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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">Doing a little digging I see that this comes from a 49 page act passed in 2019 concerning all vital records, and it is effective the first of next year, so we have a little time
to learn what it’s all about. I see that a “legal representative” may obtain a death certificate, and that term is defined as an attorney representing the subject of the record (how is that applied in the case of a decedent?) or representing a “qualified applicant”,
but I’m not finding a definition of that term. I wonder if there are any clarifying WACs?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Holland, Sean<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 14, 2020 2:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Stephen Whitehouse <swhite8893@aol.com>; WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] RCW 70.58A.530<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Death certificates in their current form will be available only to the parties identified in Subsection (9) of RCW 70.58A.530. Title companies will have access
to short form death certificates under Subsection (10)(a). Attorneys needing a short form certificate to represent a client should be able to obtain one pursuant to Subsection (10)(b).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">(9) For a certification of death, the state or local registrar may release the certification only to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">(a) The decedent's spouse or domestic partner, child, parent, stepparent, stepchild, sibling, grandparent, great grandparent, grandchild, legal
guardian immediately prior to death, legal representative, authorized representative, or next of kin as specified in RCW <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.28.120"><b><span style="color:#7DAB8A">11.28.120</span></b></a>;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">(b) A funeral director, the funeral establishment licensed pursuant to chapter <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=18.39"><b><span style="color:#7DAB8A">18.39</span></b></a> RCW,
or the person having the right to control the disposition of the human remains under RCW <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=68.50.160"><b><span style="color:#7DAB8A">68.50.160</span></b></a> named on the death record,
within twelve months of the date of death; or<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">(c) A government agency or court, if the certification will be used in the conduct of the agency's or court's official duties.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">(10) The state or local registrar may issue a short form certification of death that does not display information relating to cause and manner of
death to a qualified applicant. In addition to the qualified applicants listed in subsection (9) of this section, a qualified applicant for a short form certification of death includes:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">(a) A title insurer or title insurance agent handling a transaction involving real property in which the decedent held some right, title, or interest;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">(b) A person that demonstrates that the certified copy is necessary for a determination related to the death or the protection of a personal or
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Listmates, you might look at this. As of the first of the year we will no longer be able to get death certificates for quiet title actions, lien foreclosures, etc.
You will have to go through <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:black">a title company which I am sure they will be thrilled about.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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