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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='color:#1F497D'>This is the language we in the title industry look for.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>An affidavit might be useful when the facts are too complicated for inclusion in a deed, but in the facts you gave I think the language Jennifer suggests would work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:helveticaneueetw01-55rg;color:#1F497D'>John McCrady<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:helveticaneueetw01-55rg;color:#1F497D'>Counsel</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Puget Sound Title Company<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>5350 Orchard Street West<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>University Place WA 98466<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>253-476-5721<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jennifer Johnson<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 19, 2015 4:20 PM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Affidavit of Identity<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Can you do a deed from “X, who acquired title as Y” to whomever he/she is conveying the property?<br><br>Jennifer<br><br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Big Caslon",serif'>Jennifer M. Johnson | Attorney<br>Hanigan Law Office, P.S.<br>P.O. Box 39 / 68 Main Street<br>Cathlamet, WA 98612<br>(360) 795-3494<br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><br><img width=121 height=52 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01D06263.C89078A0"><br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><br><br><br><br><br>On 3/19/15 3:53 PM, "Kate Gamble" <<a href="mailto:uptownlawpt@gmail.com">uptownlawpt@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Does anyone have and is willing to share a template for an affidavit of identity? I am exploring options for clearing title to real property when the grantee name differs from the name in which she took title originally due to marriage. Also, in a different case, for a change in the first name. Would recording the affidavit prior to conveying the property under the new name sufficiently serve to connect the chain of title? Any suggestions appreciated!<br><br>Thanks,<br><br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'>Kate Gamble<br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'>Attorney at Law<br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'>Uptown Law PLLC<br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'>(360) 379-1818<br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'><br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'>CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'> This email, including any attachments, is confidential and subject to legal privilege. 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