[WSBAPT] King County recording of death certificate after Comm Prop Agrmt

[Eric Nelsen]

Counselors:

What is the current state of affairs with the King County Recorder, when recording a death certificate?


  1.  Can I redact SSN, or will it be rejected because redaction of official documents isn't allowed?
  2.  Do I need a REET Affidavit to accompany it, if I'm recording solely to follow up an already-recorded Community Property Agreement?
     *   WAC 459-61A-303(2)(m) says an affidavit is required if recording a death certificate "pursuant to a previously recorded transfer on death deed." But I'm not recording for that reason.
     *   WAC 459-61A-303(2)(a) says an affidavit is required if recording "a transfer" "in fulfillment of a community property agreement." But I'm not recording "a transfer" document.

Anything else I should know? Are we required to submit only before 9:30 AM on alternate Thursdays in odd-numbered months, unless an exemption is obtained from the County Records Inspector General who lurks in a basement office beneath an anonymous abandoned warehouse in the SoDo district and only stamps paperwork in person?

Sincerely,

Eric

Eric C. Nelsen
Sayre Law Offices, PLLC
1417 31st Ave South
Seattle WA 98144-3909
206-625-0092
eric at sayrelawoffices.com<mailto:eric at sayrelawoffices.com>

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