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<p class="MsoNormal">Curious whether any of us have won damages in a trial court for such ‘slander’??<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>Catherine Clark<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 21, 2022 2:47 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Difficulty proving what we all know to be true.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That is correct oh Great Sage of Title.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Copperplate Gothic Light",sans-serif">Catherine “Cat” Clark<br>
Law Office of Catherine C. Clark PLLC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Copperplate Gothic Light",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">110 Prefontaine Place South, Ste. 304<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Copperplate Gothic Light",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">Seattle, WA 98104</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Copperplate Gothic Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Email: <a href="mailto:cat@loccc.com">cat@loccc.com</a><br>
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<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>Dwight Bickel<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 21, 2022 2:38 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Difficulty proving what we all know to be true.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Recording the foreign judgment without compliance with WA law probably is not actionable “slander of title” without proof of malicious intent, such as knowledge it is not effective but done
anyway to stop a sale or force a seller to pay to enable the closing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">But there is a statute that can be used to seek damages for the recording of any document not authorized by statute, without such proof of malicious intent. Read the “other” language of 4.28.328
that extends its effect beyond a Lis Pendens:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">RCW 4.28.328<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Lis pendens—Liability of claimants—Damages, costs, attorneys' fees.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">(1) For purposes of this section:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">(a) "Lis pendens" means a lis pendens filed under RCW 4.28.320 or 4.28.325
<span style="color:red;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">or other instrument having the effect of clouding the title to real property</span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">, however named, including consensual commercial lien, common
law lien, commercial contractual lien, or demand for performance of public office lien</span>, but does not include a lis pendens filed in connection with an action under Title 6, 60, other than chapter 60.70 RCW, or 61 RCW;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">(b) "Claimant" means a person who files a lis pendens, but does not include the United States, any agency thereof, or the state of Washington, any agency, political
subdivision, or municipal corporation thereof; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">(c) "Aggrieved party" means (i) a person against whom the claimant asserted the cause of action in which the lis pendens was filed, but does not include parties fictitiously
named in the pleading; or (ii) a person having an interest or a right to acquire an interest in the real property against which the lis pendens was filed, provided that the claimant had actual or constructive knowledge of such interest or right when the lis
pendens was filed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">(2) A claimant in an action not affecting the title to real property against which the lis pendens was filed is liable to an aggrieved party who prevails on a motion
to cancel the lis pendens, for actual damages caused by filing the lis pendens, and for reasonable attorneys' fees incurred in canceling the lis pendens.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">(3) Unless the claimant establishes a substantial justification for filing the lis pendens, a claimant is liable to an aggrieved party who prevails in defense of the
action in which the lis pendens was filed for actual damages caused by filing the lis pendens, and in the court's discretion, reasonable attorneys' fees and costs incurred in defending the action.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#002060">Dwight A. Bickel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#002060">Real Property Title Advisor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#002060">Washington Title Professional<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#002060">https:/dwightbickel.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#002060;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">206-484-1976</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#002060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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