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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">Law Office of F. Andrekita Silva<br />______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">October 14, 2026</span></div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Eric,</span></div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">It is possible that the Clerk's Office just straight up missed recording the judgment.</span></div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I once received a small judgment for legal fees. Even though the required judgment summary was entered on page one of the order, the debtor was actually able to sell their house without paying the judgment.</span></div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">As it turned out, the Clerk just missed it even though there was a judgment summary. When I asked the Clerk's Office about it, they said "oh, excuse us. You should always independently check to make sure we catch that judgment summary." </span></div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">So, unless and until that judgment summary is entered, a court ordered sum can't be enforced. And, if the judgment is there but was not recorded, then your client gets a pass when the house is sold. At least, that's what happened in my case.....</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Andrekita Silva</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Law Office of F. Andrekita Silva</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">1325 Fourth Avenue, Suite 940</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Seattle, Washington 98101-2509</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">206-224-8288</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:ak@seattle-silvalaw.com">ak@seattle-silvalaw.com</a></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">On 2026/10/14 02:21 PM, <a href="mailto:wsbarp-request@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-request@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> wrote:</span>
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Re: Title commitment and criminal judgment liens (Mark Anderson)</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> 2. Re: Title commitment and criminal judgment liens (John McCrady)</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> 3. Re: Title commitment and criminal judgment liens (Dwight Bickel)</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> 4. Re: Title commitment and criminal judgment liens</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> (Setareh Mahmoodi)</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> 5. Re: Title commitment and criminal judgment liens (Inge Fordham)</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> 6. Re: Title commitment and criminal judgment liens (Eric Nelsen)</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> 7. Re: Title commitment and criminal judgment liens (Eric Nelsen)</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">----------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Message: 1</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:17:58 +0000</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">From: Mark Anderson <<a href="mailto:marka@mbaesq.com">marka@mbaesq.com</a>></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">To: WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Subject: Re: [WSBARP] Title commitment and criminal judgment liens</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Message-ID:</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> <<a href="mailto:CH0PR12MB5284B311814818C6AB8323ADC89D2@CH0PR12MB5284.namprd12.prod.outlook.com">CH0PR12MB5284B311814818C6AB8323ADC89D2@CH0PR12MB5284.namprd12.prod.outlook.com</a>></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Maybe the judgment was for some reason not deemed to be a monetary judgment, even though there was a monetary aspect to it like a fine, fee, etc.?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Did the title company say which other criminal judgment liens would appear in a standard title search?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mark B. Anderson</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">ANDERSON LAW FIRM PLLC</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">821 Dock Street, Suite 209, PMB 4-12</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Tacoma, Washington 98402</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">+1 253-327-1750</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">+1 253-327-1751 (fax)</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:marka@mbaesq.com">marka@mbaesq.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:marka@mbaesq.com">marka@mbaesq.com</a>></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.mbaesq.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.mbaesq.com</a><<a href="http://www.mbaesq.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.mbaesq.com/</a>></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">This transmission is confidential and is intended solely for the use of the individual named recipient. 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Thank you.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">From: <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>> On Behalf Of Eric Nelsen</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2026 11:46 AM</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">To: WSBA Real Property Listserv (<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>) <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Subject: [WSBARP] Title commitment and criminal judgment liens</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I have a client who ordered a preliminary title commitment that doesn't show any judgment liens. But the client does have a criminal restitution judgment that is in the process of being paid off. The title company apparently told the client that "certain criminal judgment liens do not appear in a standard title search."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Huh? Any idea what that would mean? Judgments are judgments, indexed and discoverable in the same way regardless of whether they're civil or criminal-so far as I know, anyway. Can anybody enlighten me?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Sincerely,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Eric</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Eric C. Nelsen</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Sayre Law Offices, PLLC</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">1417 31st Ave South</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Seattle WA 98144-3909</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">206-625-0092</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:eric@sayrelawoffices.com">eric@sayrelawoffices.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:eric@sayrelawoffices.com">eric@sayrelawoffices.com</a>></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">-------------- next part --------------</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">An HTML attachment was scrubbed...</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">URL: <<a href="http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/wsbarp/attachments/20261014/08b2d378/attachment-0001.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/wsbarp/attachments/20261014/08b2d378/attachment-0001.html</a>></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">------------------------------</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Message: 2</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:01:21 +0000</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">From: John McCrady <<a href="mailto:j.mccrady@pstitle.com">j.mccrady@pstitle.com</a>></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">To: WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Subject: Re: [WSBARP] Title commitment and criminal judgment liens</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Message-ID:</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> <<a href="mailto:SJ0PR19MB48285AD16C9633BA3599F454F19D2@SJ0PR19MB4828.namprd19.prod.outlook.com">SJ0PR19MB48285AD16C9633BA3599F454F19D2@SJ0PR19MB4828.namprd19.prod.outlook.com</a>></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I am not aware of any Criminal Judgment liens that a title report would not disclose.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">John McCrady</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Counsel</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Puget Sound Title Company</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">5350 Orchard Street West</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">University Place WA 98467</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">253-476-5721</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:j.mccrady@pstitle.com">j.mccrady@pstitle.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:j.mccrady@pstitle.com">j.mccrady@pstitle.com</a>></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">[cid:<a href="mailto:image001.png@01DD5BDC.1B0C5A30">image001.png@01DD5BDC.1B0C5A30</a>]</span></blockquote>
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