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Real Estate Lawyers in Nevada County, California
Every real estate attorney and real estate lawyer listing on this page traces back to the State Bar of California's official roll, filtered to real estate matters arising in Nevada County. Verification describes profile identity, not quality or outcomes.
A Gold Country county straddling the Sierra crest; the courthouse in Nevada City serves the western county around Grass Valley, while a Truckee branch handles matters for the Tahoe-area east side. The court of record is the Superior Court of California, County of Nevada · counsel who appear there regularly read the local calendar better than any brochure.
Deadlines shape these cases before merits do · three years for trespass or injury to real property; four years on written contracts (§ 337) (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 338(b)). Adverse possession and prescriptive easement claims require five years of qualifying use (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. §§ 321–325). Seller non-disclosure claims sound in fraud: three years from discovery (§ 338(d)).
This page is the Nevada County chapter of the registry's statewide record · Real Estate Attorneys in California collects all 58 counties.
The clock & the court
Three years for trespass or injury to real property; four years on written contracts (§ 337).
Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 338(b)
Adverse possession and prescriptive easement claims require five years of qualifying use (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. §§ 321–325). Seller non-disclosure claims sound in fraud: three years from discovery (§ 338(d)).
Superior Court of California, County of Nevada.
County seat: Nevada City
Official court information, locations, and filing rules: www.nevada.courts.ca.gov
Real Estate · Nevada County roster
49 attorneys on the official State Bar of California roll list real estate among their practice areas with an address of record in Nevada County.
43 of them hold an active licence; the remainder are recorded as inactive and are not currently eligible to practise.
The roster concentrates in Grass Valley (17), Truckee (15), Nevada City (13) and Penn Valley (3).
1 hold a State Bar Certified Legal Specialist designation, a certification issued by the State Bar's Board of Legal Specialization, and not a rating or a ranking.
1 are recorded as taking client work in a language other than English.
Admission years on this roster run from 1969 to 2025.
The employers most represented here are Colantuono, Highsmith & Whatley, PC (5).
Real Estate matters in Nevada County
The matters this field covers, as Californians search for them. Each attorney's own profile states which of these they take.
- purchase and sale disputes
- seller nondisclosure claims
- boundary and easement disputes
- quiet title
- partition actions
- HOA disputes
- commercial leases
- escrow and title problems
- eminent domain
- foreclosure defense
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Real Estate questions, cited
What must a home seller disclose in California?
Sellers of residential property (1–4 units) must deliver a Transfer Disclosure Statement describing known material facts and defects (Cal. Civ. Code § 1102 et seq.), plus a Natural Hazard Disclosure Statement (Civ. Code § 1103) covering flood, fire, and seismic zones. Deliberately concealing known material defects supports fraud claims running three years from discovery (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 338(d)).
How does adverse possession work in California?
A claimant must show five years of actual, open, hostile, and continuous possession under claim of right or color of title, and payment of all property taxes on the parcel during those five years (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. §§ 321–325). The tax-payment requirement defeats most casual encroachment claims; boundary disputes more often proceed as prescriptive easement or agreed-boundary theories.
Can I force the sale of a jointly owned property in California?
Generally yes, through a partition action: a co-owner is ordinarily entitled to partition as of right (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 872.710). For inherited homes, the Partition of Real Property Act (Code Civ. Proc. § 874.311 et seq.) adds appraisal and buyout rights that let family co-owners purchase the interest of the co-owner seeking sale before a forced sale occurs.
What is a quiet title action?
A lawsuit under Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 760.010 et seq. asking the superior court to determine all adverse claims to a property and settle title in the rightful owner. It is the standard vehicle for clearing clouded title (stale deeds of trust, forged conveyances, easement disputes, or competing inheritance claims), and judgment binds all parties named and served.
Is a handshake deal for land enforceable in California?
Usually not. The statute of frauds requires contracts for the sale of real property, or leases longer than one year, to be in writing and signed (Cal. Civ. Code § 1624(a)(3)). Narrow exceptions exist for part performance and estoppel, but they are litigated uphill, real property deals belong on paper.
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Source: Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 338(b) · State Bar of California licensee records · Checked: · Maintained by the California Attorney Registry from official State Bar of California records. Legal information, not legal advice.
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