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<p class="MsoNormal">I had one sent through Simplifile late last year that took 7-8 attempts to record. It was something fairly simple, but every time there would be a different person who would review the document I believe, and come up with a completely
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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>Rob Bartlett<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 12, 2023 12:48 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Issues with King County Recording<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Brent, thank you for doing this. Here is another one my paralegal ran into:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“The exemption description on the REETA was too long to fit into their box so I just wrote “see attached” and added the entire description to the attachment. It was rejected because we didn’t include a partial reason before writing “see
attached”. “<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m hoping you can also find out if the recording folks even understand the rising frustration with them.
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<p class="MsoNormal">--Rob<o:p></o:p></p>
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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>Brent Williams-Ruth<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 12, 2023 11:18 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com">WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>>; WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Issues with King County Recording<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Apologies for the duplicate post from RP and PT sides but I am looking for feedback as it relates to property transfers in King County. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Many of us have had interesting encounters with the King County Recorders office. Most recently, I was transferring four pieces of property and three of the four were accepted and recorded and
the fourth rejected. The Deed and REETAs were identical for everything except the parcel number, property value and legal description. Grantor, Grantee, reason for transfer - all the same. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Reason for rejection - the Grantor in Box 1 did not match the Deed exactly. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">So it was ok for 3 of them but #4 - that was just unacceptable. If you have had a recent story (that you have not shared with me) regarding frustrations with the Recorder's office, please share.
I am compiling these to be share with the the Director and Executive's office. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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