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<div>Unless we are all being punk’d by you three ;) . . . Does anyone have any idea what authority exists for them to require two recording fees for recording one document, based on its title vs its substance or effect? Have we officially entered Alice’s Wonderland?
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<div style="direction: ltr;">Joshua D. McKarcher</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 25, 2021 4:36:06 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] multiple recording fees for PR deed</font>
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<div class="">Same thing in Adams and Grant Counties. We were recording an assignment of a purchaser’s interest under a real estate contract, and the document was titled: “Purchaser’s Assignment of Contract and Deed”. We were told that it would require two
recording fees, so we removed “and Deed” from the title of the document and paid one fee.</div>
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I had a similar experience in Yakima recording an easement that had a provision on maintenance, so I titled the document “Easement and Maintenance Agreement.” I had taken it in person to record. The clerk at the counter said it was 2x the fee because it said
easement and maintenance agreement. So, I took a pen out of my purse and crossed off the word maintenance in the title and handed it back. She gave me a snarly face, but only charged one fee.</div>
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<b class="">From:</b><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" class="">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span><<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" class="">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On
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<b class="">Sent:</b><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, October 25, 2021 3:57 PM<br class="">
<b class="">To:</b><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span>wsbar trust <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com" class="">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br class="">
<b class="">Subject:</b><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span>[WSBAPT] multiple recording fees for PR deed</div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:13.5pt">I sent a PR deed for recording. I turned out that decedent owned one half of the parcels and a testamentary trust of a now deceased spouse owned the other half. So on the one deed I entitled it “PR Deed and Trustee’s
Deed”. Got a call back that instead of the $205.50 I sent; auditor needed another $205.50 because it was entitled with both labels. Not sure if I had entitled it “PR DEED” only and then in the body of it I listed grantors as both PR’s and Trustee’s whether
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