[WSBARP] option formalities

[Eric Nelsen]

For specific performance, a complete legal description is definitely required. So far as I know, notary acknowledgment is not required at all for an option to purchase; an option is simply a contract and does not actually affect real estate. If some title effect is intended I suppose the grantor's signature should be acknowledged, but that's not an essential component of an option.

WSBA Real Property Deskbook Vols 1&2, Ch. 17.10, agrees and cites Phillipp v. Curtis, 35 Wn.2d 844, 215 P.2d 431 (1950), which I haven't read.

Sincerely,

Eric

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Subject: [WSBARP] option formalities

Is it true that an option to buy land in Washington requires an acknowledgement of both buyer and seller signatures?  And a specific enough description, like a deed would require?

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