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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Bummer. Land ownership descends automatically via
<a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.04.250">RCW 11.04.250</a>; it's not possible to abandon real property. (No government wants to let anyone off the hook for paying property taxes.) Technically the heirs could be liable if anyone was injured
due to a condition on the property, and they are liable for property taxes (though the county will just foreclose and is very unlikely to pursue personally).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The good news is they're not liable for the loan or any of decedent's personal debts. So this may be a situation to let sleeping dogs lie: ignore the property and hope that the problem goes away,
by tax foreclosure or by bank foreclosure, before anyone gets hurt on the property and decides to sue. The heirs have to decide whether or not to take that risk, balanced against the cost of dealing with the problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I suppose they could offer to quitclaim to the bank in lieu of foreclosure, but most banks ignore those kinds of offers. Especially big ones.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jennifer Gellner<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 30, 2020 11:55 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] INSOLVENT PROBATE / TRASHED HOUSE<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Hi All:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">I don’t come across many insolvent estates, and I read all of your combined advice from awhile back about no PR being appointed and waiting the 24 months to see if any creditor takes action.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">No PR appointed and no one wanting to serve. Is there any liability for abandoning the real property? Quicken Loans had given deceased a big home equity loan last November to pay bills and the house is not
worth the outstanding $189,000 mortgage. None of his kids want anything to do with it. The house is in such bad shape and with black mold and if demolished, the lot would be worth $30,000.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Can the kids do nothing?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jennifer A. Gellner, LL.M. <o:p></o:p></p>
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