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<p class="MsoNormal">A judgment filed with the court clerk in that county creates a lien; does the judgment have to be in the judgment form?<o:p></o:p></p>
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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>Chandra Lewnau<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 28, 2022 2:55 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Question about when judgments become liens against thehomestead<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So 6.13.090 does NOT create an additional requirement of filing in the county records for a superior court judgment to create a lien on the homestead?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 2:19 PM Josh Grant <<a href="mailto:jgrant@accima.com">jgrant@accima.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">Superior Court Judgments create a lien on real estate situated in the county where judgment was entered. at least for 10 years. No recording of a judgment is required.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">District Court Judgments the abstract of which is filed with the Superior Court are valid liens on property in that county (or, I think, any other county where a abstract is filed).</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">District Court Judgments without a filing of the abstract do not create liens on real property.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">If there is a lien, that will prevent a sale regardless of whether a creditor claim was filed. Satisfaction of Judgment lien would fix it.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> Chandra Lewnau
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Sent:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> Wednesday, September 28, 2022 12:39
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Subject:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> [WSBARP] Question about when judgments
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I am dealing with my first probate estate where the decedent had outstanding judgments. The PR is trying to sell the former homestead and the title company has found
4 judgments they say must be paid before the sale. The sale price exceeds the homestead exemption for the county and all the judgments together are less than that excess value. I'm trying to confirm the PR actually must pay off these debts based on the current
status of the judgments, whether creditor claims are filed or not.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Are all of the following judgments liens against the homestead property? I am looking at RCW 6.13.090 (not sure if RCW 4.56.200 applies to the homestead).</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">One judgment was entered in the superior court of the county where the real estate is located. I think RCW 6.13.090 requires this to be filed with the county recording officer so I don't
think it is a lien on the homestead.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">One judgment was entered in the District Court of the county where the real property is located and that judgment was then filed with the county recording officer of the same county.
I think RCW 6.13.090 says this one is a lien on the homestead. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Two judgments were entered in the District Court of the county where the real property is located. I think RCW 4.56.200(4) and (5) require them to be filed in the superior court and RCW
6.13.090 requires them to be filed with the county, so I don't think a lien has commenced.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">As a follow up question, if there is a lien, does the creditor have to file a creditor claim? I think the answer is no, but RCW 11.40.130 is not completely clear.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">
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