Every successive owner of property who neglects to abate a continuing nuisance upon, or in the use of such property caused by a former owner, is liable therefor in the same manner as the one who first created it.
RCW 7.48.170
Successive owners liable.
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 42 Wash. 2d 213 - City of Seattle v. Fender (1953)
Most recently applied in Wallace v. Lewis County (August 2006)
Code 1881 s 1239; 1875 p 79 s 5; RRS s 9917.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.