Washington § 64.04.210 - Requests for notice of transfer or encumbrance — Disclosure — Notice to department of social and health services.

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§ 64.04.210. Requests for notice of transfer or encumbrance — Disclosure — Notice to department of social and health services.

(1) If the department of social and health services has filed a request for notice of transfer or encumbrance under RCW 43.20B.750:
(a) A title insurance company or agent that discovers the presence of a request for notice of transfer or encumbrance when performing a title search on real property shall disclose the presence of the request for notice of transfer or encumbrance in any report preliminary to, or any commitment to offer, a certificate of title insurance for the real property; and
(b) Any individual who transfers or encumbers real property shall provide the department of social and health services with a notice of transfer or encumbrance. The department of social and health services shall adopt by rule a model form for notice of transfer or encumbrance to be used by a purchaser or lender when notifying the department.
(2) If the department of social and health services has caused to be recorded a termination of request for notice of transfer or encumbrance in the deed and mortgage records under RCW 43.20B.750, an individual transferring or encumbering the real property is not required to provide the notice of transfer or encumbrance required by subsection (1)(b) of this section.
[ 2005 c 292 s 2.]

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