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<p class="MsoNormal">Why is it the County’s fault that the 1994 deed contained an additional legal description to property not owned by the then grantor? Wouldn’t that be the fault of the drafting party in 1994? It’s not like the recorder’s office verifies
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeff@bellanddavispllc.com<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 27, 2023 9:58 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'WSBA Real Property Listserv' <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Correcting County Auditor's Recording Mistate - Who Pays<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is very irritating and makes me want to sue the Auditor.
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<p class="MsoNormal">In 1994, Auditor records a deed, from the predecessor owner to my client and former wife, that contained an additional legal description to property not owned by the then grantor. In 2022, we recorded a deed to this property to create
community for the client and his new wife. We simply used the legal description from the 1994 deed. The error, that was just discovered, is now, somehow, creating a problem with closing the sale of the property, which legal was attached to the 1994 deed.
County admits it was their error, in 1994, to have attached the additional legal, as it should have been attached to a UCC statement. The title company, closing the present deal wants, a rerecord, of which deed, is not clear, but either our 2022 deed or the
1994 deed, or both, to eliminate the extra-legal. I said, sure, I will draft the rerecord deed, but we are not paying the recording fee. The County refuses to waive the recording fee. It says I should have caught the error in the 1994 deed, and should have
ordered a title report before recording the 2022 deed. Huh? To that I said FU and the black horse you road in on. Title company keeps hounding us to rerecord but my client wont pay the fee. I’m not ponying it up. I don’t see why the title company just
wont insure around it. I don’t see why the county can’t waive the recording fee due to their error. Have any of you had anything like this happen. Is there anyway to force the county to waive the recording fee?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">W. Jeff Davis<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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