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<DIV><FONT size=4>The judgment must be paid at closing or no sale.
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=djbratt@mbavancouverlaw.com
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [WSBAPT] Enforceability of Judgment Lien Related to Closing
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<P class=MsoNormal>Hello Listmates:<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>We are close to closing a sale of a residence by an
Estate. <o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Suddenly, I find out about an old judgment.<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>The judgment, for just under $20K, was entered in District
Court in the county in which the Estate-owned real estate is located on
September 25, 2006. A Transcript of the District Court Judgment was then
filed in the Superior Court in the same county on October 19, 2007. The
judgment was subsequently recorded on October 22, 2007, with the Auditor of the
same county. It is showing up as an exception on a Title Policy
Commitment, and the escrow closer is in the midst of making inquiry about a
payoff figure for the judgment from the Judgment Creditor’s
Attorney.<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>As I understand the law related to judgments, the judgment is
enforceable for ten years after entry, but that period can be extended an
additional ten years by petitioning the court that entered the judgment within
90 days of the expiration of the original ten years. <o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>However, sadly, I find that under RCW 6.17.020(3), if a
District Court judgment has been transcribed to the Superior Court, the petition
is not to be filed in District Court, and thus be tied to the ten year
anniversary of the entry of the District Court Judgment. Rather, the Petition to
extend is to be filed in the Superior Court and the Petition must be filed
within 90 days of the expiration of the ten year period after the date the
transcript of judgment was filed in <U>the Superior Court</U>, not the District
Court. So, even though relating back to the original date of the District
Court judgment would have been supremely helpful, the statute means that the
Judgment Creditor would have until October 19, 2017, to file the Petition to
extend the judgment. <o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>The Decedent died on September 3, 2017. The first date of
publication of the Notice to Creditors took place on October 7, 2016.
Thus, the four-month period for Creditor’s Claims expired on February 7,
2017. The Judgment Creditor did not file a Creditor’s Claim. In addition,
the PR found no evidence of the judgment when making the PR’s reasonable search
to ascertain the identity of Creditors to determine which creditors, if any,
were to get actual notice. However, I am not thinking that of the Judgment
Creditor to file a Creditor’s Claim in the probate will defeat the lien of
judgment on the real estate owned by the Decedent. <o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>My initial conclusion is that we are SOL on trying to escape
liability on the judgment, due to the fact that the lien of judgment attaches to
the real estate of the judgment debtor, and it does not appear that the judgment
debtor’s death nor any defenses under the Creditor’s Claim statute will help us
in escaping the effect of the judgment, with the real estate closing becoming
the means of collection for the Judgment Creditor. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Any contrary thoughts about the possibility of escaping
liability on this judgment?<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Thank you for your collective knowledge.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Doug Bratt<o:p></o:p></P>
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