<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#954F72;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:windowtext;
font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;
text-decoration:none none;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Assume real estate contract vendor commences contract forfeiture, which results in recording of the declaration of forfeiture.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Immediately thereafter contract vendee successfully moves to set aside the forfeiture. RCW 61.30.140</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Both parties then enter into settlement negotiations and settle lawsuit. Basically returning the parties to the status quo (with offsets). In the Treasurer’s system still shows as a completed forfeiture and vendor was owner.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">My favorite title officer says to merely craft a detailed court order (which gets recorded) outlining the settlement terms. Assume judge and all lawyers will sign off.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Other recommendations?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(I love this job. Always learning.)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><img width="86" height="130" src="cid:image008.jpg@01D286C9.17D10B10" align="left" hspace="12"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Robert R. Rowley</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> | Attorney at Law</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">7 S. Howard St, Suite 218</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Spokane, WA 99201</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Telephone: (509) 252-5074</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Mobile: (509) 994-1143</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Facsimile: (509) 928-3084</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Email: </span><a href="mailto:rob@rowleylegal.com"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">rob@rowleylegal.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Web Site: </span><a href="http://www.rowleylegal.com/"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">www.rowleylegal.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Practice concentrated on business, real estate and general legal matters in Washington and Idaho.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/rowleylegal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.gif@01D286C8.76306530"></span></a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/rob-rowley/11/172/b20"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image004.gif@01D286C8.76306530"></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/ROBERTRROWLEY"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image005.gif@01D286C8.76306530"></span></a><a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/robert-r-rowley-spokane"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="43" height="21" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image009.jpg@01D286C9.17D10B10"></span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">NOTICE: The contents of this message and any attachments may be protected by the attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine or other applicable protections. If you are not the intended recipient or have received this message in error, please notify the sender and promptly delete the message. Thank you for your assistance.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">DISCLAIMER: You should recognize that responses provided by e-mail means are akin to ordinary telephone or face-to-face conversations and do not reflect the level of factual or legal inquiry or analysis which would be applied in the case of a formal legal opinion. A formal opinion may very well reach a different conclusion.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>