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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I was just in Clark County on Friday and the clerk gave me a new fee schedule which notes charges of $72 for each reference number on a document, in addition to the $72 first page and $1 per page thereafter.
I commented that could be very expensive for documents with multiple reference numbers and she said, it has always been that way, just was never actually put in the fee schedule.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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""> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>James L. Strichartz<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 20, 2015 4:35 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Recording Fee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">I just had an amended and restated condominium declaration rejected by the Benton County Auditor because I did not remit the proper recording fee. They claim that the correct fee for
recording the first page of the document is $792 dollars because it references the declaration and nine prior amendments as required by RCW 64.34.264(3). They are claiming that the reference to multiple documents makes this multiple transactions. Has anyone
had a similar experience. I have not run across this logic in any other county. Any assistance you can give would be appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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