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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I would appreciate the wisdom of the collective:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The legislature passed the revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts, RCW 42.45<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>RCW 42.45.140 sets forth “Short Form Certificates” which “are sufficient for the purposes indicated…”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The short form acknowledgement For individual capacity reads:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>State of .......<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>County of .......<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>This record was acknowledged before me on (date) by (name(s) of individuals).<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=0 style='width:243.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><thead><tr><td width=157 style='width:121.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'></td><td width=19 style='width:14.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'></td><td width=148 style='width:1.5in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'></td></tr></thead><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td><td colspan=2 valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>. . . .<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td><td colspan=2 valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>(Signature of notary public)<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>(Stamp)<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td><td colspan=2 valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td><td colspan=2 valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>. . . .<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td><td colspan=2 valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>(Title of office)<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td><td colspan=2 valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>My commission expires:<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>. . . .<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>(date)<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal>The short form for a representative capacity reads:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>State of .......<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>County of .......<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>This record was acknowledged before me on (date) by (name(s) of individuals) as (type of authority, such as officer or trustee) of (name of party on behalf of whom record was executed).<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=0 style='width:243.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><thead><tr><td width=157 style='width:121.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'></td><td width=19 style='width:14.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'></td><td width=148 style='width:1.5in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'></td></tr></thead><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td><td colspan=2 valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>. . . .<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td><td colspan=2 valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>(Signature of notary public)<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>(Stamp)<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td><td colspan=2 valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td><td colspan=2 valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>. . . .<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td><td colspan=2 valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>(Title of office)<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td><td colspan=2 valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>My commission expires:<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>. . . .<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.25pt'><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>(date)<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>RCW 61.12.010 states that “Encumbrances shall be by deed.” (the most concise statute ever written.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>RCW 64 (Real Property and Conveyances) includes provisions for acknowledgement of real property instruments.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>RCW 64.08.050 states that the certificate shall certify that the person signing is:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Known to be, or determined by satisfactory evidence to be, the person whose name is on the document.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>That the person executed voluntarily and freely.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>RCW 64.060 and 64.070 contain the forms for individual acknowledgements and corporation acknowledgements, respectively. The corporation acknowledgement set forth in 070 contains a recital that the person signing for the corporation “on oath stated that he or she was authorized to execute the instrument..”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lenders are starting to prepare their documents using the short form acknowledgements; my opinion is that the short form acknowledgments are not acceptable for real estate transactions, and that RCW 64.08.050, 60, 70 still control real estate acknowledgements.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Has anyone considered this matter? I don’t want to be a sole dissenter……<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John McCrady<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Counsel<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Puget Sound Title Company<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>5350 Orchard Street West<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>University Place WA 98467<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>253-476-5721<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>j.mccrady@pstitle.com<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div>
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