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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Keil:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">It sounds like some ignorant bureaucrat came up with that rule. Don’t they know that both kinds of deeds convey the property? And now the lowly
city employee, who didn’t make the rule, is just following the rule book. Easier to comply with the stupid rule than to convince the lowly employee that the pointy-haired bureaucrat doesn’t know what he’s doing. I’ll bet the lowly city employee who is administering
the stupid rule would be satisfied with a statutory warranty deed from LLC to Carl and dot. Make sure to label it: Statutory Warranty Deed.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Now you have a different problem. When you go to record the deed, the county treasurer will want real estate excise tax based on the assessed value.
So look at the WAC for the proper exception and put the appropriate language into the deed to meet it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com]
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Keil Larsen<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, December 6, 2016 5:36 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> [WSBARP] Deed Question<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I have a question that I need some help with regarding how to obtain a Statutory Warranty Deed when a parcel of real property has been transferred by a Quit Claim Deed.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Facts:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Able buys property and receives it by way of a statutory warranty deed.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Able marries Betty and quit claims the property from himself individually to his marital community.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Able and Betty later quit claim the property into an LLC in which they are the only members.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Over time, ownership in the LLC is transferred to Carl and Dot, a married couple, who become the only members.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">LLC quit claims the property Carl and Dot individually.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Carl and Dot now want to take advantage of an energy savings program offered by the city where the property is situated but the city is requiring that they show that they received
the property under a Statutory Warranty Deed. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">What is the easiest way to rectify this? Do we need to resort to a Quite Title Action or is it sufficient to draft a Warranty Deed from Able to Carl which should essentially
transfer any remaining interest that Able would theoretically still hold in the property?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you for all the positive and helpful advice,
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Keil<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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