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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">Stephen,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">I've only done a couple of a mobile home foreclosures-post eviction. Never pretty. Legal cost versus return.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">I've cut and paste below my chattel lien notice which I prepared and recorded to file a lien pursuant to RCW 60.72 and then rolled into the personal property foreclosure. Once the sale was completed by a credit sale to the landlord I had no issues, as I recall, with DOL on transferring title. Though, anything with DOL is always a nightmare when transferring mobile home titles.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">Call if you have any questions.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><img width="86" height="130" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D02B35.B43D6D50" align="left" hspace="12"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d">Robert R. Rowley</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d"> | Attorney at Law</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d">505 W. Riverside Ave, Suite 500</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d">Spokane, WA 99201</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d">Telephone: (509) 252-5074</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d">Mobile: (509) 994-1143</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d">Facsimile: (509) 928-3084</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d">Email: </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a href="mailto:rob@rowleylegal.com"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">rob@rowleylegal.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d">Web Site: </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a href="http://www.rowleylegal.com/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">www.rowleylegal.com</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Return Address:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Robert R. Rowley</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Attorney & Counselor at Law</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">PO Box 11766</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Spokane, WA 99211-1766</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">____________________________________________________________________________________</span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CHATTEL LIEN NOTICE</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Claimant(s): XXXXXX PROPERTIES, INC.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Legal Owner(s): XXXXXXXX</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Registered Owner(s): XXXXXXX</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">____________________________________________________________________________________</span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p><pre style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Claimant named above claims a </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Chattel Lien, created by RCW 60.72.010, in favor of XXXXXX Properties, Inc., in the amount of $1,320.00, for and on account of labor, skill and material expended upon the following Collateral: 1969 TNC MOBILE HOME, SERIES XXXX, WHITE/BLUE, VIN XXXX, LICENSE NO XXXXX.</span></pre><pre style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> This lien was completed on the 7<sup>th</sup> day of September, 2010.</span></pre><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> XXXXXXX PROPERTIES, INC.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> BY_________________________________________</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> CLAIMANT</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">STATE OF CALIFORNIA )</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">)ss.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">County of Contra Costa )</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">XXXXXXXXX, being sworn, says: I am the President for the claimant above named; I have read or heard the foregoing claim, read and know the contents thereof, and believe the same to be true and correct and that the claim of lien is not frivolous and is made with reasonable cause, and is not clearly excessive under penalty of perjury.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> _____________________________________________</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this ______ day of ____________, 2010.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">_____________________________________________</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">NOTARY PUBLIC for CALIFORNIA</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">My commission expires __________________________</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:swhite8893@aol.com">swhite8893@aol.com</a><br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 08, 2015 10:19 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Reality Check - UD at a Mobile Home Park</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Paul,</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> I was looking at this back in 2013, and had gotten to the point where I concluded there was no clear answer. The matter resolved itself and so I stopped at that point. </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> I had originally thought that using the abandoned vehicle statutes would work, but DOL took the position that it would not. The discussion came up on the list serve and there were no good answers. One person suggested doing a landlord lien foreclosure. One person suggested talking to an attorney by the name of Walt Olsen who represents a lot of mobile home parks. You might give him a call. </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> Let me know what you come up with as I may have the situation come up again.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Steve</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black">Stephen Whitehouse</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black">Whitehouse & Nichols, LLP</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black">Attorneys at Law</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black">P.O. Box 1273</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black">601 W. Railroad Ave.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black">Shelton, Wa. 98584</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black">360-426-5885</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black"><a href="mailto:swhite8893@aol.com">swhite8893@aol.com</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">-----Original Message-----<br>From: Paul Neumiller <<a href="mailto:pneumiller@hotmail.com">pneumiller@hotmail.com</a>><br>To: 'WSBA Real Property Listserv' <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>Sent: Thu, Jan 8, 2015 9:44 am<br>Subject: Re: [WSBARP] Reality Check - UD at a Mobile Home Park</span></p><div id="AOLMsgPart_2_aeb20267-562e-466d-b1a3-c76a998298c8"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Anyone have any input on this? I’ve had two attorneys contact me off list asking for responses, of which there are none.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Mobile Home Park Gurus: What are the LL remedies after an unlawful detainer action and the tenant hasn’t moved the mobile home by the time the sheriff is supposed to come? Any case law? (I can’t find any) Is the mobile home then deemed “abandoned” and the LL proceeds under those statutes?</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span></p></div><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;border-color:currentColor currentColor"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> [<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com?">mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Neumiller<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 5, 2015 10:55 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Reality Check - UD at a Mobile Home Park</span></p></div></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">I am evicting from a mobile home park a tenant who owns the mobile home. I have already obtained a default judgment and the Writ. (Straight Chapter 59.20 except for those sections in 59.12 and 59.18 brought in by 59.20.040.)</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">1. The local friendly Sheriff just sent a form letter to the tenant informing the tenant of the Writ and quoted 59.18.312 law about LL storage of T’s personal property. I called the Sheriff’s office and asked “what gives?, this eviction is under 59.20 as a mobile home, not 59.18 under WA Residential LL/T law. 59.18.312 has absolutely no application in this eviction. I don’t want my LL to think it has to follow this law and I certainly don’t want the T (or the Deputy Sheriff who will be there on the day of the eviction) to think that the LL has to follow 59.18.312” The Sheriff’s answer was that they are still required “by law” to give the notice and this is part of their “form letter.” Are they correct?</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">2. After much review, it seems to me that, if T leaves the mobile home in place, LL’s only remedy regarding removal of the mobile home and all of its contents is to follow the LL lien process. Is this correct? </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p></div></div></div></div><div id="AOLMsgPart_4_aeb20267-562e-466d-b1a3-c76a998298c8"><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">_______________________________________________</span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">WSBARP mailing list</span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:WSBARP@lists.wsbarppt.com">WSBARP@lists.wsbarppt.com</a></span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black"><a href="http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbarp" target="_blank">http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbarp</a></span></tt></pre></div></div></div></body></html>