[WSBAPT] Title Search

[Amy Goertz]

Yes,

You can contact the Washington Department of Licensing and make a public records request providing the decedent’s information and asking what vehicles were titled in his or her name.

The folks there are actually quite helpful!!


Vehicle/Vessel Record Disclosure Team
360-902-7100

Amy

Amy J. Goertz, J.D.
Goertz & Lambrecht PLLC
amyjgoertz at icloud.com <mailto:amyjgoertz at icloud.com> 

1.888.926.2607 phone
1.877.684.1627 fax

Address for correspondence:
2829 S. Grand Blvd., Suite 303
Spokane, WA 99203 

Additional office locations:
510 Bell Street
Edmonds, WA 98020

Goertz & Lambrecht PLLC
www.goertzlambrecht.com <http://www.goertzlambrecht.com/>







> On Aug 23, 2023, at 12:40 PM, Sarah McCarthy <sarah at kawlawyers.com> wrote:
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> Please reply to list! I have a similar situation. 
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> Sarah O’Farrell McCarthy
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> On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 12:39 PM Inge Fordham <inge at fordhamlegal.com <mailto:inge at fordhamlegal.com>> wrote:
>> Colleagues,
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>> I am handling an estate where the decedent owned several cars, trucks, boats, motorcycles, etc. – some operable and some not.  My client, the personal representative (with nonintervention powers), is the mother of the decedent and cannot account for every car, truck, boat, motorcycle, etc. as some were abandoned, some were stolen, some were already given to family members without my knowledge (and without any official transfer of title).  I’m at a loss.  My understanding is that the personal representative needs to release the decedent’s interest in anything titled in the decedent’s name by filing an Affidavit of Loss/Releasee of Interest with the DOL (and providing her letters testamentary).  Is there any resource for running a search to find out what cars, trucks, boats, motorcycles, etc. remain in the decedent’s name?  is there anything else we should be doing to dot our i’s and cross our t’s?
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>> Thanks in advance,
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>> Inge A. Fordham | Attorney
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