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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">I am going to be recording a Lack of Probate Affidavit in Pierce County via Simplifile and want to be sure I have everything in order. I prepared the LOPA and have a certified copy of the death certificate ready to record. Simplifile
doesn’t have anywhere for me to upload a REETA (which I have historically prepared with LOPAs citing the appropriate exemption). Is a REETA unnecessary? LOPAs are not
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