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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Patrick, what compelling arguments?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>I found a case addressing the issue under the previous codification of the statute you cite: </span></font><i><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:italic'>First Nat'l Bank of Everett v. Tiffany</span></font></i><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>, 40 Wn.2d 193 (1952).</span></font><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Rod Harmon</span></font><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;font-weight:bold'>RODNEY T. HARMON</span></font></b><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;font-weight:bold'> Attorney at Law</span></font></b><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> P.O. Box 1066</span></font><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> Bothell, WA 98041</span></font><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> Tel: (425) 402-7800</span></font><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> Fax: (425) 458-9096</span></font><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span></font><a href="http://www.rodharmon.com"><font size=2 color="#0563c1" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1'>www.rodharmon.com</span></font></a><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span></font><a href="mailto:rodharmon@msn.com"><font size=2 color="#0563c1" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1'>rodharmon@msn.com</span></font></a><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Patrick McDonald<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, December 18, 2015 12:09 PM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [WSBARP] possession after a sheriff's sale<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Even if the debtor cannot claim a homestead exemption against an execution sale, the debtor can probably still claim it to assert a right of possession during the redemption period. See RCW 6.23.110(4) and Washington Practice, vol. 28, § 7.22. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>There are some pretty compelling arguments that this should not be the case, however. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Patrick McDonald <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>________________________<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Pody & McDonald, PLLC</span></b><br>1200 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1410<br>Seattle, WA 98101-3106<br>T: 206-467-1559<br>F: 206-467-4489<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On Dec 18, 2015, at 11:24 AM, Rod Harmon <</span><a href="mailto:rodharmon@msn.com">rodharmon@msn.com</a></font>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>A sheriff’s sale occurs following the foreclosure of a lien that may be enforced against a homestead. Is the judgment debtor, who lives on the foreclosed property, entitled to possession during the redemption period?</span></font><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Rod Harmon</span></font><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;font-weight:bold'>RODNEY T. HARMON</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;font-weight:bold'> Attorney at Law</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> P.O. 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