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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Karl Flaccus:<br>
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As recently as May 2013, I found the following person to be very
helpful in resolving difficult recording issues:</font><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">Steve
A. Bren, CPM</span></i></b><span
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Tax Supervisor | Special Programs Division </span><span
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State Department of Revenue</span><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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Plaza Building | 1025 Union Ave SE STE 301| Olympia, WA
98504-7477</span><span
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| F 360/586-2163| dor.wa.gov | <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:stevebr@dor.wa.gov">stevebr@dor.wa.gov</a> <br>
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Concerning the recordability of the deed after the grantor's death,
you might call balking parties' attention to Estate of O'Brien v.
Robinson, 109 Wn.2d 913, 749 P.2d 154, 81 A.L.R.4th 1111 (1988), in
which the court (7 justices) recognized as valid a QC Deed that had
not even been delivered by the grantor's death but where evidence
showed the grantor intended it as a testamentary transfer. Since
that QC Deed was valid, certainly an actually delivered one it.<br>
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Doug Schafer, in Tacoma.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/18/2017 4:16 PM, Karl Flaccus
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:#0F243E">B has a
child. A and B (unmarried) buy a house in Seattle as
tenants in common. Later they marry. At the time of
marriage the two halves of the house are separate
property. B has an illness, and signs a quit claim deed to
A in 2005. Everything is proper about the quit claim deed.
B dies intestate in 2012. A does not record the quit claim
deed. A dies in 2016. I represent the personal
representative of A’s estate. Nothing goes in A’s estate to
B’s child. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:#0F243E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:#0F243E">The PR brings
me the unrecorded quit claim deed. We complete a REETA and
a supplemental gift form. On both forms the PR signs as PR
for A, and merely as representative for B. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:#0F243E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:#0F243E">King County
Recorders office rejected the deed, stating in writing “if
both parties are deceased, the inheritance/202 would make
more sense. Review 202(6f) and provide copy of letters
testamentary.” We called to say, no this was a gift at the
time, it was not an inheritance, and to contend that it was
would be false. The recorder’s office was stumped and
transferred to the Department of Revenue. The Department of
Review representative stated to my paralegal that although
she was not a lawyer, she believe the deed was an “invalid
conveyance” because it was not recorded at the time, and
therefore they would not record the deed under any
circumstances because A and B were not alive to sign the
supplemental statement. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:#0F243E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:#0F243E">They are wrong
to not record the deed. Deeds merely need to be “in
writing, signed by the party bound thereby, and acknowledged
by the party” before a notary. It is risky to not record a
deed, but a deed is valid at the time of execution.
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Roman","serif";color:#0F243E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:#0F243E">Any ideas out
there concerning what hoops we need to jump through to get
this deed recorded?
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:#0F243E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:#0F243E">Thanks.
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Roman","serif";color:#0F243E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:#0F243E">Karl
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Roman","serif";color:#0F243E">LACCUS</span></i><i><span
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Roman","serif";color:#0F243E"> L</span></i><i><span
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Roman","serif";color:#0F243E">A</span></i><i><span
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Roman","serif";color:#0F243E">W</span></i><i><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif";color:#0F243E">7010
35th Ave. N.E.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif";color:#0F243E">Seattle,
Washington 98115<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif";color:#0F243E">206
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