Real estate law Homes, land, building
Homes, land, and what you build on them.
Buying a house, a question about who may cross your land, or finding out what you can build. I help with all three.
Law Office of James A. Knowlton. Practicing law since 1985.
- Real estate
- Small business
- Family law
- Estate planning
Home
Buying, selling, or keeping a home.
The papers that come with a house are long, and they matter. I read them with you.
Buying and selling
I read the contract and the documents with you before you sign.
Title review
What’s recorded against the property, found before you buy.
Foreclosures
What a foreclosure means for the home and the people in it.
Land
Who owns it, and who may cross it.
Questions about land are often questions about history: what was recorded, and how the land has been used over the years.
Easements
Who has the right to cross or use part of a property, and how that right began.
Adverse possession
When years of open use of land become a claim to own it.
Quiet title
A court action that settles who owns a property when the record isn’t clear.
Building
What can be built, and what’s allowed.
Before you build, or when an association says no.
Zoning and land‑use permits
The approvals a property needs before it can be built on or used a certain way. Together they’re called entitlements.
Homeowners’ associations
What an association’s declarations and rules allow, and what its board can require.
Bring what you have.
Bring whatever you have to our first meeting. It all helps, and these help the most.
Knowlton LawFor your first meeting
- Your deed or purchase contract
- Any title commitment or title policy
- A survey or plat
- The association’s declarations and rules
- Letters or notices you’ve received
Don’t have all of it? Bring what you have.
Basalt, CO 81621 Weekdays, 10 am to 6 pm