<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Short answer: no.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The transferor may only be an individual:</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 16px; text-indent: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">RCW 68.80.010(7) "Transferor" means an individual who makes a transfer on death deed.</span></div><div style="text-indent: 24px;"><br></div><div><span style="text-indent: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A trust, corporation, or other non-human “person” may only be the beneficiary of the TODD. Since a trust can’t “die,” this makes sense. If property is owned by the trust, it would pass according to the terms of the trust. </span></div><div><span style="text-indent: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><span style="text-indent: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div><p style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><font face="Garamond">Kate Gamble</font></span></p><p style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><font face="Garamond">Attorney at Law</font></span></p><p style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><font face="Garamond">Uptown Law PLLC</font></span></p><p style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><font face="Garamond">PO Box 835</font></span></p><p style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><font face="Garamond">Port Townsend, WA 98368</font></span></p><p style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><font face="Garamond">(360) 379-1818</font></span></p><p style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><font face="Garamond"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><font face="Garamond" size="2"><b>CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:</b> This email, including any attachments, is confidential and subject to legal privilege. 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--></style><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Actually the definition in the statute for person includes trust not trustee and the definition for transferor is an individual. This makes sense
since the transfer occurs on the death of the transferor. <o:p></o:p></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(152, 72, 6);">Sincerely,</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(152, 72, 6);">Derek W. Jensen,
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(152, 72, 6);">JD, LLM</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose"></span><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> [<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mary L. Stone<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 27, 2016 4:53 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv' <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] TODD<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Can a Trustee sign a TOD deed for real estate held in the RLT? The statute includes, in the definition section, the fact that a “person” includes a trustee, but then “person”
is not used again in the statute – transferor is used.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Mary L. Stone<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div>
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