what does this sentence mean?

Question

"However, the title report contained an
exception for possible claims of the State of
New York to a strip of land that the warehouse straddled."
please explain it in plain english.

Answer 1

That says to me that the warehouse building was built over the property line, therefore resulting in claims of the proper land owner that it is sitting on (NY State).

Answer 2

Paraphrasing: "An exception for possible claim by the state of New York."

There is a small segment of the land, that may be owned by the state of New York, where the current warehouse (straddled) meaning basically beyond the property line.

So in other words, the state of New York may have claim over said property, if they file the claim.

Good luck and be Safe...(smiles)

Answer 3

as per others sounds like the state of new York has some possible claim to some of the land.
Straddled implies the building is on both sides of the land in question ie the warehouse may be on 2 parcels of land that are separated by a strip of land under the control of the State.
Check with legal people, in some places there are rules that if you have occupied it for longer than a set time then it is yours.
Ask to see the survey drawing for the property it should clearly show the land in question and its status

Answer 4

Here goes:

The key word is 'straddled.' That means 'right in the middle of'....or 'balanced on the center of'.

The title report...or legal description of the property.... made mention of the fact that there is some dispute over the ownership of what is probably a small plot of land which is in the middle of the larger parcel containing the warehouse.

I am aware that 'easements' are legal right-of-ways granted to property owners or utilities to provide access to land otherwise surrounded by other people's private property.

The 'exception' might concern such a claim.

I hope this helped.

(Is it any wonder why most people suspect that lawyers purposely write laws to keep themselves busy interpretting such jibberish? There oughta be a law....but that would just create more such mumbo-jumbo.)

Answer 5

Stating that New York could possibly have claims on a piece of property that was once thought to be owned by a private resident instead.If New York was indeed to stake those claims then that would stop the sale of the property until an agreement could be reached by both New York and the private party.

Answer 6

This is saying that it is possible that New York state may own some of the land that the warehouse sits on.