<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Colleagues - </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">For the first time, I have received a request from an escrow company saying that "<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">DSHS is requesting an unredacted copy of the death certificate to clear DSHS paragraph. Please provide if available."</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">I have written a tax letter hundreds of times advising when I have sent the Notice to DSHS for potential liens; I have advised what I have been told by the PR for estate taxes and provided the link to the DOR website for estate tax thresholds. I have NEVER been asked to provide an unredacted death certificate to an escrow company. </span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">I am also learning for the first time that the Escrow company works directly with DSHS. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br>Can anyone confirm that this isn't something suspicious?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Maybe I am getting to paranoid as I advance in age but this is leaving me feeling uneasy. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Appreciate any insights you may have to share. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Brent</span></p><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Brent
Williams-Ruth</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (pronouns: he/him)<br>
<i>Attorney-At-Law</i></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Law
Offices of Brent Williams-Ruth, </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="1">a division of BWR Consulting, PLLC</font></span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Physical Address: 500 S 336th Street, Suite 214; Federal
Way, WA 98003</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font color="#ff0000">Mailing Address:</font> </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PO BOX 3319; Federal Way, WA 98063 </span></b></p><p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Office/Scheduling
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