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<DIV>Usually Lincoln County is a pretty laid back county to work with. The sent
me a “don’t do this again” letter, which was better than rejecting my
recording.</DIV>
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<DIV>and a form letter after I recorded an “Affidavit to clear title Re:
Community Property Agreement” from the Auditor’s office. I had attached a
certified death certificate. Goal was to clear title without a
probate.</DIV>
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<DIV>They said that in the future they would charge a $50 non-standard document
fee if we record a death certificate after having removed the Social Security
number. In this case, which I didn’t notice, the client had also removed
the mother’s name for reasons which I don’t have any idea why she did
it.</DIV>
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<DIV>“This alteration no longer makes this a certified copy of a government
issued document, which no longer exempts the document from the formatting
standards”.</DIV>
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<DIV>Is this a common approach? Is there contrary authority?</DIV>
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<DIV>I suppose I could call it an exhibit “A” to the 2 page affidavit, which
does conform to the formatting standards, but I don’t think that would
help.</DIV>
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<DIV>We could leave the social security number on the death certificate, and
save $50, but I thought that was not what is being recommended nowadays.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">Joshua F.
Grant, PS<BR>Attorney at Law<BR>P. O. Box 619<BR>Wilbur, WA 99185<BR>tel 509 647
5578<BR>fax 509 647 2734<BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>