§20.8 - Recording and Registration

• Jurisdiction: Washington

§20.8RECORDING AND REGISTRATION

Requirements for recording and registration of mortgages are set out below.

(1) Recording

Washington has a notice-race statute, RCW 65.08.070. Membership in the protected class, i.e., a subsequent purchaser or mortgagee in good faith and for valuable consideration, depends upon two factors: (1) the lack of notice and (2) the priority in recording. First in time of filing is first in right. Absent a subsequent bankruptcy, 11 U.S.C. §544(a)(3), the lack of recording does not affect the validity of the conveyance between the parties.

(2) Conveyance instruments and transfers affected by the statute

The term conveyance is broadly defined to include the following:

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