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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Kate:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>I believe the form and instructions are on the WA state DOL website. Type “title elimination” in the search box, and voila.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Jim Dolan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kate Szurek<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 26, 2024 4:30 PM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] title elimination on mobile home now affixed to real property<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To close an estate, we need only to transfer the decedent’s interest in the family home to his surviving spouse.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“Trouble” (maybe) is that the mobile home on the property, turned into a large and beautiful home over many years, still has a separate title, as the decedent believed this would save him on real estate taxes. Assessor has shown me how this is not the case.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So, we would like to do a “title elimination.” <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Does anyone have sample(s) of how to do so that they are willing to share? Oddly, it looks like no one here has done this before . . . <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ll also go dig in the deskbooks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks in advance.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kate<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Cataneo BT";color:blue;mso-ligatures:none'>Kate Szurek</span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>, J.D., LL.M. 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