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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif"">Hi, Josh,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif"">For what it’s worth, I recorded an Affidavit of Lack of Probate in King County with the SSN blocked out on the death certificate. I normally block out the mother’s maiden name as well, though
in this case it was unknown. I’m pretty sure I’d have gotten your same letter if I had
<b>not</b> blocked them out. In King it is required.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><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""> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Josh Grant<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 9, 2015 4:19 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> wsbar trust<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] REcording Death certificate without soc sec number costs $50<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">“This alteration no longer makes this a certified copy of a government issued document, which no longer exempts the document from the formatting standards”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Is this a common approach? Is there contrary authority?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Joshua F. Grant, PS<br>
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