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Solar panels are increasing in popularity for both residential and commercial properties. Some property owners may consider installing solar panels to meet their own energy needs; others may consider installing them to...more
Under California’s easement “merger” (merger of title) doctrine set forth in Civil Code sections 811 and 805, an easement (or servitude) is “extinguished” by “the vesting of the right of the servitude and the right to the...more
Here is what we cover in this issue of The Title Reporter: A Legal Update for the Title Insurance Industry: •An appellate court in California has ruled that the state’s Quiet Title Act insulated a third party from the...more
As any seasoned developer knows, condominium development projects involve a delicate interplay between the developer, unit owners, the condo association, and the lenders that fund construction and acquisition costs. Last...more
A California Appellate Court recently determined that a lender taking a security interest in both California real property and an easement benefiting such real property by recording a deed of trust does not lose its security...more
The merger doctrine is not absolute and its application will depend upon the equities and the parties’ intentions, the California Court of Appeal recently held in Hamilton Court, LLC v. East Olympic, L.P., 2013 WL 1613269...more