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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Actually it is not the REETA that gets recorded – it is the death certificate that gets recorded.<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>Julie Martiniello<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 08/18/2023 12:51 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] TODD w/o REETA<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt">The beneficiary of the deed will record a REETA with a redacted death certificate to have the title vest in their name. The REETA will need to reference the recording number of the TODD.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt">On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 12:24 PM Amy Goertz <<a href="mailto:amyjgoertz@icloud.com">amyjgoertz@icloud.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt">I have a new potential client whose sister died on August 4. Unmarried, no kids, survived by her sister and her mom.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt">PC recorded Transfer on Death Deed in Pierce County on the same day, August 3, 2023. She did not prepare or record a Real Estate Excise Tax Affidavit.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt">Sister died on August 4, 2023.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt">All other assets are held with sister or mom as named beneficiary and thus do not require probate.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt">What is the best way to transfer the house to the PC since no REETA was recorded with the TODD?<o:p></o:p></p>
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