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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Thanks very much! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;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> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dwight Bickel<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 5, 2019 7:54 AM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] deed for successor trustee<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The deed is required, because the Trust itself is not an entity capable of owning real property. The Trustee is vested. Some say that a successor Trustee becomes the legal owner without a deed, which is technically true, but title companies will require a deed, or substitute Affidavit or Court Order that puts the change of name in the public records. I would use a quitclaim deed, which would have no consequence on title insurance policy previously issued with the initial Trustee named, because the successor Trustee is already an Insured by definitions.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id=Signature><p class=MsoNormal>Dwight A. Bickel<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Washington Title Professional<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:dwightbickel@hotmail.com">dwightbickel@hotmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/dwightbickel">www.linkedin.com/in/dwightbickel</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>http:/www.titleadvisor.com<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>206-484-1976 <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>