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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b>Jim and others,<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">I am going to be a bit “long winded”, but I have dealt with this issue on multiple occasions, and have addressed it in prior seminar materials. I would appreciate hearing from you as to the outcome in your battle
with the auditor.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>The Auditor is flat wrong that recording a condominium declaration amendment (or restated declaration) involves “multiple transactions” for which multiple filing fees are required.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>I have recorded condominium documents (declarations and survey maps) in most Washington counties, and never once paid multiple filing fees.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>I have set forth below the governing statutes, but the following is a brief explanation.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><b>WCA CROSS-REFERENCE REQUIREMENTS.</b> The Washington Condominium Act (“WCA”, RCW 64.34) required that:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>The declaration include a cross reference to the survey and to any prior declaration amendments [RCW 64.34.216]; and<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>The survey include a cross reference to the declaration and to any prior declaration amendments. [RCW 64.34.232]<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><b>MULTIPLE TRANSACTIONS</b> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Including in a condominium declaration a cross reference to the survey, or including in a condominium survey a cross reference to the declaration, does not create “multiple transactions” under
<span style="color:black">RCW 36.18.010</span> – the “transaction” is simply the creation of the condominium, and there is a filing fee for the declaration (separately indexed) and a filing fee for the survey (separately indexed).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Including in a condominium declaration amendment a cross reference to the original declaration (and prior amendments), or including in a condominium survey amendment a cross reference to the original declaration or survey (and prior
amendments), does not create “multiple transactions” under <span style="color:black">
RCW 36.18.010</span> – the “transaction” is the amendment, and there is a filing fee for the amendment (separately indexed) .<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><b>INDEXING</b> The condominium declaration amendment and condominium survey amendment must be indexed. But, including a cross reference to a condominium declaration (or previously recorded amendments) and/or condominium survey (or previously
recorded amendments) does not require indexing again the previously recorded documents. See RCW 65.04.050, RCW 65.04.045 and RCW 65.04.047.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">7.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><b>COVER SHEET</b>. A recorded document must include a cover sheet containing, among other things:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><b>“Document Title</b><b>(s) (or transactions contained therein)</b>” € This would typically be “<b><i>AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION</i></b>”, and would not include the titles of the previously recorded documents.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>“<b>Reference Number(s) of Documents assigned or released</b>” € This would typically be “<b><i>NONE</i></b>”; the previously recorded documents are not being “assigned or released”. At times an Auditor (or title company recording the
amendment) will insert here the recording numbers of the previously recorded documents being amended, but that does not create “multiple transactions”. There is still only one “transaction” € the amendment.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">8.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><b>LOCATION OF CROSS-REFERENCE</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>Typically, I start a declaration amendment with a “Recital”<o:p></o:p></p>
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“<i>Shady Shores Condominium was created by the recording of a Declaration under AF# AAA (</i>[and if appropriate]<i> Amendments thereto under AF# BBB, CCC, etc.) and the recording of a Survey Map and Plans under AF# XXX (</i>[and if appropriate]<i> Amendments
thereto under AF# YYY, ZZZ, etc.)”.</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>But you could “bury” the cross-reference wherever you want in the amendment. The location of the cross-reference is irrelevant € only a single “transaction” is involved.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">c.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>See also RCW 65.04.045 which provides that the Auditor (1) only indexes the title captioned on the document, (2) relies only on the “Cover Sheet”, and (3) does not read the document.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></b><![endif]><b>OTHER EXAMPLES</b>. The “multiple transaction” issue is not limited to the WCA requirements for cross-referencing. Here are two recent examples:<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></b><![endif]><b>Office Condominium</b>. <b>(1)</b> 2-level existing Office Building (with on-site parking lot) located on a Short-plat Lot;
<b>(2)</b> Short Plat created other commercial Lots and a large parking lot for use by all Short Plat Lots;
<b>(3)</b> An Easement recorded with Short Plat granted the Office Building Lot exclusive parking rights on specified spaces in the Short Plat parking lot;
<b>(4)</b> Legal description of Office Building Lot was “<i>Lot 1, Plat recorded under AF# XXX, together with parking rights pursuant to Easement recorded under AF# YYY (and amendments thereto under AF# ZZ</i>Z);
<b>(5)</b> Office Building condominiumized, with lower level Unit granted an exclusive Limited Common Element to the on-site parking, and upper level Unit granted an exclusive Limited Common Element to the Short Plat Easement parking;
<b>(6)</b> the condominium declaration and survey both included cross-references to the Short Plat Easement;
<b>(7)</b> despite cross references to the Short Plat Easement, creating the condominium was a single transaction with a filing fee for the declaration (separately indexed) and a filing fee for the survey (separately indexed).<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></b><![endif]><b>Planned Unit Development</b>. <b>(1)</b> In Spokane, a PUD approved for multi-year development of a multi-building,, 100 Unit, “airspace” master condominium;
<b>(2)</b> PUD Plan (survey) and PUD Declaration of CC&R’s simultaneously recorded (with cross-referencing to the PUD-Plan and PUD-CC&R’s);
<b>(3)</b> recording the PUD is single transaction with a filing fee for the PUD-Plan (separately indexed) and a filing fee for the PUD-CC&R’s (separately indexed);
<b>(4)</b> When inevitable amendments are recorded to the PUD-Plan and/or PUD-CC&R’s (with necessary cross-references to previously recorded documents) the amendment will constitute a single transaction, with a single filing fee and indexing for the amendment.<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>GOVERNING STATUTES – DECLARATION AMENDMENTS; MULTIPLE TRANSACTIONS<u><o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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<h2 style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo7">
<![if !supportLists]><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">A.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></i></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">RCW 64.34.216 - CONTENTS OF DECLARATION<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<h2 style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">(1) The declaration for a condominium must contain: . . . .
<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<h2 style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">(o)
<b><i><u>A cross-reference by recording number to the survey map and plans for the units created by the declaration</u>;</i></b> and . . . .<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<h2 style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">(2) All amendments to the declaration shall contain
<b><i><u>a cross-reference by recording number to the declaration and to any prior amendments thereto</u></i></b>. . . . .<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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</span></span></i></b><![endif]><b><span style="color:black">RCW 64.34.232 - SURVEY MAPS AND PLANS</span></b>
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(1) A survey map and plans executed by the declarant shall be recorded simultaneously with, and
<b><i><u>contain cross-references by recording number to, the declaration and any amendments</u></i></b>. . . . .
<s><o:p></o:p></s></p>
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</span></span></i></b><![endif]><b><span style="color:black">RCW 36.18.010 - AUDITOR'S FEES</span></b><span style="color:black">.
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County auditors or recording officers shall collect the following fees for their official services: (1) For recording instruments, for the first page eight and one-half by fourteen inches or less, five dollars; for each additional page eight and one-half by
fourteen inches or less, one dollar. <b><i><u>The fee for recording multiple transactions contained in one instrument will be calculated for each transaction requiring separate indexing as required under RCW
<a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=65.04.050"><span style="color:windowtext">65.04.050</span></a> as follows: The fee for each title or transaction is the same fee as the first page of any additional recorded document; the fee for additional
pages is the same fee as for any additional pages for any recorded document; the fee for the additional pages may be collected only once and may not be collected for each title or transaction</u></i></b><u>;<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">D.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></i></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">RCW 65.04.050 - INDEX OF INSTRUMENTS, HOW MADE AND KEPT — RECORDING OF PLAT NAMES.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Every auditor or recording officer must keep a general index, direct and inverted. . . . .The auditor or recording officer shall correctly enter in such index every instrument concerning or affecting
real estate which by law is required to be recorded, . . . .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></h2>
<h2 style="margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-indent:0in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo7">
<![if !supportLists]><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">E.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></i></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">RCW 65.04.045 - RECORDED INSTRUMENTS — REQUIREMENTS — CONTENT RESTRICTIONS — FORM
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<h2 style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">(1) When any instrument is presented to a county auditor or recording officer for recording, the first page of the instrument shall contain:.
. . . <o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<h2 style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">(c) The title or titles, or type or types, of the instrument to be recorded indicating the kind or kinds of documents or transactions contained
therein immediately below the three-inch margin at the top of the page. <b><i><u>The auditor or recording officer shall be required to index only the title or titles captioned on the document</u>;</i></b>
<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<h2 style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">(d) Reference numbers of documents assigned or released with reference to the document page number where additional references can be found, if
applicable; . . . .<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<h2 style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The information provided on the instrument must be in substantially the following form:<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Return Address<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Document Title(s) (or transactions contained therein):<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Grantor(s) (Last name first, then first name and initial<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Grantee(s) (Last name first, then first name and initials)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Legal Description (abbreviated: i.e., lot, block, plat or section, township, range)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Assessor's Property Tax Parcel or Account Number at the time of recording:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Reference Number(s) of Documents assigned or released:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><b><i><u>The Auditor or Recording Officer will rely on the information provided on this form. The staff will not read the document to verify the accuracy of or the completeness of the indexing information provided
herein</u></i></b><b><i>.<u><o:p></o:p></u></i></b></p>
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</span></span></span></i></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">RCW 65.04.047 - RECORDED INSTRUMENTS — COVER SHEET — WHEN REQUIRED — FORM</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<h2 style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">(1) If the first page of an instrument presented for recording does not contain the information required by RCW
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=65.04.045"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">65.04.045</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">(1),
the person preparing the instrument for recording shall prepare a cover sheet that contains the required information. The cover sheet shall be attached to the instrument and shall be recorded as a part of the instrument. An additional page fee as determined
under RCW </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=36.18.010"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">36.18.010</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
shall be collected for recording of the cover sheet. Any errors in the cover sheet shall not affect the transactions contained in the instrument itself. The cover sheet need not be separately signed or acknowledged. The cover sheet information shall be used
to generate the auditor's grantor/grantee index, however, the names and legal description in the instrument itself will determine the legal chain of title. The cover sheet shall be substantially the following form:<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Document Title(s)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Grantor(s) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Grantee(s)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Legal Description<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Assessor's Property Tax Parcel or Account Number<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Reference Numbers of Documents Assigned or Released<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:t;color:#1F497D">I agree John, it is not multiple transactions as defined in RCW 36.18.005(4). “(4) "Multiple transactions" means a document that contains two or more titles and/or two or more transactions requiring
multiple indexing.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>John McCrady<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 21, 2015 10:06 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Recording Fee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#993366">What bothers most people is that the reference to the other amendments does not necessitate indexing to those other amendments, and therefor there is no justification for the extra charges.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kathryn R. McKinley<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 21, 2015 9:38 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'WSBA Real Property Listserv'<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I’ve had this experience in Spokane County and have not been successful in getting the fees reduced. The Auditor’s office relies on RCW 36.18.010 which states in pertinent part:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">County auditors or recording officers shall collect the following fees for their official services:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">(1) For recording instruments, for the first page eight and one-half by fourteen inches or less, five dollars; for each additional page
eight and one-half by fourteen inches or less, one dollar. The fee for recording multiple transactions contained in one instrument will be
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">calculated for each transaction requiring separate indexing</span> as required under <a href="http://web2.westlaw.com/find/default.wl?mt=108&db=1000259&docname=WAST65.04.050&rp=%2ffind%2fdefault.wl&findtype=L&ordoc=18647945&tc=-1&vr=2.0&fn=_top&sv=Split&tf=-1&pbc=5E9D796F&rs=WLW15.04">RCW
65.04.050</a> as follows: The fee for each title or transaction is the same fee as the first page of any additional recorded document; the fee for additional pages is the same fee as for any additional pages for any recorded document; the fee for the additional
pages may be collected only once and may not be collected for each title or transaction;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F4E79">If you get somewhere with your county, I’d be interest in the basis for any reduction in fees.
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>James L. Strichartz<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 20, 2015 7:18 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">Thanks, Ron. I have spoken to the recording clerk and the recording supervisor, both of whom think that they have to follow their fee schedule, which of course applies to
multiple transactions. The auditor is out of the office until Wednesday, but the supervisor has promised to bring this issue up with her. I will talk to her if the supervisor does not come back with a correct response.
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ron Housh<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 20, 2015 5:11 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'WSBA Real Property Listserv'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Recording Fee </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Jim: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">You may have already done this - but try to speak with someone “above” the person requesting the $792.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Many years ago I had a similar experience – frankly, I cannot recall which County – but once I was able to speak to someone with more experience I was able to record through payment of the more standard fee.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">To state the obvious, recitation of other recordings does not in any way turn this into a multiple transaction recording. Sounds like you are dealing with someone who is trying to draw an analogy to a Lien Release
recording where the Release references by recording # more than 1 lien recording to be released. Yes – that is a multiple transaction [all of which I suspect you know].
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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
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