[WSBARP] REETA Gripe

[Mark Anderson]

Following up on this.  To press the county, I sent them the attached email.  I'll let you know if I receive anything in return.

Mark B. Anderson
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Tacoma, Washington 98402
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From: wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> On Behalf Of Mark Anderson
Sent: 07/14/2022 9:24 AM
To: WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp at lists.wsbarppt.com>
Subject: [WSBARP] REETA Gripe

Dear Listmates:

I just submitted a quitclaim deed to the King County Recorder with a REETA on which I claimed a gift exemption under WAC 458-61A-201 (gift but grantor continues to pay debt).  Here is what I put on the excise tax affidavit:
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I put the 2.B.2. in brackets because it does not represent a section/subsection of the WAC, but I knew they wanted a reference to the Supplemental Statement there anyway.

King County rejected the recording with the following explanation:

EXCISE SECTION 7 THE SEUBSECTION IS IN THE INCORRECT FORMAT. DID YOU MEAN WAC 458-61A-201(B2)?

Really?  Incorrect format?  The Supplemental Statement section/subsection/paragraph is clearly "2.B.2." and not "(B2)."  Even so, how could someone misinterpret 2.B.2.?  This is a person who rejected my submission, not a computer algorithm.

The real issue here is that there is no writing that lays out the specific format that is required on the REETA.  Section 7 of the REETA clearly says "WAC number (section/subsection)."  It does not say WAC number (section/subsection) and paragraph number from the Supplemental Statement in the following format: (subsection paragraph) (no section or periods or spaces between subsection and paragraph)."

Does anyone know of any written direction from the King County Recorder regarding how to annotate a REETA?

Mark B. Anderson
ANDERSON LAW FIRM PLLC
821 Dock St  Ste 209  PMB 4-12
Tacoma, Washington 98402
+1 253-327-1750
+1 253-327-1751 (fax)
marka at mbaesq.com<mailto:marka at mbaesq.com>
www.mbaesq.com<http://www.mbaesq.com/>
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