Washington Agreement for the Partition and Division of Real Property
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There are 3 basic types of partition actions in California. Partition by Sale. This is by far the most common type of partition in which the court will force the sale of the property and distribute the proceeds ingly among co-owners who are tenants in common. ... Partition by Appraisal. ... Partition in Kind.
A partition action in the State of Washington is a type of real estate lawsuit filed in the Superior Court of the county where the disputed property is located where two or more co-owners of real estate cannot agree as to whether to sell the property or not.
A California partition action happens when one co-owner of real property wants to sell but other co-owners do not want to sell their ownership rights. Partition means division. The opposing co-owners have the absolute right by law to divide the property and sell their portion with the legal remedy of ?Partition?.
Land may also be partitioned into unequal parts due to the relative ownership shares of each joint owner. For example, if Party A has a 25 percent stake in the land and Party B has a 75 percent stake, Party A will receive a proportionally smaller or less valuable portion of the land than Party B.
A partition agreement may be an express statement that the right to partition is waived. It may also be evidenced by a right of first refusal where one co-tenant is required to offer the property for sale to another co-tenant as a condition precedent to an action for partition.
There are three methods of Partition provided by state law: (1) Partition by Physical Division, (2) Partition by Sale, and (3) Partition by Appraisal. Also known as ?Partition in Kind,? a Partition by Physical Division requires the Court to divide the land by its proportional value.
A partition in kind occurs when the court physically divides the real estate. A partition by sale occurs when the court orders the sale of the property and the net sale proceeds are divided among the co-owners ing to their respective interests.
Types of partition There are three kinds of partition which can be awarded by court: partition in kind, partition by allotment, and partition by sale. A partition in kind is a division of the property itself among the co-owners.
