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<DIV>I have a client whose Deed of Trust was paid off over 3 months ago, and no
lien removal has taken place after payment in full of note. </DIV>
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<DIV>I have reviewed 61.24.110. (2) Seems to say that after reconveyance
isn’t issued after the 60 days found in 61.60.030; that I as attorney can
request the reconveyance by the title company (trustee).</DIV>
<DIV>Then sub (3)(a) says after 120 days of payment, I can record a “statement
of payment” and cc beneficiary and the trustee within 2 days of recording the
“statement of payment”.</DIV>
<DIV>Then under (3)(b) beneficiary and trustee have another 30 days to
object. If no objection recorded then the lien finally <BR>ceases to
exist”.</DIV>
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<DIV>So does this mean that they can wait 150 days before we can extinguish the
DOT lien nonjudicially? But what about judicially, can we threaten
something sooner?</DIV>
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<DIV>However, if this had been a mortgage: under 61.16.030:</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Times New Roman">If the mortgagee fails to
acknowledge satisfaction of the mortgage as provided in </FONT><A
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face="Times New Roman"><FONT color=#0000ff> sixty days from the date of such
request or demand, the mortgagee shall forfeit and pay to the mortgagor damages
and a reasonable attorneys' fee, to be recovered in any court having competent
jurisdiction, and said court, when convinced that said mortgage has been fully
satisfied, shall issue an order in writing, directing the auditor to immediately
record the order</FONT>.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">So are you sending a nastygram to Lenders
using DOT’s when they haven’t cleared the title earlier, like after the 60
days? And on what basis can you threaten to collect attorney fees except
maybe for “slander of title” ?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Josh</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">Joshua F.
Grant, PS<BR>Attorney at Law<BR>P. O. Box 619<BR>Wilbur, WA 99185<BR>tel 509 647
5578<BR>fax 509 647 2734<BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>