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<a name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Query: Below is the pertinent statute. I have a situation where a creditor obtained a judgment prior to decedent’s death, which constitutes a lien against
real property. If the creditor doesn’t file a claim in the estate by the statutory deadline, is the creditor’s judgment lien still valid under RCW 11.40.135? The use of the word “secured” leads me to read the statute to apply
<u>only</u> where the creditor has been granted security in the property as opposed to just a judgment that simply attaches to any real estate owned by the creditor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Anyone dealt with this before?<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">RCW 11.40.135<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Secured claim—Creditor's right.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">If a creditor's claim is secured by any property of the decedent, this chapter does not affect the right of a creditor to realize on the creditor's security, whether or not the
creditor presented the claim in the manner provided in RCW <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.40.070"><b><span style="color:#7DAB8A;text-decoration:none">11.40.070</span></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Marcus J. Fry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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