The older people at archives are very helpful with deciphering these also. Sometimes going to the county admin. building third floor and the records office over by Seattle University can work wonders and you can obtain a copy of the original in the process.<br><br>On Friday, October 21, 2016, Catherine Clark <<a href="mailto:Cat@loccc.com">Cat@loccc.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Agree with Mark. If in King County, the document is easily retrieved either from the Archives themselves or a title company (a little slower). The Folks at the Archives are
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sometimes those abstracts are not accurate abbreviations. Best to get a copy of the original.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark K. Funke<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 21, 2016 2:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com');" target="_blank">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] reading old deed abstract<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Eric- When the deed abstract is not clear I’ve requested photos of the actual handwritten recorded document so I can read the original; sometimes they include additional information that clarifies matters.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I had a situation a while back where the original hand written document clarified which party was responsible to maintain a bridge. The abstract merely said that there was an easement for a bridge and didn’t mention that anyone had an obligation
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[<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com');" target="_blank">mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.<wbr>wsbarppt.com</a>]<span> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span> </span></b>Eric Nelsen<br>
<b>Sent:</b><span> </span>Friday, October 21, 2016 1:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span> </span>WSBA Real Property listserve (<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com');" target="_blank">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>)<br>
<b>Subject:</b><span> </span>[WSBARP] reading old deed abstract</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">After redacting for confidentiality purposes and expanding the parties I can read, the abstract says:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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