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64.90.415 | Period of declarant control—Transition. | (1)(a) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, the declaration may provide for a period of declarant control of the association, during which period a declarant, or persons designated by the declarant, may: (i) Appoint and remove the officers and board members; or (ii) Veto or approve a proposed action of the board ... |
64.90.420 | Transfer of association property. | (1) No later than 30 days following the date of the transition meeting held pursuant to RCW 64.90.415 (4), the declarant must deliver or cause to be delivered to the board elected at the transition meeting all property of the unit owners and association as required by the declaration or this chapter including, but not ... |
64.90.425 | Transfer of special declarant rights. | (1) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (a) "Involuntary transfer" means a transfer by foreclosure of a mortgage, deed in lieu of foreclosure, tax sale, judicial sale, or sale in a bankruptcy or receivership proceeding of real estate owned by a... |
64.90.430 | Contracts and leases—Termination. | (1) Within two years after the transition meeting, the association may terminate without penalty, upon not less than ninety days' notice to the other party, any of the following if it was entered into before the board was elected: (a) Any management, maintenance, operations, or employment contract, or lease of recreati... |
64.90.435 | Organizational documents. | (1) Unless provided for in the declaration, the organizational documents of the association must: (a) Provide the number of board members and the titles of the officers of the association; (b) Provide for election by the board or, if the declaration requires, by the unit owners of a president, treasurer, secretary, and... |
64.90.440 | Maintenance, repair, replacement—Liability of unit owner—Inspection. | (1) Except to the extent provided by the declaration, subsections (2) and (4) of this section, or RCW 64.90.470 (8), the association must maintain, repair, and replace the common elements, including limited common elements, and each unit owner must maintain, repair, and replace that owner's unit. (2) The board may by r... |
64.90.445 | Meetings. | (1) The following requirements apply to unit owner meetings: (a) A meeting of the association must be held at least once each year. Failure to hold an annual meeting does not cause a forfeiture or give cause for dissolution of the association and does not affect otherwise valid association acts. (b)(i) An association m... |
64.90.450 | Quorum. | (1) Unless the organizational documents provide otherwise, a quorum is present throughout any meeting of the unit owners if at the beginning of the meeting persons entitled to cast 20 percent of the votes in the association attend in person, by proxy, by means of communication under RCW 64.90.445 (1) (e) or (f), or hav... |
64.90.455 | Unit owner voting. | (1) Unit owners may vote at a meeting under subsection (2) or (3) of this section or, when a vote is conducted without a meeting, by ballot in the manner provided in subsection (4) of this section. (2) At a meeting of unit owners the following requirements apply: (a) Unless the declaration or bylaws otherwise provide, ... |
64.90.460 | Liability—Tolling. | (1) A unit owner is not liable, solely by reason of being a unit owner, for an injury or damage arising out of the condition or use of the common elements. Neither the association nor any unit owner except the declarant is liable for that declarant's torts in connection with any part of the common interest community wh... |
64.90.465 | Conveyance or encumbrance of common elements. | (1)(a) In a common interest community other than a cooperative, portions of the common elements may be conveyed or subjected to a security interest by the association if unit owners entitled to cast at least eighty percent of the votes in the association, including eighty percent of the votes allocated to units not own... |
64.90.470 | Insurance. | (1) Commencing not later than the time of the first conveyance of a unit to a person other than a declarant, the association must maintain in its own name, to the extent reasonably available and subject to reasonable deductibles: (a) Property insurance on the common elements and, in a plat community or miscellaneous co... |
64.90.475 | Accounts and records—Reconciliation. | (1) The association must establish and maintain its accounts and records in a manner that will enable it to credit assessments for common expenses, including allocations to reserves, and other income to the association, and to charge expenditures, to the account of the appropriate units in accordance with the provision... |
64.90.480 | Assessments and capital contributions.(Effective until January 1, 2026.) | (1)(a) Assessments for common expenses and those specially allocated expenses that are subject to inclusion in a budget must be made at least annually based on a budget adopted at least annually by the association in the manner provided in RCW 64.90.525 . (b) Assessments for common expenses and specially allocated expe... |
64.90.485 | Liens—Enforcement—Notice of delinquency—Second notice.(Effective until January 1, 2026.) | (1) The association has a statutory lien on each unit for any unpaid assessment against the unit from the time such assessment is due. (2) A lien under this section has priority over all other liens and encumbrances on a unit except: (a) Liens and encumbrances recorded before the recordation of the declaration and, in ... |
64.90.490 | Other liens. | (1) In a condominium, plat community, and miscellaneous community: (a) Except as otherwise provided in (b) of this subsection, a judgment for money against the association perfected under RCW 4.64.020 is not a lien on the common elements, but is a lien in favor of the judgment lienholder against all of the other real e... |
64.90.495 | Association records. | (1) An association must retain the following: (a) The current budget, detailed records of receipts and expenditures affecting the operation and administration of the association, and other appropriate accounting records within the last seven years; (b) Minutes of all meetings of its unit owners and board other than exe... |
64.90.500 | Association as trustee. | With respect to a third person dealing with the association in the association's capacity as a trustee, the existence of trust powers and their proper exercise by the association may be assumed without inquiry. A third person is not bound to inquire whether the association has power to act as trustee or is properly exe... |
64.90.502 | Emergency. | (1) In this section, "emergency" means an event or condition or a state of emergency declared by a government for an area that includes the common interest community that constitutes an imminent: (a) Threat to the health or safety of the public or residents of the common interest community; (b) Threat to the habitabili... |
64.90.505 | Rules—Notice. | (1) Unless the declaration provides otherwise, the board must, before adopting, amending, or repealing any rule, give all unit owners notice of: (a) Its intention to adopt, amend, or repeal a rule and provide the text of the rule or the proposed change; and (b) A date on which the board will act on the proposed rule or... |
64.90.510 | Regulatory authority—Limitations—Governing documents—Association may adopt certain rules. | (1)(a) An association may not prohibit display of the flag of the United States, or the flag of Washington state, on or within a unit or a limited common element, except that an association may adopt reasonable restrictions pertaining to the time, place, or manner of displaying the flag of the United States necessary t... |
64.90.511 | Governing documents—Unlawful restriction, removal. | (1) The board of an association may, without a vote of the unit owners, amend the governing documents to remove an unlawful restriction. (2) A unit owner may request, in a record that sufficiently identifies an unlawful restriction in the governing document, that the board exercise its authority under subsection (1) of... |
64.90.5111 | Governing documents—Unlawful restriction—Amendment. | (1) An amendment under RCW 64.90.511 must identify the association of owners, the real property affected, and the document containing the unlawful restriction. The amendment must include a conspicuous statement in substantially the following form: "This amendment removes from this deed or other document affecting title... |
64.90.512 | Installation of drought resistant landscaping, pollinator habitat, or wildfire ignition resistant landscaping. | (1)(a) The declaration of a common interest ownership and any governing documents adopted by an association may not prohibit the installation of drought resistant landscaping, pollinator habitat, including beehives compliant with local regulation, or wildfire ignition resistant landscaping. However, the declaration or ... |
64.90.513 | Electric vehicle charging stations.(Effective until January 1, 2026.) | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2354-S.SL ) ***
(1)(a) A unit owners association may not adopt or enforce a restriction, covenant, condition, bylaw, rule, regulation, provision of a governing document, or master deed provision that: (i) Effectively prohibits or unreasonably restricts the installation or use of an electric ... |
64.90.515 | Notice. | (1) Notice to the association, board, or any owner or occupant of a unit under this chapter must be provided in the form of a record. (2) Notice provided in a tangible medium may be transmitted by mail, private carrier, or personal delivery; telegraph or teletype; or telephone, wire, or wireless equipment that transmit... |
64.90.518 | Board members—Election—Notice. | (1) Notwithstanding any contrary provision in the declaration or organizational documents, prior to an election of board members, the association must provide notice to all unit owners of the following: (a) The number of board positions that may be filled; (b) The qualifications to be a board candidate, if any; and (c)... |
64.90.520 | Officers and board members—Removal. | (1) Unit owners present in person, by proxy, by means of communication under RCW 64.90.445 (1) (e) or (f), or by absentee ballot at any meeting of the unit owners at which a quorum is present, may remove any board member and any officer elected by the unit owners, with or without cause, if the number of votes in favor ... |
64.90.525 | Budgets—Assessments—Special assessments. | (1)(a) Within thirty days after adoption of any proposed budget for the common interest community, the board must provide a copy of the budget to all the unit owners and set a date for a meeting of the unit owners to consider ratification of the budget not less than fourteen nor more than fifty days after providing the... |
64.90.530 | Financial statements—Association funds. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2354-S.SL ) ***
(1) The association must prepare, or cause to be prepared, at least annually, a financial statement of the association in accordance with accrual based accounting practices. (2) The financial statements of associations with annual assessments of $50,000 or more must be audite... |
64.90.535 | Reserve accounts—Where held—Disbursements. | (1) An association required to obtain a reserve study pursuant to RCW 64.90.545 must establish one or more accounts for the deposit of funds, if any, for the replacement costs of reserve components. Reserve accounts must be maintained such that reserve funds are not commingled with other funds of the association. (2)(a... |
64.90.540 | Reserve account—Withdrawals. | (1) The board may withdraw funds from the association's reserve account to pay for unforeseen or unbudgeted costs that are unrelated to replacement costs of the reserve components. Any such withdrawal must be recorded in the minute books of the association. The board must give notice of any such withdrawal to each unit... |
64.90.545 | Reserve study. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2354-S.SL ) ***
(1) Unless exempt under subsection (2) of this section, an association must prepare and update a reserve study in accordance with this chapter. An initial reserve study must be prepared by a reserve study professional and based upon either a reserve study professional's visua... |
64.90.550 | Reserve study—Contents. | (1) Any reserve study is supplemental to the association's operating and maintenance budget. (2) A reserve study must include: (a) A reserve component list, including any reserve component, the replacement cost of which exceeds one percent of the annual budget of the association, excluding contributions to the reserves... |
64.90.555 | Reserve study—Demand—Enforcement. | (1) When more than three years have passed since the date of the last reserve study prepared by a reserve study professional, unit owners of units to which at least twenty percent of the votes in the association are allocated may demand in a record delivered to the board that the cost of a reserve study be included in ... |
64.90.560 | Reserve account—Reserve study—Reserve disclosure—Liability. | Except for an award for attorneys' fees and costs under RCW 64.90.555 (2), monetary damages or other liability may not be awarded against or imposed upon the association or its officers or board members, or upon any person who may have provided advice or assistance to the association or its officers or board members, f... |
64.90.565 | Tenant screening. | (1) Except as otherwise prohibited by law, and subject to the limitations in subsection (2) of this section, a unit owners association may: (a) Require any unit owner intending to lease the owner's unit to use a tenant screening service or obtain background information, including criminal history, on a prospective tena... |
64.90.570 | Licensed family home child care or licensed child day care center—Rules—Liability. | (1) A unit owners association may not adopt or enforce a restriction, covenant, condition, bylaw, rule, provision of a governing document, or master deed provision that effectively prohibits or unreasonably restricts the use of a unit as a licensed family home child care operated by a family day care provider or as a l... |
64.90.575 | Occupancy limits. | Except for occupancy limits on short-term rentals as defined in RCW 64.37.010 and any lawful limits on occupant load per square foot or generally applicable health and safety provisions as established by applicable building code, city ordinance, or county ordinance, a unit owners association may not adopt or enforce a ... |
64.90.580 | Heat pumps.(Effective until January 1, 2026.) | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2354-S.SL ) ***
(1)(a) A unit owners association may not adopt or enforce a restriction, covenant, condition, bylaw, rule, regulation, provision of a governing document, or master deed provision that: (i) Effectively prohibits or unreasonably restricts the installation or use of a heat pump ... |
64.90.585 | Adult family home—Use of unit. | (1) A unit owners association may not adopt or enforce a restriction, covenant, condition, bylaw, rule, provision of a governing document, or master deed provision that effectively prohibits or unreasonably restricts the use of a unit as an adult family home, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section. (2)(a)... |
64.90.600 | Applicability—Waiver. | (1) RCW 64.90.605 through 64.90.695 apply to all units subject to this chapter, except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section. (2) RCW 64.90.605 through 64.90.695 do not apply in the case of: (a) A conveyance by gift, devise, or descent; (b) A conveyance pursuant to court order; (c) A conveyance by a go... |
64.90.605 | Public offering statement—Liability. | (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, a declarant, before offering any interest in a unit to the public, shall prepare a public offering statement conforming to the requirements of RCW 64.90.610 , 64.90.615 , and 64.90.620 . (2) A declarant may transfer responsibility for preparation of al... |
64.90.610 | Public offering statement—General provisions—Notice. | (1) A public offering statement must contain the following information: (a) The name and address of the declarant; (b) The name and address or location of the management company, if any; (c) The relationship of the management company to the declarant, if any; (d) The name and address of the common interest community; (... |
64.90.615 | Public offering statement—Common interest communities subject to development rights. | If the declaration provides that a common interest community is subject to any development rights or if the declarant reserves any special declarant rights, the public offering statement must include, in addition to the information required under RCW 64.90.610 : (1) A statement of all development rights and special dec... |
64.90.620 | Public offering statement—Conversion buildings. | (1) A public offering statement for a unit in a conversion building must contain, in addition to the information required under RCW 64.90.610 , 64.90.615 , and 64.90.655 (6)(a): (a) Either a copy of a report prepared by an independent, licensed architect or engineer or a statement by the declarant based on such report ... |
64.90.625 | Public offering statement—Disclosure document. | If a unit is offered for sale for which the delivery of a public offering statement or other disclosure document is required under the laws of any state or the United States, a single disclosure document conforming to the requirements of RCW 64.90.610 , 64.90.615 , and 64.90.620 and conforming to any other requirement ... |
64.90.630 | Public offering statement—Contract of sale—Conveyance restriction. | In the case of a sale of a unit in which delivery of a public offering statement is required, a contract of sale may be executed unless otherwise prohibited by applicable law, but interest in that unit may not be conveyed until: (1) The declaration and map that create the common interest community in which that unit is... |
64.90.635 | Purchaser's right to cancel. | (1) A person required to deliver a public offering statement pursuant to RCW 64.90.605 (3)(a) shall provide a purchaser with a copy of the public offering statement and all amendments thereto before conveyance of the unit. The purchaser may cancel a contract for the purchase of the unit within seven days after first re... |
64.90.640 | Unit resales—Resale certificate. | (1) Except in the case of a sale when delivery of a public offering statement is required, or unless exempt under RCW 64.90.600 (2) or unless the buyer of a unit within a common interest community has expressly waived the right to receive a resale certificate because it is unavailable as provided in RCW 64.90.600 (4), ... |
64.90.645 | Deposits—Escrow. | (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, any earnest money deposit, as defined in RCW 64.04.005 , made in connection with the right to purchase a unit from a person required to deliver a public offering statement pursuant to RCW 64.90.605 (3) must be placed in escrow and held in this state in an escrow... |
64.90.650 | Liens—Release. | (1) In the case of a sale of a unit when delivery of a public offering statement is required pursuant to RCW 64.90.605 (3) and subject to subsection (2) of this section, a seller before conveying a unit: (a) Must record or furnish to the purchaser releases of all liens that encumber: (i) In a condominium, that unit and... |
64.90.655 | Conversion buildings—Tenant rights—City and county requirements—Violations. | (1)(a) A declarant or dealer who intends to offer units in a conversion building must give each of the residential tenants and any residential subtenants in possession of a portion of a conversion building notice of the conversion and provide those persons with the public offering statement no later than 120 days befor... |
64.90.660 | Conversion buildings—Common interest community units—Report. | (1) All cities and counties planning under RCW 36.70A.040 , which have inspected any conversion buildings or managed the payment of relocation assistance within the jurisdiction within the previous twelve-month period, must report annually to the department of commerce the following information: (a) The total number of... |
64.90.665 | Express warranties. | (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section, express warranties made by any declarant or dealer to a purchaser of a unit in a condominium, if relied upon by the purchaser in purchasing the unit, are created as follows: (a) Any written affirmation of fact or written promise that relates to the unit, its use, ... |
64.90.670 | Implied warranties of quality. | (1) A declarant and any dealer warrants to a purchaser of a condominium unit that the unit will be in at least as good condition at the earlier of the time of the conveyance or delivery of possession as it was at the time of contracting, except for reasonable wear and tear and damage by casualty or condemnation. (2)(a)... |
64.90.675 | Implied warranties of quality—Exclusion or modification. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2304.SL ) ***
(1) Except as limited under subsections (2) and (4) of this section with respect to a purchaser of a condominium unit that may be used for residential use, implied warranties of quality under RCW 64.90.670 : (a) May be excluded or modified by written agreement of the parties; a... |
64.90.680 | Warranties of quality—Breach—Actions for construction defect claims. | (1) A proceeding for breach of any obligations arising under RCW 64.90.665 , 64.90.670 , or 64.90.675 must be commenced within four years after the cause of action accrues. The period for commencing an action for a breach accruing pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section does not expire prior to one year after ter... |
64.90.685 | Action to enforce right granted, obligation imposed—Court may award reasonable attorneys' fees and costs—Alternative dispute resolution allowed. | (1) A declarant, association, unit owner, or any other person subject to this chapter may bring an action to enforce a right granted or obligation imposed under this chapter or the governing documents. The court may award reasonable attorneys' fees and costs. (2) Parties to a dispute arising under this chapter or the g... |
64.90.690 | Promotional material—Labeling requirement. | Promotional material may not be displayed or delivered to prospective purchasers of a condominium unit that describes or portrays an unbuilt contemplated improvement in the condominium unless the description or portrayal of the improvement in the promotional material is conspicuously labeled or identified either as "MU... |
64.90.695 | Improvements—Duties of declarant. | (1) Except for improvements labeled "NEED NOT BE BUILT" on the map in conformity to RCW 64.90.245 (9), the declarant must complete all improvements depicted on the map or other graphic representation of a condominium, if the map or other graphic representation is contained in the public offering statement or in any pro... |
64.90.700 | Conversion building notice. | A declarant or dealer who intends to offer units in a conversion building must provide a conversion building notice of the conversion to the Washington state housing finance commission no later than 120 days before the residential tenants and any residential subtenant in possession of a portion of a conversion building... |
64.90.705 | Adverse possession, easement. | A unit owner or person claiming through a unit owner may not acquire title by adverse possession to, or an easement by prescription in, a common element in derogation of the title of another unit owner or the association.
[ 2024 c 321 s 205 .] |
64.90.710 | Transit-oriented development restrictions. | Declarations and governing documents created after July 27, 2025, and applicable to a common interest community located fully or partially within a station area as defined in RCW 36.70A.030 may not prohibit the construction or development of multifamily housing or transit-oriented development density that must be permi... |
64.90.900 | Short title. | This chapter may be known and cited as the Washington uniform common interest ownership act.
[ 2018 c 277 s 101 .] |
64.90.910 | Effective date. | This act takes effect July 1, 2018.
[ 2018 c 277 s 507 .] |
65.04.015 | Definitions. | The definitions set forth in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Recording officer" means the county auditor, or in charter counties the county official charged with the responsibility for recording instruments in the county records. (2) "File," "filed," or "fi... |
65.04.020 | Duty to provide records. | For the purpose of recording deeds and other instruments of writing, required or permitted by law to be recorded, the county auditor shall procure such media for records as the business of the office requires.
[ 1999 c 233 s 11 ; 1985 c 44 s 14 ; 1893 c 119 s 10 ; Code 1881 s 2726; RRS s 10600.]
Effective date — 1999 c... |
65.04.030 | Instruments to be recorded or filed. | The auditor or recording officer must, upon the payment of the fees as required in RCW 36.18.010 for the same, acknowledge receipt therefor in writing or printed form and record in large and well bound books, or by photographic, photomechanical, electronic format, or other approved process, the following: (1) Deeds, gr... |
65.04.033 | Notice of abandoned cemetery document—Recording requirements. | Any person who has knowledge of the existence of any cemetery, abandoned cemetery, historical cemetery, or historic grave that has not been dedicated pursuant to RCW 68.24.010 through 68.24.040 may file for recording, in the county in which the cemetery or grave is located, a notice of abandoned cemetery document provi... |
65.04.040 | Method for recording instruments—Marginal notations—Arrangement of records. | Any state, county, or municipal officer charged with the duty of recording instruments in public records shall record them by *record location number in the order filed, irrespective of the type of instrument, using a process that has been tested and approved for the intended purpose by the state archivist. In addition... |
65.04.045 | Recorded instruments—Requirements—Content restrictions—Form. | (1) When any instrument is presented to a county auditor or recording officer for recording, the first page of the instrument shall contain: (a) A top margin of at least three inches and a one-inch margin on the bottom and sides, except that an instrument may be recorded if a minor portion of a notary seal, incidental ... |
65.04.047 | Recorded instruments—Cover sheet—When required—Form. | (1) If the first page of an instrument presented for recording does not contain the information required by RCW 65.04.045 (1), the person preparing the instrument for recording shall prepare a cover sheet that contains the required information. The cover sheet shall be attached to the instrument and shall be recorded a... |
65.04.048 | Additional fee for certain documents not meeting requirements—Signed statement. | (1) Documents which must be recorded immediately and which do not meet margin and font size requirements may be recorded for an additional fee of fifty dollars. Documents which do not meet legibility requirements must not be recorded as a nonstandard recording. (2) In addition to preparing a properly completed cover sh... |
65.04.050 | Index of instruments, how made and kept—Recording of plat names. | Every auditor or recording officer must keep a general index, direct and inverted. The index may be either printed on paper or produced on microfilm or microfiche, or it can be created from a computerized database and displayed on a video display terminal. Any reference to a prior *record location number may be entered... |
65.04.060 | Record when lien is discharged. | Whenever any mortgage, bond, lien, or instrument incumbering real estate, has been satisfied, released or discharged, by the recording of an instrument of release, or acknowledgment of satisfaction, the auditor shall immediately note, in the comment section of the index, the recording number of the original mortgage, b... |
65.04.070 | Recording judgments affecting real property. | The auditor must file and record with the record of deeds, grants, and transfers certified copies of final judgments or decrees partitioning or affecting the title or possession of real property, any part of which is situated in the county of which he or she is recorder. Every such certified copy or partition, from the... |
65.04.080 | Entries when instruments offered for record—Content restrictions. | (1) When any instrument, paper, or notice, authorized or required by law to be filed or recorded, is deposited in or electronically transmitted to the county auditor's office for filing or record, that officer must indorse upon the same the time when it was received, noting the year, month, day, hour and minute of its ... |
65.04.090 | Further endorsements—Delivery. | The recording officer must also endorse upon such an instrument, paper, or notice, the time when and the book and page in which it is recorded, and must thereafter either electronically transmit or deliver it to the party leaving the same for record or to the address on the face of the document.
[ 2003 c 239 s 1 ; 1996... |
65.04.110 | Liability of auditor for damages. | If any county auditor to whom an instrument, proved or acknowledged according to law, or any paper or notice which may by law be recorded is delivered or electronically transmitted for record: (1) Neglects or refuses to record such instrument, paper or notice, within a reasonable time after receiving the same; or (2) r... |
65.04.115 | Names on documents, etc., to be printed or typewritten—Indexing. | The name or names appearing on all documents or instruments, proved or acknowledged according to law, or on any paper which may by law be filed or recorded shall be hand printed, printed or typewritten so as to be legible and the county auditor shall index said documents and instruments in accordance with the hand prin... |
65.04.130 | Fees to be paid or tendered. | Said county auditor is not bound to record any instrument, or file any paper or notice, or furnish any copies, or to render any service connected with his or her office, until his or her fees for the same, as prescribed by law, are if demanded paid or tendered.
[ 2012 c 117 s 206 ; Code 1881 s 2735; RRS s 10610.] |
65.04.140 | Auditor as custodian of records. | The county auditor in his or her capacity of recorder of deeds is sole custodian of all books in which are recorded deeds, mortgages, judgments, liens, incumbrances, and other instruments of writing, indexes thereto, maps, charts, town plats, survey and other books and papers constituting the records and files in said ... |
65.08.030 | Recorded irregular instrument imparts notice. | (1) An instrument in writing purporting to convey or encumber real estate or any interest therein, which has been recorded in the auditor's office of the county in which the real estate is situated, although the instrument may not have been executed and acknowledged in accordance with the law in force at the time of it... |
65.08.050 | Recording land office receipts. | Every cash or final receipt from any receiver, and every cash or final certificate from any register of the United States land office, evidencing that final payment has been made to the United States as required by law, or that the person named in such certificate is entitled, on presentation thereof, to a patent from ... |
65.08.060 | Terms defined. | (1) The term "real property" as used in RCW 65.08.060 through 65.08.150 includes lands, tenements and hereditaments and chattels real and mortgage liens thereon except a leasehold for a term not exceeding two years. (2) The term "purchaser" includes every person to whom any estate or interest in real property is convey... |
65.08.070 | Real property conveyances to be recorded. | (1) A conveyance of real property, when acknowledged by the person executing the same (the acknowledgment being certified as required by law), may be recorded in the office of the recording officer of the county where the property is situated. Every such conveyance not so recorded is void as against any subsequent purc... |
65.08.090 | Letters patent. | Letters patent from the United States or the state of Washington granting real property may be recorded in the office of the recording officer of the county where such property is situated in the same manner and with like effect as a conveyance that is entitled to be recorded.
[ 1927 c 278 s 4 ; RRS s 10596-4.] |
65.08.095 | Conveyances of fee title by public bodies. | Every conveyance of fee title to real property hereafter executed by the state or by any political subdivision or municipal corporation thereof shall be recorded by the grantor, after having been reviewed as to form by the grantee, at the expense of the grantee at the time of delivery to the grantee, and shall constitu... |
65.08.100 | Certified copies. | A copy of a conveyance of or other instrument affecting real property recorded or filed in the office of the secretary of state or the commissioner of public lands, or of the record thereof, when certified in the manner required to entitle the same to be read in evidence, may be recorded with the certificate in the off... |
65.08.110 | Certified copies—Effect. | A copy of a record, when certified or authenticated to entitle it to be read in evidence, may be recorded in any office where the original instrument would be entitled to be recorded. Such record has the same effect as if the original were so recorded. A copy of the record of a conveyance of or other instrument affecti... |
65.08.120 | Assignment of mortgage—Notice. | The recording of an assignment of a mortgage is not in itself notice to the mortgagor, his or her heirs, assigns or personal representatives, to invalidate a payment made by any of them to a prior holder of the mortgage.
[ 2012 c 117 s 209 ; 1927 c 278 s 7 ; RRS s 10596-7.] |
65.08.130 | Revocation of power of attorney. | A power of attorney or other instrument recorded pursuant to RCW 65.08.060 through 65.08.150 is not deemed revoked by any act of the party by whom it was executed unless the instrument of revocation is also recorded in the same office in which the instrument granting the power was recorded.
[ 1927 c 278 s 8 ; RRS s 105... |
65.08.140 | No liability for error in recording when properly indexed. | A recording officer is not liable for recording an instrument in a wrong book, volume or set of records if the instrument is properly indexed with a reference to the volume and page or recording number where the instrument is actually of record.
[ 1999 c 233 s 17 ; 1927 c 278 s 9 ; RRS s 10596-9. Formerly RCW 65.04.120... |
65.08.150 | Duty to record. | A recording officer, upon payment or tender to him or her of the lawful fees therefor, shall record in his or her office any instrument authorized or permitted to be so recorded by the laws of this state or by the laws of the United States.
[ 2012 c 117 s 210 ; 1943 c 23 s 1 ; 1927 c 278 s 10 ; RRS s 10596-10. Formerly... |
65.08.160 | Recording master form instruments and mortgages or deeds of trust incorporating master form provisions. | A mortgage or deed of trust of real estate may be recorded and constructive notice of the same and the contents thereof given in the following manner: (1) An instrument containing a form or forms of covenants, conditions, obligations, powers, and other clauses of a mortgage or deed of trust may be recorded in the offic... |
65.08.170 | Notice of additional water or sewer facility tap or connection charges—Required—Contents. | When any municipality as defined in *RCW 35.91.020 or any county has levied or intends to levy a charge on property pertaining to: (1) The amount required by the provisions of a contract pursuant to RCW 35.91.020 under which the water or sewer facilities so tapped into or used were constructed; or (2) Any connection ch... |
65.08.180 | Notice of additional water or sewer facility tap or connection charges—Duration—Certificate of payment and release. | The notice required by RCW 65.08.170 , when duly recorded, shall be effective until there is recorded in the same office in which the notice was recorded a certificate of payment and release executed by the municipality or county. Such certificate shall contain a legal description of the particular parcel of land so re... |
65.16.010 | Weekly publication—How made. | The publication of legal notices required by law, or by an order of a judge or court, to be published in a newspaper once in each week for a specified number of weeks, shall be made on the day of each week in which such newspaper is published.
[ 1893 c 127 s 27 ; RRS s 253.] |
65.16.020 | Qualifications of legal newspaper. | The qualifications of a legal newspaper are that such newspaper shall have been published regularly, at least once a week, in the English language, as a newspaper of general circulation, in the city or town where the same is published at the time of application for approval, for at least six months prior to the date of... |
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