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--></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">A Spokane title company:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">“Right now, we are considered an essential service and are open for business. We do not allow walk-ins however. We are also moving toward e-recordings only.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Attorney Robert R Rowley</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">W: (509) 252-5074</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">M: (509) 994-1143</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:rob@rowleylegal.com"><span style="color:blue">rob@rowleylegal.com</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </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> <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><a href="mailto:nestor@pplsweb.com">nestor@pplsweb.com</a><br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 24, 2020 10:54 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] Dept of Treasury memo Financial Services sector</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">From financial services page:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:yellow"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal">“…providers of the critical financial utilities <span style="background:yellow">and services that support these functions</span>”.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I was advised that one title underwriter interpreted that memo to include escrow and title services. If somehow one’s practice provides a service related thereto including banking, etc. this could fall under this.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I leave this to everyone’s interpretation. Just forwarding information. Stay safe.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Nestor Gorfinkel, Attorney at Law</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Licensed in Washington & Florida</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Florida Civil-Law (International) Notary</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">ATTENTION - This e-mail message and any attachment to this e-mail message may contain confidential information that is legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not review, retransmit, convert to hard copy, copy, use or disseminate this e-mail or any attachments to it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by telephone at the phone numbers provided herein and delete this message. Please note that if this e-mail message contains a forwarded message or is a reply to a prior message, some or all of the contents of this message or any attachments may not have been produced by the sender.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Webdings;color:#009900">P</span></b><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;color:#009900"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#009900">Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><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><a href="mailto:scott@scottgthomaslaw.com">scott@scottgthomaslaw.com</a><br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 24, 2020 10:26 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] Dept of Treasury memo Financial Services sector</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I don’t read that memo in the same way. Here is what Gov. Inslee has said: <a href="https://coronavirus.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2020-03/EssentialCriticalInfrastructureWorkers.pdf">https://coronavirus.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2020-03/EssentialCriticalInfrastructureWorkers.pdf</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><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><a href="mailto:nestor@pplsweb.com">nestor@pplsweb.com</a><br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 24, 2020 9:19 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> [WSBARP] Dept of Treasury memo Financial Services sector</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I just received this. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Nestor Gorfinkel, Attorney at Law</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Licensed in Washington & Florida</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Florida Civil-Law (International) Notary</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">ATTENTION - This e-mail message and any attachment to this e-mail message may contain confidential information that is legally privileged. 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