by e-LawLines | Dec 2, 2015 | Real Estate Law
Missouri courts are clear: a property owner cannot have an easement over his or her own land. This principle was reiterated in a recent Missouri decision, which addressed a unique situation in which a landowner attempted to record an easement burdening one portion of...
by David P. Weiss | Sep 29, 2015 | Corporate Law, Homeowner Associations, Real Estate Law
They seem almost like an afterthought; perhaps they are. Minutes of board of director meetings and member meetings are a chore to prepare, possibly even a drudge. But they are critically important to your subdivision homeowners’ association or condominium...
by e-LawLines | Sep 18, 2015 | Real Estate Law
One of our attorneys’ neighbors, who purchased land from the lawyer to build a home, recently put up a fence in the backyard between the properties. (Just an aside: the fence was not built because the attorney’s family makes a bad neighbor, but was put up...
by e-LawLines | Sep 1, 2015 | Real Estate Law
Many of us have observed a utility, such as the electric company, trimming trees away from the company’s lines on our property and may have thought, what gives the utility company the right to come onto my private property? The simple answer is what is called an...
by e-LawLines | Jul 21, 2015 | Real Estate Law
Have you ever wondered why you had to pay a charge for an “honest” transaction? Kind of gets you wondering, “What’s next?” That question comes up in real estate closings, where a charge regularly appears for a “closing protection...
by e-LawLines | Apr 30, 2015 | Homeowner Associations, Real Estate Law
More often than you may think, a subdivision’s homeowners’ association (“HOA”) or condominium owners’ association finds that its original charter as a Missouri nonprofit corporation has been revoked by the Missouri Secretary of State...
