REAL ESTATE LAW

Real property law deals with one of the fundamental tenets of the American way of life; private property rights. It provides the rules for establishing the ownership of land, residences, commercial buildings and other improvements and the procedures by which those assets are transferred and pledged as security for loans. Real property law also addresses rights of others for limited rights of use of property for easements and rights of way for roads, ditches, and other rights which benefit other lands.

Our firm offers a full range of legal services in real property law including the preparation and closing of contracts for the sale of land, residential, agricultural, and commercial; the documentation of security interests for mortgage loans and the enforcement of such security interests; and the establishment and enforcement of easements and rights of way for roads and ditches. This area of practice overlaps with water law in agricultural land transactions. The firm’s solid grounding in real estate law is an essential part of its qualifications to handle court cases which involve these types of issues. Understanding private property rights is also essential to helping farmers, ranchers, and municipalities with matters involving the use of public lands owned by the United States of America and administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service. The firm is well qualified to provide such assistance, including environmental law issues.