Title

• Jurisdiction: Washington

WASHINGTON

REAL PROPERTY

DESKBOOK
SERIES

Fourth Edition
and 2014 Supplement

Volumes 1 & 2
Real Estate Essentials

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ISBN 0-88129-326-1 (Vol. 1)
ISBN 0-88129-327-X (Vol. 2)
ISBN 0-88129-328-8 (Set) (Sold only as a set)
ISBN 0-88129-353-9 (2014 Supplement)

This Volume of the Deskbook should be cited as:

Washington Real Property Deskbook Series:

Real Estate Essentials 1 & 2

(Wash. St. Bar Assoc. 4th ed. 2009 & Supp. 2014).

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DEDICATION

The WASHINGTON REAL PROPERTY DESKBOOK,
2014 Supplement
is dedicated to the memory of

John A. Gose
of the Washington State Bar
1930-2015

WASHINGTON
REAL PROPERTY

DESKBOOK SERIES

FOURTH EDITION
AND 2014 SUPPLEMENT

VOLUMES 1 & 2: REAL ESTATE ESSENTIALS

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
William L. Green†

EDITORS

J. Patrick Aylward	Stephen R. Crossland†
Thomas A. Barkewitz†	Paul V. McCarthy
Scott J. Borth	Jody M. McCormick†
Scott F. Campbell†	Jane Rakay Nelson†
Catherine C. Clark†	Robert W. Sargeant

STEERING COMMITTEE
Scott F. Campbell
Stephen R. Crossland
William L. Green

Warren Koons
William H. Reetz
Barbara...