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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Spokane County’s Auditor famously recorded a mining claim on Mars.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/jan/01/this-good-budnick-is-a-tough-act-to-follow/">https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/jan/01/this-good-budnick-is-a-tough-act-to-follow/</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><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>Kary Krismer<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 22, 2021 8:46 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Treasurer's office needs phone numbers to record adeed REET</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On 9/21/2021 6:26 PM, Kathleen Hopkins wrote:</p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal">Wow I would like to see the legislative authority for that, given the increased number or robocalls I have received lately!</p><p class="MsoNormal">For privacy do we need to advise clients to get burner phones? </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Kathleen J. Hopkins </i></b></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></blockquote><p>I've never had this come up post-law school, and all I remember from my hyper-caffeinated state is Professor Fletcher saying something to the effect that the recorder would record a [notarized?] lunch menu if you paid the fee. That seems consistent with both RCW 65.04.030 ("recording officer must . . . record") and 64.04.130 ("county auditor is not bound to record . . . until his or her fess . . . are if demanded paid. . . ..").</p><p>But then there's RCW 82.45.090 which basically says no document "may be accepted by the county auditor for filing or recording until the tax is paid . ..." This is even though the tax becomes a lien on property pursuant to RCW 82.45.070, "from the time of sale" which presumably would put it prior to any new mortgage debt but not prior encumbrances.</p><p>I'm assuming the ability to hold up a recording of a properly formatted deed accompanied by a facially valid REET affidavit is contained somewhere in RCW 82.32.010, et. seq., which is applicable to recording via RCW 82.45.150. Looking through that and related WACs is beyond the scope of my interest at the current time.</p><p>But then there's the issue of why? I guess with the unpaid tax lien not being prior to existing liens the government does have a significant interest in holding up the transaction. Otherwise the process seems to be mainly for the interest of the transferee and their secured lenders. And having a phone number would speed up resolving any issues, allowing an earlier recording.</p><p>Seemingly though the supplying the number of an attorney should be sufficient if indicated as such. That would allow the issue to be resolved, more likely faster than if they called a party to the deed.</p><pre>Kary L. Krismer</pre><pre>206 723-2148</pre></div></body></html>