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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Jeanne,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Also note that the six-month priority in RCW 64.34.364 applies only to condos, and does not overrule a prior inconsistent provision giving lenders full priority in a declaration recorded prior to July 1, 1990.  Also note that FHFA as conservator for Fannie and Freddie has filed a federal court suit in Nevada challenging the validity of all association liens that prime the interests of Fannie and Freddie under federal law.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Jim<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#C00000'>Please check out our new website, now live at www.condo-lawyers.com.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:39.25pt'><td width=393 valign=top style='width:294.45pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none;padding:5.75pt 5.75pt 5.75pt 5.75pt;height:39.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:9.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jim Strichartz</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:9.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Attorney</span></i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=299 valign=top style='width:224.3pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:5.75pt 5.75pt 5.75pt 5.75pt;height:39.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:right;line-height:9.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Law Offices of James L. Strichartz</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:right;line-height:9.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>201 Queen Anne Avenue North, Suite 400</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-top:2.0pt;text-align:right;line-height:9.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Seattle, WA 98109-4824</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=393 valign=bottom style='width:294.45pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;padding:5.75pt 5.75pt 5.75pt 5.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:2.0pt;line-height:9.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto://jim@condo-lawyers.com/"><span style='color:#2E4171'>jim@condo-lawyers.com </span></a></span><u><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#2E4171'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:2.0pt;line-height:9.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.condo-lawyers.com/"><span style='color:#2E4171'>http://www.condo-lawyers.com</span></a> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:2.0pt;line-height:9.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/condolawyer" target=nw><s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much higher than the amount for 6 months of assessments.  <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Karen L. Gibbon<br>Law Offices of Karen L. Gibbon, P.S.<br>3409 McDougall Avenue, Suite 202<br>Everett, WA 98201<br><br>Telephone: (425)212-3277 ext 1<br>Facsimile: (425)212-3280<br>Email: <a href="mailto:kgibbon@gibbonlaw.com" target="_blank">kgibbon@gibbonlaw.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br>THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS E-MAIL IS PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL, AND IS INTENDED SOLELY FOR THE RECIPIENT(S) DESIGNATED ABOVE. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS E-MAIL IN ERROR, YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT ANY REVIEW, COPYING, PRINTING, DISCLOSURE, DISTRIBUTION, OR ANY OTHER USE, OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.<br><br>IF YOU ARE NOT THE INTENDED RECIPIENT, PLEASE NOTIFY THE SENDER BY RETURN E-MAIL AND DELETE THE COPY YOU RECEIVED.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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> [<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeanne Dawes<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 16, 2015 5:26 PM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv (<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>)<br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] CCR question<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Dear Listmates:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>What is the rationale for subordinating the homeowner’s association lien/assessments to that of a first mortgage lender?  Is it because lender’s will not lend if there is no subordination, or can the CCR’s not subordinate the lien, and create a preference for unpaid (defaulted) homeowner lien assessments that would have priority over subsequently recorded mortgages?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"TypoUpright BT"'>Jeanne J.</span> </i></b><b><i><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Bella Donna","serif"'>Dawes</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Attorney at Law</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gore & Grewe, P.S.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>103 E. Indiana Avenue, Suite A</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Spokane, WA 99207-2317</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Voice:  509-326-7500</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fax:      509-326-7503</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:jjdawes@goregrewe.com"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>jjdawes@goregrewe.com</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>INFORMATI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