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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Thanks, Dwight! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="color:#222A35">Mark B. Anderson<br>
</span></b><span style="color:#222A35">ANDERSON LAW FIRM PLLC<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com
<wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dwight Bickel<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 09/26/2023 12:40 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Is a REETA Required?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext">If it is a typical “three-prong” CPA, it converts all Bob’s prior separate property to community and it is distributed to spouse. No legal description of the
particular property would be involved. I saw many CPA forms that did not convert prior separate property, or some, not others. The form must be analyzed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext">If it does, then yes, record the CPA and the Death Certificate as you cited, but with the Lack of Probate Affidavit. Technically the Affidavit and the Death
Certificate do not document the transfer of Bob’s interest, they allow the recording of the CPA and the Lack of Probate Affidavit without payment of excise tax. The CPA is the instrument that transfers the property to Bob and Jane as community, and his death
automatically transfers his share of the property to Jane by operation of law.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext">WAC 458-61A-303(3)(g) controls recording the CPA at its execution, prior to Bob’s death, where no Affidavit is required.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext">RCW 82.45.197(1)(e) and WAC 458-61A-303(2)(a) control what you are now doing, which requires an Excise Tax Affidavit, attaching the Lack of Probate Affidavit,
the Death Certificate, and the CPA, which evidence that the title has transferred, based upon the CPA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#174E86">Dwight A. Bickel </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><a href="mailto:Dwight@dwightbickel.com"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#174E86">Dwight@dwightbickel.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#174E86"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">
<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>Mark Anderson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 25, 2023 4:16 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> [WSBARP] Is a REETA Required?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="color:#002060">Bob took title to a condo with his parents as follows: “Bob, an unmarried man, and Martha and Dagwood, husband and wife.” After that, Bob married Jane. Bob and Jane executed a CPA
but did not record it. The CPA does not specifically identify or even mention the condo or Bob’s interest in it.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="color:#002060">Bob died. I plan to record the CPA and the Death Certificate per WAC 458-61A-202(6)(a). I understand that will document the transfer of Bob’s interest in title to Jane as his surviving
spouse. Please correct me if I am wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="color:#002060">With respect to the need for a REETA, WAC 458-61A-303(2)(a) and 303(3)(g) seem to be at odds with each other:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="color:#002060">Question: is a REETA required or not? Thanks in advance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b>Mark B. Anderson<br>
</b>ANDERSON LAW FIRM PLLC<br>
821 Dock St Ste 209 PMB 4-12<br>
Tacoma, Washington 98402<br>
+1 253-327-1750<br>
+1 253-327-1751 (fax)<br>
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