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<p class="MsoNormal">Has anyone drafted a transfer on death deed with a life estate built into it? I didn’t see anything in RCW 64.80 touching on this. I’d like to avoid the extra recording costs with creating a life estate in a deed, followed by the TODD.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Timothy C. Lehr<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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