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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>This is also an issue in San Juan County and has been for a while. I hate to incur over $400 in recording fees for an “Easement and Covenants” or “Well Agreement and Grant of Easement” but at the same time, if you don’t flag that there are also “covenants” or an “easement” in the document then it doesn’t stand out on the title that there are also covenants, or an easement, or whatever is omitted, in the document, and that can be bad for clients. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I just spent over $1,500 in client funds last week recording a handful of documents for cleaning up one boundary situation. Really? I see old documents from not that long ago it seems charging maybe $16 to record. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Mimi M. Wagner <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Attorney at Law<br><a href="mailto:mimi@sanjuanlaw.com">mimi@sanjuanlaw.com</a><br>Phone (360) 378-6234<br>Fax (360) 378-6244<br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.sanjuanlaw.com/"><span lang=EN>www.sanjuanlaw.com</span></a></span><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dwayne<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 25, 2021 4:36 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<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dwayne Fowles<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Larson Fowles, PLLC<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>821 E. Broadway Ave., Ste. 8<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Moses Lake, WA 98837<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>509-765-6700<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Oct 25, 2021, at 16:05 , Jennifer L White <<a href="mailto:jen@appletreelaw.com">jen@appletreelaw.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Script MT Bold"'>Jennifer L. White, Esq.</span> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><image001.jpg><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:jen@appletreelaw.com"><span style='font-style:normal'>jen@appletreelaw.com</span></a></span></i><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'>PO Box 11037</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'>Yakima, WA 98909</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'>509.225.9813</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></b>Josh Grant<br><b>Sent:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Monday, October 25, 2021 3:57 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>wsbar trust <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>[WSBAPT] multiple recording fees for PR deed<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Just a heads up.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span 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 that would have saved any $411 to record one deed!!</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#004080'>Joshua F. Grant</span></strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#004080'><br></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><image002.png><br></span><span style='color:#004080'>P. O. Box 619<br>Wilbur, WA 99185<br>509 647 5578</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>***Disclaimer: Please note that RPPT listserv participation is not restricted to practicing attorneys and may include non-practicing attorneys, law students, professionals working in related fields, and others.***<br>_______________________________________________<br>WSBAPT mailing list<br></span><a href="mailto:WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com"><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com</span></a><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><br></span><a href="http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbapt"><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbapt</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>