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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>And, what is even worse, in my opinion, is that our local County Clerk’s Office (Clark County) has moved away from using the heavy duty devices that can put an embossed seal on a number of pages of documents at one time and has turned, instead, to ink seals, one black in color and one blue in color (used to certify documents). Are other County Clerks doing the same thing? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I will be darned if I can note ANY difference between an original Certified Copy issued by the Clerk’s Office and a color copy of the same document coming off a good color copier. This is incredibly stupid and makes absolutely no sense, IMHO. With an embossed seal, all one has to do is feel the paper where the seal has been applied and there is no question that it is an original document.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Doug Bratt<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#1F497D'>Douglas J. 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This emale was sent from Marsha's stoopid iPhone.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>Marsha C. Hudson</b><br>Attorney at Law #23330<br><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://0/0">773 N 75th St</a><br><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://0/0">Seattle, WA 98103</a><br>Telephone: <a href="tel:206-297-3933">206-297-3933</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fax: <a href="tel:206-357-9356">206-357-9356</a><br><a href="mailto:marsha@griffyn.us">marsha@griffyn.us</a><br><br><i>Life's most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others? -</i>Martin Luther King, Jr.<br><br>This e-mail may contain information that is protected by attorney-client, work product and/or other privileges. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, use, or reliance upon its contents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please contact me immediately and return the email by forwarding it to this office at <u><a href="mailto:marsha@griffyn.us">marsha@griffyn.us</a></u> and then deleting the e-mail.<br><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol","sans-serif"'>📧</span>Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Feb 18, 2015, at 6:09 PM, Jay DeMers <<a href="mailto:jay.demerslawfirm@gmail.com">jay.demerslawfirm@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>This is why no document has left my office not signed in blue ink. Jay<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 4:39 PM, Karolyn Hicks <<a href="mailto:Karolyn.Hicks@stokeslaw.com" target="_blank">Karolyn.Hicks@stokeslaw.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#17365D'>I use:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#17365D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#17365D'>Timothy P. Nishimura</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#17365D'>4613 105th Avenue NE</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#17365D'>Kirkland, WA 98033-7636</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#17365D'><a href="mailto:nish2002@earthlink.net" target="_blank">nish2002@earthlink.net</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#17365D'><a href="tel:%28206%29%20930-7654" target="_blank">(206) 930-7654</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#17365D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D'>Karolyn A. Hicks</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D'> </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";color:black'>(<a href="http://www.stokeslaw.com/profile/attorneys/karolyn-a-hicks-shareholder/vcard" target="_blank">v-card</a> | <a href="http://www.stokeslaw.com/profile/attorneys/karolyn-a-hicks-shareholder" target="_blank">bio</a>)</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";color:#004B85'>Shareholder<br>Stokes Lawrence, P.S.<br>1420 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3000</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";color:#A1784D'> | </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";color:#004B85'>Seattle, WA 98101-2393<br>Tel.: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";color:#A1784D'><a href="tel:%28206%29%20892-2155" target="_blank">(206) 892-2155</a> | </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";color:#004B85'>Fax: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";color:#A1784D'><a href="tel:%28206%29%20464-1496" target="_blank">(206) 464-1496</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";color:#004B85'><br>Email: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";color:#A1784D'><a href="mailto:karolyn.hicks@stokeslaw.com" target="_blank">karolyn.hicks@stokeslaw.com</a> | </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";color:#004B85'>Web:</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";color:#A1784D'> <a href="http://www.stokeslaw.com" target="_blank">www.stokeslaw.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#004B85'>This e-mail may contain confidential information which is legally privileged. The information is solely for the use of the addressee(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or other use of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us by return e-mail and delete this message. Thank you.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#17365D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#17365D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#17365D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#17365D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Jeremy Yates [mailto:<a href="mailto:yatesjp@gmail.com" target="_blank">yatesjp@gmail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 10, 2015 1:09 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] handwriting expert</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Colleagues, I need to determine whether a document is a copy, or an original. Does anyone know of an expert who can make that determination between copy toner and real black ink when the human eye fails?<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Thank you,<br><br>Jeremy Yates<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>_______________________________________________<br>WSBAPT mailing list<br><a href="mailto:WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com">WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br><a href="http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbapt" target="_blank">http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbapt</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>WSBAPT mailing list<br><a href="mailto:WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com">WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br><a href="http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbapt">http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbapt</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>