M.K.K.I., Inc. v. Krueger

¶1 RCW 58.17.060 requires local governments to adopt regulations and procedures for the approval, alteration, and vacation of short plats. In 1999, Ricky and Christine Rose recorded two plats showing easements, following the procedures contained in Yakima County Code (YCC) chapter 14.12. Three years later, the Roses deeded one lot within the plats to M.K.K.I., Inc. (MKKI), without reference to any easement. Shortly before the Roses deeded the lot to MKKI, they tried to vacate the easements by quit claiming the easements to themselves.

¶2 Because the easements in the short plat could be amended…