[WSBARP] Apostille instead of Notary?

[David Faber]

A foreign client (Germany) is attempting to gift his property in Jefferson
County to his son (also German). I sent him the Quit Claim Deed and he just
returned it to me with an apostille. I had suggested that he either work
with a traveling US notary or go to the US consulate to get the document
notarized, but he appears to have ignored me. That said, instead of
directing him to do it all over again I'm wondering whether anyone has any
experience dealing with foreign apostille certifications? Per the Hague
Convention, I believe this should be sufficient for the title conveyance,
but I don't want my client to be a test case if anyone in this bar section
has experience dealing with this sort of thing. Is a German apostille
certification of the German client's signature on the Quit Claim Deed
legally sufficient/acceptable?

Thank you!

Best,
David J. Faber
Faber Feinson PLLC
800 Polk Street, Suite B
Port Townsend, WA 98368
(360) 379-4110

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