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<p class="MsoNormal">Check out RCW 64.90.75 and see if you are exempt from WUCIOA on your facts.
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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>Terrance Wilson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 30, 2020 8:22 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Condo Insurance per WUCIOA RCW 64.90.470<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Our firm is handling a large volume of DADU/ADU Condos in the Seattle area, and an issue regarding the type of required insurance continues to be raised. 64.90.470.2 states that a building that
contains units divided by vertical boundaries that comprise common walls between units must maintain insurance as provided under 64.90.470.1.a, which must insure the units and, unless provide otherwise in the Delcaration, all improvements and betterments to
the units. As some in this group may know, the ADU plans under current code may only "attach" to the primary structure by means of a breezeway that is accessed from the exterior of the units. In other words, the ADU is not particularly attached in any functional
or meaningful way, other that it meets building code for ADU attachment requirements. The issue and question is whether the Association must be tasked with maintaining the insurance policy for the primary and ADU, or if the unit owners can maintain their
own individual policies? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">64.90.470.2 seems to only require the Association to provide such coverage when the units share a "common wall", but I don't see this term defined, and the typical ADU's we are seeing to not square
up with traditional condo units that truly share betterments or infrastructure, including shared common walls. Even if the ADU design is to be considered to contain a common wall, the code then refers the reader to 64.90.470.1.a which states that the insurance
type that is required is that which would cover the common elements. Many, if not most, of these "air-space" type condo communities do not have any common elements. Common elements are defined as any areas not included within the units themselves. In the
ADU air-space condo design, there are often no areas designated as common elements. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Our clients would prefer to have unit owners under the above scenarios maintain their own policies and keep the Associations as minimalistic as possible. WUCIOA required fidelity insurance minimum
premiums may only be a few hundred dollars, whereas full coverage for units and their betterments will be several thousand. Does anyone have any experience in this area of the weeds of WUCIOA? While there is language around insurance needing to be reasonably
available and subject to reasonable </span><span style="color:black">deductibles, I would like to know what is the best practice in this area. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Best regards, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#006FC9">Terrance Randall Wilson,
</span><span style="color:#006FC9">Managing Partner</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#006FC9">Attorney at Law</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#006FC9">Wilson Law Group of WA</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#006FC9">(206) 550-3189 - Cell</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#006FC9">(206) 805-6238 - Office</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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