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<p class="MsoNormal">Here’s a great one for the commission – file it under, “You’ve got to be kidding with a healthy side of bureaucratic BS”:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I met with new EP clients last week. H & W long term marriage with 5 grown children. One of the children loaned the parents $$$$$$ so they could pay off their existing home mortgage and the H could finally retire and stop working (age 80+).
An attorney in Seattle prepared a properly drawn Note & DOT documenting the transaction. The adult child (here in Yakima) took the executed DOT to the auditor’s office to record it as instructed by her attorney. The clerk she encountered looked at the document
and told her, “You can’t do that to your parents. This is wrong. You can’t do it. It’s not allowed.” The clerk rejected the document and sent the adult child packing. There was nothing amiss with the formatting or execution of the document, and it was a typical
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<p class="MsoNormal">The adult child’s attorney in Seattle was dumbfounded and is now sending the document himself to be recorded.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Script MT Bold"">Jennifer L. White, Esq.</span> <span style="font-family:"Script MT Bold""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:jen@appletreelaw.com"><span style="font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">jen@appletreelaw.com</span></a><i><span style="font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif">PO Box 11037<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif">Yakima, WA 98909<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif">509.225.9813<o:p></o:p></span></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>Dwight Bickel<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 25, 2022 3:32 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Document Rejections<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The real property lawyers are tiring of the document rejections for a wide variety of opinions from whoever is at the desk at the time. The Auditors are actually interested to compile these
examples.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">There is now a “Document Rejections Commission” with Auditors and some title company representatives. Vicky Dalton (Spokane Auditor) has been a long-time friend of the real property lawyers
and title companies, actively assisting for legislative fixes. I think the real property section should be working with her to propose legislative solutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Examples would be helpful. I don’t mean the real estate excise tax rejections; I mean the Auditors’ document rejections and required corrections to comply with their opinions of the moment.
Many are due to the frustrating failure of us lawyers to comply with the document recording standards. I suggest looking at these and modifying your forms so the proper information is on the first page, then you can avoid the cover page that causes its own
problems.<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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:Dwight@DwightBickel.com"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#002060;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Dwight@DwightBickel.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#002060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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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