[WSBARP] [REALPROP] Condo dues lien versus Statute of Limitations

[Carmen Rowe]

Eric -

My two cents, is a reading of the statutes as a whole (per statutory
interpretation rules) the "all" dues necessarily incorporates only all*
validly existing* dues.

I think that consistent both with intent (which was clearly to limit
exposure to past dues if association just sat on their rights), and
rational thinking - you can't have liability for an invalid debt.


Carmen Rowe, Attorney/Owner


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On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 10:58 AM Eric Nelsen eric at sayrelawoffices.com
[REALPROP] <REALPROP at yahoogroups.com> wrote:

>
>
> Looking for confirmation here that I'm right, or else a stern rebuke for
> wishful thinking.
>
>
>
> Property has about 8 years of back condo dues unpaid.
>
>
>
> Condo is organized under the Horizontal Property Regimes Act--the old one.
> Per RCW 64.34.010(1)
> <https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=64.34&full=true#64.34.010>,
> the lien provisions of the 1990 Act, RCW 64.34.364
> <https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=64.34&full=true#64.34.364>,
> apply to this condo.
>
>
>
> RCW 64.34.364 has a 3-year statute of limitations on back dues:
>
>
>
> (8) A lien for unpaid assessments and the personal liability for payment
> of assessments is extinguished unless proceedings to enforce the lien or
> collect the debt are instituted within *three years* after the amount of
> the assessments sought to be recovered becomes due.
>
>
>
> But it also has this, which says "all" unpaid dues:
>
>
>
> (12) ....*In a voluntary conveyance*, the grantee of a unit shall be
> jointly and severally liable with the grantor for *all* unpaid
> assessments against the grantor up to the time of the grantor's
> conveyance....
>
>
>
> In this context, "all" just means the most recent three years of dues,
> because collection of the older dues is barred by statute of limitations,
> right? Section 12 can't possibly mean that in a voluntary conveyance the
> statute of limitations under (8) does not apply?
>
>
>
> [Note--it looks like the statute of limitations is changed to six years
> under the new UCIOA, RCW 64.90.485(9)
> <https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=64.90&full=true#64.90.485>.
> But the "all" language is carried over into the new act as well, RCW
> 64.90.485(17).]
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> Eric
>
>
>
> Eric C. Nelsen
>
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