[WSBARP] Today's King Co Recording Tale of Woe - help!

[Mark Anderson]

I'm sure glad the Recorder is an attorney then.  (Insert smiley face)

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From: wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> On Behalf Of Craig Blackmon
Sent: 05/18/2023 1:56 PM
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Subject: Re: [WSBARP] Today's King Co Recording Tale of Woe - help!

Sam, that's exactly right.

Mark, that's exactly what was rejected by the Recorder!

Still looking for that silver bullet...

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On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 12:31 PM <samuel at meylerlegal.com<mailto:samuel at meylerlegal.com>> wrote:
Craig,

When you say that the grantee has been and will be solely liable on the existing debt, do you mean that the grantee was the only party to the promissory note and the only one of them that was a party to the deed of trust?  Even if the grantee was the only one of the two that paid for any of the debt, DOR’s position is that the co-owner (grantor) is still liable for the underlying debt if they were a party to the promissory note or deed of trust.

Sam


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Subject: [WSBARP] Today's King Co Recording Tale of Woe - help!

Listmates, any insight you can provide as to a good path forward would be greatly appreciated. Here is my conundrum.

Client (grantee) has been and will be solely liable on existing debt. Grantee paying co-owner (grantor) additional $20k. A gift of remaining equity.

The excise tax should be due on the $20k. It appears to me (and now apparently the Recorder's Office as well) that the Supplemental Statement does not offer this option. I have now been told in the rejection notice that tax is due on one half the debt as well.

The rejection notice includes a "call for assistance" [sic] phone number; call, put on hold for five minutes, told to call back. Ahhh, just keep breathing...

At this point it may be more cost effective to file a lawsuit. What do you think?

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