land during the five-year period. What happens when the owner has leased the property? The tenant has the right to possession, not the owner. It appears that, in California, even if the owner has a moment of possession, such as between leases, a <a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/california-prescriptive-easeme-1/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">prescriptive easement</a> may be created. </p> 742<p><a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=14331374659792798264&q=king+v+wu&hl=en&as_sdt=4,5" rel="noopener" target="_blank">In King v Wu</a>, a neighbor poured a concrete driveway partly encroaching on the neighboring property. The strip of driveway on the neighboring property (prescriptive strip) is a
742pproximately eight inches wide and 90 feet long. Many years later the property suffering the trespass was sold, and the new owners began constructing a metal guardrail over the prescriptive strip. Three days later the Kings filed a complaint seeking to quiet title over the prescriptive strip.</p> 743<p><a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2022/07/Sacramento-prescriptive-easement-lawyer.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2022/07/Sacramento-prescriptive-easement-lawyer.jpg" alt="Sacramento-prescriptive-easement-lawyer" width="800" height="450" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1929" srcset="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2022/07/Sacramento-prescriptive-easement-lawyer.jpg 800w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2022/07/Sacramento-prescriptive-easement-lawyer-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2022/07/Sacramento-prescriptive-easement-lawyer-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2022/07/Sacramento-prescriptive-easement-lawyer-213x120.jpg 213w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a>The owners raised one defenseâthat the property had been âcontinuously rented out,â and thus, as landlords, they had never been in possession over a period of five continuous years, and could not have filed an action for trespass or ejectment during that time. The owners had several successive leases with different tenants.</p> 744<div class="read_more_link"><a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/prescriptive-easement-on-property-held-by-a-tenant-when-it-works-against-the-actual-owner/" title="Continue Reading Prescriptive Easement on Property Held By a Tenant – When it Works Against the Actual Owner" class="more-link">Continue reading</a></div> 745 </div> 746 </div> 747 <footer> 748 <div class="author vcard">by <span itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization" itemscope><a href="https://www.jfalconelaw.com/about-the-firm.html" class="url fn author-jfalcone-1 author-336 post-author-link" rel="author" target="_self" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Law Office of James J. Falcone</span></a><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://www.facebook.com/California-Real-Estate-and-Business-Attorney-269093775777/" /></span></div> <div itemprop="publisher" itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization" itemscope> 749 <meta itemprop="name" content="Law Office of James J. Falcone" /> 750 751<div itemprop="logo" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" itemscope> 752 <link itemprop="url" href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2016/07/JamesJFalconeFirmLogo.jpg" /> 753 <meta itemprop="height" content="60" /> 754 <meta itemprop="width" content="60" /> 755 <meta itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="http://schema.org/True" /> 756</div> 757 </div> 758 759 <div class="category-list"><span class="category-list-label">Posted in:</span> <span class="category-list-items"><a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/category/real-estate-law/" title="View all posts in real estate law" class="category-real-estate-law term-6 post-category-link">real estate law</a> and <a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/category/uncategorized/" title="View all posts in Uncategorized" class="category-uncategorized term-1 post-category-link">Uncategorized</a></span></div> 760 <div class="published-date"><span class="published-date-label">Published on:</span> <time datetime="2022-07-18T08:50:57-07:00" class="post-date published" itemprop="datePublished" pubdate>July 18, 2022</time></div> <div class="visuallyhidden">Updated: 761 <time datetime="2022-07-17T14:51:39-07:00" class="updated" itemprop="dateModified">July 17, 2022 2:51 pm</time> 762 </div> 763 764 765 766 767 768 </footer> 769 770 </div> 771</article> 772 <div class="navigation"> 773 <nav id="pagination-simple" class="pagination pagination-simple" role="navigation"> 774 <div class="nav-next"><a href="https://www.calrealestatelawyersblog.com/page/2/" >Next Page</a></div> 775 <div class="nav-previous"></div> 776 </nav> 777 </div> 778 </div> 779 780 <aside class="sidebar primary-sidebar sc-2 secondary-content" id="sc-2"> 781 </aside> 782 783 784 </section> 785 786 <aside class="sidebar secondary-sidebar sc-1 secondary-content" id="sc-1">
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