Revised Code of Washington
Wash. Rev. Code § 65.04.070 (2026)
Recording judgments affecting real property
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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 time of filing the same with the auditor for record, imparts notice to all persons of the contents thereof, and subsequent purchasers, mortgagees, and lienholders purchase and take with like notice and effect as if such copy or decree was a duly recorded deed, grant, or transfer.
[ 2012 c 117 s 205; Code 1881 s 2730; RRS s 10605.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1989–2017 · leading case: Fed. Intermediate Credit Bank of Spokane v. O/S SABLEFISH, 758 P.2d 494 (Wash. 1989).
Fed. Intermediate Credit Bank of Spokane v. O/S SABLEFISH, 758 P.2d 494 (Wash. 1989). “73, § 2); final judgments or decrees partitioning or affecting title or possession of real property must be recorded (RCW 65.04.070). Moreover, the recording act states that while a conveyance of real property is effective between the immediate parties without being recorded, it…”
Inglewood Holdings Llc v. Jones Engineers, Inc. (Wash. Ct. App. 2017). “12 See RCW 65.04.070. Although there is no current encumbrance, having to explain the existence of the recorded judgment and coversheet creates unnecessary complications for Inglewood.”
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