[WSBARP] Issues with King County Recording

[Rob Bartlett]

Brent, thank you for doing this.  Here is another one my paralegal ran into:

“The exemption description on the REETA was too long to fit into their box so I just wrote “see attached” and added the entire description to the attachment.  It was rejected because we didn’t include a partial reason before writing “see attached”. “

I’m hoping you can also find out if the recording folks even understand the rising frustration with them.

--Rob


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Subject: [WSBARP] Issues with King County Recording

Apologies for the duplicate post from RP and PT sides but I am looking for feedback as it relates to property transfers in King County.

Many of us have had interesting encounters with the King County Recorders office.  Most recently, I was transferring four pieces of property and three of the four were accepted and recorded and the fourth rejected. The Deed and REETAs were identical for everything except the parcel number, property value and legal description. Grantor, Grantee, reason for transfer - all the same.

Reason for rejection - the Grantor in Box 1 did not match the Deed exactly.

So it was ok for 3 of them but #4 - that was just unacceptable.  If you have had a recent story (that you have not shared with me) regarding frustrations with the Recorder's office, please share. I am compiling these to be share with the the Director and Executive's office.

Thank you!
Brent

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