[WSBARP] Death Certificates

[Bickel, Dwight]

I would support a simple Bill to enable a short form death certificate for recordation. There would be no opposition. It probably would have unanimous support of the county recorders, the real property section, the land title association and the Realtors. The only thing missing is a person in the Legislature willing to support it.

Dwight A. Bickel
Regional Counsel
Fidelity National Title Group
Legislative Committee Co-Chair
Washington Land Title Ass'n
701 - 5th Avenue, Suite 2700
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: (206) 370-3189
E-mail: Dwight.Bickel at fntg.com<blocked::mailto:Dwight.Bickel at fntg.com>


From: wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com] On Behalf Of Richard Holland
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 11:08 AM
To: WSBA Real Property Listserv
Subject: [WSBARP] Death Certificates

Hello Listmates,

Frequently, as a consequence of what I do, we are required to record a death certificate with the County.  As I glanced at another one this morning, I was struck by the amount of personal HEALTH information that is on the death certificate.  I know that in Oregon, for example, you have to request a "short form death certificate" to record is as it omits the health information.  I was wondering if anyone else thinks that the approach in Washington is problematic given Federal law and just general ethics, and if anyone had an idea of what member of our State Government I might raise this with besides blindly contacting my local representative.

Sincerely,

Richard L. Holland

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