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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I have a client with parents in Hargeisa, Somaliland, who own property here in Seattle.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mom and dad want to transfer the house to my client.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Seeing as mom and dad live in Somaliland, getting the deed signed is a technical challenge and I would be very grateful to speak with someone who is competent with Somaliland
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Neither Somalia nor Somaliland is a signatory to the Hague Convention of 1961 on Apostilles.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter",serif;color:black">Anthony F. Gibbs, Esq.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter",serif;color:black">Sounder Law PLLC</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter",serif;color:black">(206) 734-4374 [P]</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter",serif;color:black">(206) 212-7825 [F]</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter",serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:anthony@sounderlaw.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">anthony@sounderlaw.com</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter",serif;color:black">22014 7<sup>th</sup> Ave South, Suite 106</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter",serif;color:black">Des Moines, WA 98198</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter",serif;color:black">15600 Redmond Way, Suite 101</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter",serif;color:black">Redmond, WA 98052</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter",serif;color:black">**[IN-PERSON MEETINGS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY DUE TO COVID-19 AND AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION]**</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter",serif;color:black">If you received this email and do not know why on earth you should be the recipient, please immediately delete it and forget anything you might have read in it, which are
probably all just lies anyway because I am definitely not your attorney. Thank you. I’d also appreciate you notifying me of the error.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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