[WSBAPT] How to move forward with Quit Claim Deed when names listed on title are misspelled

[John McCrady]

From a Title Insurance perspective I agree with Mr. Winslow’s solution.

John McCrady
Puget Sound Title Company
5350 Orchard Street West
University Place WA 98467
253-476-5721
j.mccrady at pstitle.com

From: wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com] On Behalf Of Mike Winslow
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Subject: Re: [WSBAPT] How to move forward with Quit Claim Deed when names listed on title are misspelled

Jane Doe Smith (who took title as Doe Jane Smith due to a scrivener’s error) should be sufficient corrective language without going to the additional trouble you describe.

Michael A. Winslow
1204 Cleveland Ave.
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
Ph. 360-336-3321
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Subject: [WSBAPT] How to move forward with Quit Claim Deed when names listed on title are misspelled

Hi all,

I have a quick question involving a pre-existing error on title to an individual's home.

I am in the process of preparing a quit claim deed for clients. When I checked the title records, I noticed that the most recent deed, the statutory warranty deed issued to clients when they purchased the home, erroneously flipped the clients' middle and first names.

For example, instead of reading "John Doe Smith," the deed read "Doe John Smith." And instead of "Jane Doe Smith" the wife's name was listed as "Doe Jane Smith."

My question is, what is the best way to proceed in regards to the inverted names, when I want to draft a quit claim deeds transferring ownership from one co-owner to the other co-owner?

One possibility is to simply prepare the quit claim deed with the correct spelling of the clients' names. With this approach, however, I worry about  the discrepancy on title between the names on the statutory warranty deed and the names on the quit claim deed..

Another option is to look into filing a corrective deed, but I worry that method would require the signature of the original grantor of the statutory warranty deed.

If anyone has experience dealing with a misspelled or inverted name appearing on title, I would appreciate your thoughts!

Best regards,

Eric Reutter, J.D., LL.M.
Law Office of Theresa Nguyen, PLLC
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