[WSBARP] Recording Deeds in Connection with either a Boundary Line Adjustment or Boundary Line Agreement

[Jeff at bellanddavispllc.com]

Eric,

 

Thank you for this.  My confusion is in speaking with a really good surveyor
from Port Angeles, with whom I have done numerous boundary line agreements,
he asked me whether you really need a REETA.  I told him I thought to record
any deed you needed to also file a REETA with the treasurer.  In my dealings
with him, I just gave him the deeds and he recorded them with his survey and
boundary line agreement, with him also filling in the recording numbers as
indicated.  I know I should have asked him how he recorded the deeds without
a REETA, but I thought I would try and find out myself.  Is there something
in either statutes (for BLA's and Boundary Line Agreements) that gets rid of
the requirement for the REETA?

 

Jeff

 

W. Jeff Davis

BELL & DAVIS PLLC

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Every deed needs a REETA, unfortunately. But the good news is there is a
potential exemption:

https://app.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=458-61A-109 - see subsec.
(2)(b). You might need to attach a narrative to the affidavit, to explain
the settlement and confirm that there is no additional consideration beyond
the boundary adjustment.

 

Sincerely,

 

Eric

 

Eric C. Nelsen

Sayre Law Offices, PLLC

1417 31st Ave South

Seattle WA 98144-3909

206-625-0092

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Listmates:

 

I find no WAC exemption under WAC 458-61A-200 section covering recording
deeds under either a Boundary Adjustment, with county approval, or a
Boundary Line Agreement.  I have never had to record such deeds as they were
always handled by the surveyor.  A surveyor asked me if you really need an
REETA to record such deeds.  I gather they do not.  But you still need to
have the County Treasurer's office sign off on the deed, at least for a bla,
saying that all real estate taxes have been paid for the year.  Have any of
you dealt with this?

 

Jeff

 

W. Jeff Davis

BELL & DAVIS PLLC

Attorneys at Law
P.O. Box 510

720 E. Washington Street, Suite 105
Sequim WA 98382
Phone: (360) 683.1129 
Fax: (360) 683.1258 
email: jeff at bellanddavispllc.com <mailto:jeff at bellanddavispllc.com> 
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