[WSBAPT] multiple recording fees for PR deed

[Joshua McKarcher]

Unless we are all being punk’d by you three ;) . . . Does anyone have any idea what authority exists for them to require two recording fees for recording one document, based on its title vs its substance or effect? Have we officially entered Alice’s Wonderland? Incredible . . .

Joshua D. McKarcher
McKarcher Law PLLC
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Subject: Re: [WSBAPT] multiple recording fees for PR deed

Same thing in Adams and Grant Counties. We were recording an assignment of a purchaser’s interest under a real estate contract, and the document was titled: “Purchaser’s Assignment of Contract and Deed”. We were told that it would require two recording fees, so we removed “and Deed” from the title of the document and paid one fee.

Dwayne Fowles
Larson Fowles, PLLC
821 E. Broadway Ave., Ste. 8
Moses Lake, WA 98837
509-765-6700

On Oct 25, 2021, at 16:05 , Jennifer L White <jen at appletreelaw.com<mailto:jen at appletreelaw.com>> wrote:

I had a similar experience in Yakima recording an easement that had a provision on maintenance, so I titled the document “Easement and Maintenance Agreement.” I had taken it in person to record. The clerk at the counter said it was 2x the fee because it said easement and maintenance agreement. So, I took a pen out of my purse and crossed off the word maintenance in the title and handed it back. She gave me a snarly face, but only charged one fee.

Jennifer L. White, Esq.
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PO Box 11037
Yakima, WA 98909
509.225.9813

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Subject: [WSBAPT] multiple recording fees for PR deed

Just a heads up.
I sent a PR deed for recording.  I turned out that decedent owned one half of the parcels and a testamentary trust of a now deceased spouse owned the other half.  So on the one deed I entitled it “PR Deed and Trustee’s Deed”.  Got a call back that instead of the $205.50 I sent; auditor needed another $205.50 because it was entitled with both labels.  Not sure if I had entitled it “PR DEED” only and then in the body of it I listed grantors as both PR’s and Trustee’s whether that would have saved any $411 to record one deed!!

Joshua F. Grant
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Wilbur, WA 99185
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