<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Thanks for that insight. Mine was a misspelling - darn - out those $$$ :)</div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(56,118,29);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">Diane Kiepe</span></div><div><font color="#38761d" face="georgia, serif" size="4">Kiepe Estate and Probate, PLLC<br></font><div><font size="4" face="georgia, serif" color="#38761d"><a href="mailto:diane@kiepelaw.com" target="_blank">diane@kiepelaw.com</a></font></div><div><font size="4" face="georgia, serif" color="#38761d">200 N. Mullan Rd., Suite 203</font></div><div><font size="4" face="georgia, serif" color="#38761d">Spokane Valley, WA 99206</font></div></div><div><span style="color:rgb(56,118,29);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">509-280-6414</span></div><div><div><span style="color:rgb(105,105,105);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:10px">Confidentiality</span><span style="color:rgb(105,105,105);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:10px"> Notice: This page and any accompanying documents contain information that is </span><span style="color:rgb(105,105,105);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:10px">confidential</span><span style="color:rgb(105,105,105);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:10px">, privileged, or exempt from disclosure under applicable law and is intended for the exclusive use of the addressee. This information is private and protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information in any manner is strictly prohibited.</span></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 16, 2026 at 11:53 AM Dwight Bickel <<a href="mailto:dwight@dwightbickel.com">dwight@dwightbickel.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-9057004130996538266">
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There are lawyers who disagree about how much can be done by recording a copy of a prior deed that has some mistake, then changing that original deed to correct the mistake, without a signature or acknowledgment. What is a minor Scrivener’s Error, compared
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Correcting an address, the spelling of a party name, an obvious error in a description, does not require a conveyance.</div>
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Adding new land in my opinion requires a conveyance by WA statute, which needs a new signature and acknowledgement. </div>
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However, title companies are probably not going to require reopening the Probate if the previous record shows that the missing property was administered and was within the authority of the PR when the deed without the additional parcel was signed. I would ask
for that PR to sign the correction, which is the copy of the initial deed, corrected, with a new signature and acknowledgment, where the PR recital is accurate that the deed was initially signed while the Probate was opened and while the PR had power.</div>
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<p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Husband and Wife owned a parcel of real property with the house on it (Parcel 1). Husband and Wife were also part owners as tenants-in-common with three other parties of a
separate parcel that was used as a community drain field (Parcel 2). Parcel 2 serves as the drainfield for Parcel 1 and is connected to Parcel 1 by a septic drain line.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Wife died in 2003. Husband opened testate probate and was appointed as the Personal Representative. As PR, Husband conveyed Parcel 1 according to the terms of Wife's Will.
It does not appear that Husband did anything with Wife's interest in Parcel 2. Husband filed a Declaration of Completion and the case was closed.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">The other joint owners of Parcel 2 are now trying to clear up the ownership interests. Here are some options I see for dealing with Parcel 2.</span></p>
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<li style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Reopen probate, execute and record a deed, close probate. Husband is still alive but probably not in a condition where he could serve effectively as the Personal Representative of the Estate if it were to be reopened.</li><li style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Rerecord the personal representative’s deed with a corrected legal description of property being conveyed.</li><li style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Clear title through a quiet title action.</li></ol>
<p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">I'm inclined to try option #2, but I would like to know what other ideas the rest of you may have.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Thanks.</span></p>
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