<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks Mark. I am thinking you might be right.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 9:24 AM Mark Anderson <<a href="mailto:marka@mbaesq.com">marka@mbaesq.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-4715981134454118235">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,32,96)">I recommend that you just re-record the Death Certificate, but this time referencing the affected property in the cover sheet. When you submit the REETA, attach
a copy of the CPA and reference the earlier recording number – like so:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,32,96)">Mark B. Anderson<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> <<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Lynn Clare<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 26, 2026 9:03 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property listserve <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>>; WSBA Probate & Trust listserve <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Perfecting transfer of real property via CPA<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">1. Spouses make community property agreement in 1969<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">2. Spouses record community property agreement in 2024.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">3. Spouse 1 passes in 2026<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">4. Attorney (me) checks recorders' and finds that death certificate has already been recorded (probably by funeral home?) but as a stand alone document<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">5. Attorney (still me) wonders if she can record a REETA by itself in order to perfect the transfer of the title from spouses as married couple to Spouse 2 as a single
person referencing the recording numbers of the CPA and death certificate. Attorney can't get anyone in the recorder's office to answer the phone<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Lynn Clare<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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