[WSBARP] Apostille instead of Notary?

[Bryce Dille]

The requirement is that it satisfies the  dictates set forth in RCW 64.08.040 Dealing with foreign acknowledgements and who may take them

Bryce H. Dille
Dille Law, PLLC
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Olympia, WA 98502
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From: wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> On Behalf Of David Faber
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2025 3:01 PM
To: wsbarp <wsbarp at lists.wsbarppt.com>
Subject: [WSBARP] Apostille instead of Notary?

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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