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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:black'>Eric: A simple solution to this is just to register the foreign LLC, as doing business here, with the Secretary of State; easy, quick and inexpensive solution. I just did this for a client using a Texas LLC to buy property here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:53.5pt'><td width=115 valign=top style='width:86.0pt;padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 0in;height:53.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img width=105 height=54 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D27712.FACAB130" alt=ibdr2></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=450 valign=top style='width:337.75pt;padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 0in;height:53.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Gregory L. Ursich </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>| Shareholder</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Skyline Tower, Suite 1500 | 10900 NE 4<sup>th</sup> Street | Bellevue, WA 98004<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-4.15pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>P: 425.450.4258 | F: 425.635.7720<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.insleebest.com/uploads/vcards/gursich.vcf"><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>vCard</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'> | </span><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.insleebest.com/"><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>website</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'> | </span><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:blue'><a href="mailto:gursich@insleebest.com">gursich@insleebest.com</a></span></u><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>This electronic mail transmission is privileged and confidential and is intended only for the review of the party to whom it is addressed. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately return it to the sender. Unintended transmission shall not constitute waiver of the attorney-client or any other privilege.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><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> Wednesday, January 25, 2017 12:09 PM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property listserve (wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com) <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Slightly OT - foreign LLC holding WA real estate<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Foreign LLC holds real estate here, is doing some development work on it and plans to rent it or sell it when done. Is that "doing business" under the new HUB rules? <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=23.95&full=true#23.95.520">RCW 23.95.520</a> says owning property "without more" is not doing business, but improving it and selling it? Do we have any guidance on this, in case law or even legislative comments?<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>