[WSBARP] Trustee Sale Lien Notice continued....

[Rod Harmon]

This is why I don’t let my clients buy at trustee sales unless I have done a title search and prepared an abstract, and reviewed the trustee’s records to make sure it gave notice to all the parties with a lien or interest in the property.  And then told them not to do it anyway.

The criminal judgment doesn’t get a gratuitous bump-up in priority, though.  Your client is subrogated to the beneficiary’s position. The solution for your client is re-foreclosure to eliminate the criminal judgment.

Rod Harmon

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From: wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com] On Behalf Of Bess Derting
Sent: Wednesday, November 7, 2018 12:01 PM
To: WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp at lists.wsbarppt.com>
Subject: [WSBARP] Trustee Sale Lien Notice continued....

   The prior email sent too early!!  Here is the rest:

         Client purchased property at a Trustee's Sale in May 2018.
         Client remodeled the house and put it up for sale.
          A Superior Court criminal judgment for $25,728 appeared on title for a 2014 monetary judgment against the previous landowner.
           The Trustee did not give notice of the foreclosure to the judgement creditor
            The Trustee did not obtain a Trustee's Sale Guarantee, instead they obtained a "Two Owner Foreclosure Report" from Title Solutions, Inc.  The report only showed documents recorded with the County Auditor, it did not show the criminal judgment.  At the end of the report the following language appears "This information is taken from the public record and is made available for your use.  This is not to be interpreted as a title report or condition of title; we assume no responsibility for its contents".
            Since the criminal judgment creditor did not receive notice of the Trustee's Sale the title company still shows the criminal judgment on title.
           The Trustee denies it was their responsibility to give notice to ALL lien holders.

Suggestions? Case Law?

Thank you!

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Mary E. (Bess) Derting

Derting & Appel, PLLC
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Okanogan, WA 98840
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