<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Yes,<div><br></div><div>You can contact the Washington Department of Licensing and make a public records request providing the decedent’s information and asking what vehicles were titled in his or her name.</div><div><br></div><div>The folks there are actually quite helpful!!</div><div><br><div><br></div><div><p style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(9, 9, 11); color: rgb(9, 9, 11); font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Vehicle/Vessel Record Disclosure Team</p><p style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(9, 9, 11); color: rgb(9, 9, 11); font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">360-902-7100</p><div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><font face="Lucida Calligraphy"><i><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">Amy</i></font></div><div><font face="Lucida Calligraphy"><i><br></i></font></div><div><font face="Lucida Calligraphy"><i>Amy J. 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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Aug 23, 2023, at 12:40 PM, Sarah McCarthy <sarah@kawlawyers.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">Please reply to list! I have a similar situation. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Sarah O’Farrell McCarthy</font></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>(Pronouns: she / her)<br></b></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Attorney, Partner | <font>Kelly, Arndt & Walker, <font>Attorneys at Law, PLLP</font></font><font></font></font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><br></span><span style=""><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style=""><font>P.O. Box 290 | </font></span></font></span></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">6443 Harding Avenue |</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Clinton, WA 98236</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><span style=""><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style=""><font><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"></span></font></span></font></span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">(Located on Whidbey Island, Island County, Washington)<br></font><span style=""><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Phone: (360) 341-1515 | Fax: (360) 341-3272</font><br><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a><font color="#222222" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">sarah@kawlawyers.com</font></a> <font>| <span style=""><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><font><a href="http://www.kawlawyers.com/" target="_blank">www.kawlawyers.com</a></font></span></span></font></span></span></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-size:7.5pt"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-size:7.5pt">This electronic message transmission contains information from the law firm of Kelly, Arndt & Walker, PLLP which may be confidential or privileged. This information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity named above, If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any further review, disclosure, printing, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this transmission is prohibited. If you have received this electronic message transmission in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and delete the original message. Thank you</span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-size:8pt">. </span></font></div><font size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></span></p><font size="3"></font><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(68,84,106);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:7.5pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We do not accept service of any kind by e-mail unless expressly authorized in writing by the attorney of record. This e-mail is NOT a contract and is not binding upon the author pursuant to CR 2A. This e-mail is, at most, a negotiation under ER 408.<br></font></span></div></font></font></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 12:39 PM Inge Fordham <<a href="mailto:inge@fordhamlegal.com">inge@fordhamlegal.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-4918379296091706970">
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<div class="m_667271480138586105WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Colleagues,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I am handling an estate where the decedent owned several cars, trucks, boats, motorcycles, etc. – some operable and some not. My client, the personal representative (with nonintervention powers), is the mother of the decedent and cannot
account for every car, truck, boat, motorcycle, etc. as some were abandoned, some were stolen, some were already given to family members without my knowledge (and without any official transfer of title). I’m at a loss. My understanding is that the personal
representative needs to release the decedent’s interest in anything titled in the decedent’s name by filing an Affidavit of Loss/Releasee of Interest with the DOL (and providing her letters testamentary). Is there any resource for running a search to find
out what cars, trucks, boats, motorcycles, etc. remain in the decedent’s name? is there anything else we should be doing to dot our i’s and cross our t’s?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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