Washington § 64.60.040 - Notice of private transfer fee obligation.

(1) A payee of a private transfer fee obligation imposed before April 13, 2011, shall record, before December 31, 2011, against the real property subject to the private transfer fee obligation, a separate document in the county auditor's office in the county in which the real property is located that includes all of the following requirements:

(a) The title, "Notice of Private Transfer Fee Obligation";

(b) The amount if the private transfer fee is a flat amount, the percentage of the sales price constituting the cost of the private transfer fee, or another basis by which the private transfer fee is to be calculated;

(c) The date under which the private transfer fee obligation expires, if any;

(d) The name and address of the payee;

(e) The acknowledged signature of the payee or a representative of the payee; and

(f) The legal description of the real property purportedly burdened by the private transfer fee obligation.

(2) A payee may file an amendment to the notice of private transfer fee obligation containing new contact information. The amendment must contain the recording information of the notice of private transfer fee obligation which it amends and the legal description of the real property burdened by the private transfer fee obligation.

(3) If a payee fails to file the notice required under subsection (1) of this section before December 31, 2011, the private transfer fee obligation is not enforceable by the payee.