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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#993366'>One (1) is the Northeast Quarter, Two (2) is the Northwest Quarter, Three (3) is the Southwest Quarter, Four (4) is the Southeast Quarter. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#993366'>This would be true whether talking about a quarter section or a quarter quarter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#993366'>In the referenced “42” the 4 is the Quarter Section, the 2 is the Quarter Quarter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#993366'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#993366'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#993366'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#993366'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#993366'>I truthfully don’t know the source of these conventions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#993366'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:HelveticaNeueETW01-55Rg;color:#993366'>John McCrady<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:HelveticaNeueETW01-55Rg;color:#993366'>Counsel</span><span style='color:#993366'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#993366'>Puget Sound Title Company<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#993366'>5350 Orchard Street West<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#993366'>University Place WA 98466<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#993366'>253-476-5721<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#993366'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Eric Nelsen<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 06, 2017 10:35 AM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Legal Description zero range and numbered quarter section?<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks John! Maybe Pierce County only has a single Range that is west of Willamette Meridian, so they designate it as 00 to distinguish it from those east of WM?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Is the "42" method of designating quarter sections a recognized system somewhere besides Pierce County? And it works in opposite order of how they are written out? That is, 42 means SE NW, but that would be written out as "the NW 1/4 of SE 1/4?"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>4: SE <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>3: NE or SW?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2: NW<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>1: NE or SW?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Eric<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Eric C. Nelsen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>SAYRE LAW OFFICES, PLLC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>1417 31st Ave South<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Seattle WA 98144-3909<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>phone 206-625-0092<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>fax 206-625-9040<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>Please Note that We Have Moved.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>We have moved our Seattle office to Mount Baker Ridge (a small commercial community just above the I-90 tunnel). <b>Our new address is 1417 31st Avenue South, Seattle WA 98144. </b>All other contact information remains the same.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> [<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>John McCrady<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 06, 2017 10:02 AM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Legal Description zero range and numbered quarter section?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Range OO is Range 1 West…I don’t recall why they use 00<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Quarter 42 is the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The “4” refers to the Quarter section; the “2” refers to the Quarter Quarter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:HelveticaNeueETW01-55Rg;color:#1F497D'>John McCrady<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:HelveticaNeueETW01-55Rg;color:#1F497D'>Counsel</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Puget Sound Title Company<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>5350 Orchard Street West<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>University Place WA 98466<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>253-476-5721<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> [<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Eric Nelsen<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 06, 2017 9:39 AM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property listserve (<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>) <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Legal Description zero range and numbered quarter section?<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have a legal in a Treasurer's Deed that begins as follows:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Section 23 Township 22 Range 00 Quarter 42<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Huh? Does anyone understand what Range 00 and Quarter 42 means? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Eric<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Eric C. Nelsen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>SAYRE LAW OFFICES, PLLC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>1417 31st Ave South<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Seattle WA 98144-3909<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>phone 206-625-0092<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>fax 206-625-9040<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>Please Note that We Have Moved.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>We have moved our Seattle office to Mount Baker Ridge (a small commercial community just above the I-90 tunnel). <b>Our new address is 1417 31st Avenue South, Seattle WA 98144. </b>All other contact information remains the same.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>