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<div dir="ltr">Okay then I follow if it was indeed a pre-closing disclosure. I will not rant “too much” here, but I believe in allocating risk where it is most easily minimized (as I believe our legal system generally tried to do). I am not a big fan of Washington’s
insurance commissioner recently, but in this case, I really dislike that Washington’s insurance rules allow that kind of exclusion without requiring the title company, which is in by far the best position to do so, to do one of two things:</div>
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<div dir="ltr">1. Provide a great big disclaimer in red letters next to that exclusion that explains the practical effect of statutory liens like Medicaid lines that are not protected against by the proposed policy. (By the way, who says the DSHS lien would’ve
been identified merely by administering the estate? The exclusion should be required to reference the 2 or 3 key RCWs that create “super liens” like this one that relate back to a time about which no ordinary buyer could reasonably be expected to have knowledge:
before the death of the seller’s long-deceased spouse. Or the exclusion should be required to say much more about what happens during administration such as required notice to creditors and the state tax authorities and Medicaid authorities.)</div>
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<div dir="ltr">2. Require title companies to ping DSHS via some automated or expedited system to check for liens or claims when there has been no probate or administration. (And charge an extra $25-$50 on such a deal, no problem.) The deceased spouse’s death
certificate (required for the LOPA, so not unduly burdensome) contains an SSN and LOTS of data DSHS could easily check in minutes if asked to every now and again by a Washington title company when this kind of deal arises. This cannot be that hard. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">Public policy on this one is "off." Unless DSHS has a practice of NOT enforcing this kind of lien against good-faith buyers for FMV or "something." I'm all for exclusions for recorded interests, boundaries, all sorts of stuff. This one is fundamentally
unfair to Washington buyers in good faith. It's a gap that can easily be filled.</div>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Chaparral Pro",serif">Hi Josh,</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Chaparral Pro",serif">Yes, I got a hold of the title insurance policy prior to closing, and it included the coverage exclusion. Smart for the title company to have done, but my clients didn’t
understand the potential impact at the time they purchased the property. They recently for unrelated reasons did a title search and saw that the DSHS lien had been recorded – they were not independently provided with a copy of it.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Chaparral Pro",serif">The sale was by statutory warranty deed, for what it’s worth. So the recourse would be to go after the Seller and require him to clear the lien, but the Seller is pretty
much destitute so that’s not an option here.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Chaparral Pro",serif">Definitely a lesson here to be very weary of LOPAs if the two-year creditor period hasn’t passed yet.</span></p>
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<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 12:16 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [WSBAPT] DSHS Lien on Real Property Recorded After the Property's Sale</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This is probably worth absolutely nothing:</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I follow this “mostly” but did the title commitment that buyer received prior to sale include this exclusion? And did buyer know any of this about lack of probate, etc.?
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">There is a missing piece here it seems to me: how was buyer to be made aware of the estate’s involvement and failure to probate, etc., unless it was disclosed in the
commitment PRIOR to closing? </span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I have zero practical experience on this particular issue, but I guess I will be surprised somewhat if DSHS does not say: “Ah! Your warranty deed recorded before our
lien. We will release the lien and go sue the seller. Good day!”</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Or, if they do not, I guess I would connect every dot on what the title insurer disclosed and excluded BEFORE closing vs. in the final policy it mailed out 30 days after
closing.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">My glasses may be too rosy. If DSHS collects on its lien from buyer; and buyer has no title insurance coverage; and buyer had only nominal/minimal understanding that
they were buying from a decedent’s estate, then there is a gap in our system if we allocate that risk in that equation to . . . the buyer. With no arm’s length, FMV, ordinary course or other such insolvency/bankruptcy/UCC-type defenses to the state’s lien?
Just seems very odd to me as an American lawyer, honestly.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Like Diane, I’m very curious to understand how this plays out.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Best, Josh
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Natalie Kuehler<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 19, 2022 12:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Chaparral Pro",serif">Thank you, Diane. I agree with the approach you outlined below; our next step will be finding out how much the lien is for and whether there is any way to negotiate a settlement.
I’ll let you know how it goes!</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Chaparral Pro",serif">The seller apparently is destitute, so there’s not much of a chance of recovery there.</span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"><a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> <<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>> on behalf of Diane J.
Kiepe <<a href="mailto:DJKiepe@depdslaw.com">DJKiepe@depdslaw.com</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 11:20 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [WSBAPT] DSHS Lien on Real Property Recorded After the Property's Sale</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">So the insurance company was wise to protect their interest by excluding wife’s creditor’s of her estate for claims that would have been disclosed. This likely takes
them off the hook. Because no notice to creditor’s was given, I read the rights of DSHS running 2 years. In essence, and off the cuff without more research, I would think your client’s have a cloud on title and that they may have a claim against seller if
the property passed by warranty deed. As between DSHS and buyers, I am not sure if there is a bona fide purchaser defense, particularly since no probate took place.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">From a practice standpoint, I would call DSHS and try to get the amount they are claiming as their lien. Then, depending on the amount, you can make a plan moving forward.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I am so interested in knowing how this turns out. If you can share with us the end result down the road, I sure would appreciate it.</span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Natalie Kuehler<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 19, 2022 10:56 AM<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Chaparral Pro",serif">Thank you both! The title insurance policy has an exclusion for creditors of the predeceased wife’s estate that would have been disclosed if a probate action had been filed,
so getting coverage for this might prove difficult.</span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"><a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> <<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>> on behalf of Marcus J.
Fry <<a href="mailto:mjf@witherspoonkelley.com">mjf@witherspoonkelley.com</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 10:48 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Natalie:</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Contact the title insurer because this should have been insured against fbo your clients.</span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Leighann Hansing<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 19, 2022 10:19 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] DSHS Lien on Real Property Recorded After the Property's Sale</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">RCW 41.05A.090 (6) A lien authorized under this section relates back to attach to any real property that the decedent had an ownership interest in immediately before death and is effective as of that date
or date of recording, whichever is earlier.</span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Natalie Kuehler<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 18, 2022 1:07 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] DSHS Lien on Real Property Recorded After the Property's Sale</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Chaparral Pro",serif">Hello all,</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Chaparral Pro",serif">I have clients who purchased real property from a widower, with title insurance that was secured by the widower’s completion and filing of a lack of probate affidavit.
No probate for the wife’s estate was ever opened, and the lack of probate affidavit confirmed that there were no outstanding debts or expenses arising from his wife’s last illness. After the sale closed, but within two years of the wife’s death, DSHS filed
a Notice and Statement of Lien (Estate Recovery) for an undisclosed amount. </span>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Chaparral Pro",serif">Can DSHS enforce the Lien against the real property even though the property was sold to my clients at market rate? Are there any deadlines for enforcement of a DSHS lien
that is placed on property after the surviving spouse of the deceased debtor has sold it? The lien at this point is already over two years old, and the real property was transferred to my clients over three years ago.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Chaparral Pro",serif">Any thoughts (or referrals) would be appreciated.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Chaparral Pro",serif">Thank you!</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Chaparral Pro",serif">Natalie</span></p>
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