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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#6D6E71">T&B Washington v. Dullanty<br>
<span class="ssnonpaginatedrptr2">3 Wn. App. 2d 447</span><span class="ssrptrline2"> |
</span><span class="ssnonpaginatedrptr2">416 P.3d 722</span><span class="ssrptrline2"> |
</span><span class="ssnonpaginatedrptr2">2018 Wash. App. LEXIS 1017</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"TypoUpright BT";color:blue">Jeanne J.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">
</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Bella Donna";color:blue">Dawes<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Gore & Grewe, P.S.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Spokane, WA 99207-2317</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>John McCrady<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 13, 2018 11:55 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Acknowledgements<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">That is the problem with working with an older copy of the statute! Thanks for pointing that out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I am more than somewhat surprised that this change was made; the representations made on the short form acknowledgement are really minimal and provide insufficient assurances for the transaction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">John McCrady<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Counsel<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 98467<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">253-476-5721<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:j.mccrady@pstitle.com">j.mccrady@pstitle.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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>Wheeler, Doug<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 13, 2018 11:18 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Acknowledgements<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F4E79">I believe the lenders are on solid ground. RCW 64.08.060 and .070 expressly state that, after December 31, 1985, acknowledgments in substantially in the form set forth in RCW 42.45.140(1) and
.140(2), “shall be sufficient for the purposes of this chapter [RCW 64.08] and for any acknowledgment required to be taken in accordance with this chapter.”
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Doug Wheeler<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">General Counsel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Vacation Internationale<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">1417 116<sup>th</sup> Avenue NE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Bellevue, WA 98004<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">(425) 454-3065 Ext. 1208</span><span style="color:#1F4E79"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79"><a href="mailto:DWheeler@viresorts.com">DWheeler@viresorts.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>John McCrady<br>
<b>Sent:</b> September 13, 2018 10:18 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property (<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] Acknowledgements<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The short form for a representative capacity reads:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<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
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<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>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">Known to be, or determined by satisfactory evidence to be, the person whose name is on the document.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">That the person executed voluntarily and freely.<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<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>
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<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:j.mccrady@pstitle.com">j.mccrady@pstitle.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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