<div dir="ltr">Most standard escrow instructions say that the parties have received, reviewed and accepted the title report which of course contains all of the exceptions etc.  I assume that clause would offer some protection to the LPO/escrow company. How much, I do not know... </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">___________________________</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="text-transform:uppercase;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Arrus BT',serif;text-align:center">Randall J. COrnwall</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Arrus BT',serif;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase">DEMCO LAW FIRM, P.S.</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="text-transform:uppercase;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Arrus BT',serif;text-align:center"><a value="+12062036000" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">(206) 203-6000</a></span></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 4:13 PM, John McCrady <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:j.mccrady@pstitle.com" target="_blank">j.mccrady@pstitle.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#993366">Here is a question I have never considered.  Perhaps someone out there has considered it?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#993366"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#993366">A seller would want to use the boilerplate, so as to avoid liability for any record title issues.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#993366">A buyer would want to require a specific listing of the exceptions, so as to retain the ability to go against the seller for un-listed title issues.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#993366"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#993366">Escrow should be a neutral third party.  As such, how does the LPO choose between the two options, knowing that each option will leave one of the parties in a disadvantageous position?  <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#993366"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeueETW01-55Rg",serif;color:#993366">John McCrady<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeueETW01-55Rg",serif;color:#993366">Counsel</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#993366"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#993366">Puget Sound Title Company<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#993366">5350 Orchard Street West<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#993366">University Place WA 98466<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#993366"><a href="tel:253-476-5721" value="+12534765721" target="_blank">253-476-5721</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#993366"><u></u> <u></u></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"> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.<wbr>com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbarp-bounces@lists.<wbr>wsbarppt.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tom J. Westbrook<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 22, 2016 3:59 PM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Listing exceptions to title in deed versus "boiler plate" reference to exceptions of record<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Randy,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">I have litigated this issue with a title company in the past 3 years. Had the closing agent used what you refer to as “boilerplate” language you reference, my client would not have been successful. Instead, the LPO used the exceptions from the title report and because there was an error in the title report in the reference to a matter of record, the title company lost. If I were advising an LPO, I would recommend to use the “boilerplate” general language.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Sincerely,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Tom<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Thomas J. Westbrook<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Attorney at Law<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><img width="136" height="54" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D214EA.C51DC110" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01CFC835.0D3988D0"></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Rodgers, Kee & Card, P.S.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">324 West Bay Drive NW, Suite 201<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Olympia, Washington  98502<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Phone: <a href="tel:360-352-8311" value="+13603528311" target="_blank">360-352-8311</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Facsimile: <a href="tel:360-352-8501" value="+13603528501" target="_blank">360-352-8501</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Email: <a href="mailto:tjw@buddbaylaw.com" target="_blank">tjw@buddbaylaw.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Skype: thomas.westbrook<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><a href="http://www.buddbaylaw.com" target="_blank">www.buddbaylaw.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">The information contained in this email and attachment(s) are for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain private, privileged and/or confidential information.  If you are not the addressee, you are strictly prohibited from reading, photocopying, distributing or otherwise using this email or its contents in any way. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone at <a href="tel:360-352-8311" value="+13603528311" target="_blank">360-352-8311</a> or by e-mail to <a href="mailto:reception@buddbaylaw.com" target="_blank">reception@buddbaylaw.com</a>, and destroy the original message from your electronic files.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><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"> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.<wbr>com</a> [<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.<wbr>wsbarppt.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Randall Cornwall<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 22, 2016 2:43 PM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Listing exceptions to title in deed versus "boiler plate" reference to exceptions of record<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Small clarification of my last question - I'm looking at this from the perspective of representing the escrow company - not the buyer or seller.<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks, -Randy.<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">___________________________<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;text-transform:uppercase">Randall J. COrnwall</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;text-transform:uppercase">DEMCO LAW FIRM, P.S.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;text-transform:uppercase"><a href="tel:%28206%29%20203-6000" value="+12062036000" target="_blank">(206) 203-6000</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 2:28 PM, Randall Cornwall <<a href="mailto:rcornwall@demcolaw.com" target="_blank">rcornwall@demcolaw.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone have a strong opinion one way or another when it comes to the necessity of listing out all of the exceptions, easements, ect. on a warranty deed versus using a blanket statement something along the lines of:<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">"<span style="color:black">This conveyance is subject to any and all exceptions, easements, restrictions, leases, mineral and royalty reservations of public record."  </span></span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">An LPO is telling me that they are taught that language equivalent to the above is sufficient, and listing out (or attaching as an exhibit) all of the exceptions ect. called out in the in the title report is not necessary.</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks in advance for your feedback.</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">-Randy.</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">___________________________<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;text-transform:uppercase">Randall J. COrnwall</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;text-transform:uppercase">DEMCO LAW FIRM, P.S.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;text-transform:uppercase"><a href="tel:%28206%29%20203-6000" value="+12062036000" target="_blank">(206) 203-6000</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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