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WA Rev Code § 65.12.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.120 - Summons to issue.

RCW 65.12.120 Summons to issue.If, in the opinion of the examiner, the applicant has a title, as alleged, and proper for registration, or if the applicant, after an adverse opinion of the examiner, elects to proceed further, the clerk of the court shall, immediately upon the filing of the examiner's opinion or the applicant's election, as the case may be, issue a summons substantially in the form hereinafter provided. The summons shall be issued by the order of the court and attested by the clerk of the court.[ 1907 c 250 § 18; RRS § 10640.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.125 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.125 - Summons—Form.

RCW 65.12.125 Summons—Form.The summons provided for in RCW 65.12.135 shall be in substance in the form following, to wit:SUMMONS ON APPLICATION FORREGISTRATION OF LANDState of Washington,County of . . . .,ss.In the superior court of the state of Washington in and for the county of . . . . . . (name of applicant), plaintiff, . . . . . ., versus . . . . . . (names of all defendants), and all other persons or parties unknown, claiming any right, title, estate, lien or interest in the real estate, described in the application herein . . . . . . defendants.The state of Washington to the above-named defendants, greeting:You are hereby summoned and required to answer the application of the applicant plaintiff in the above entitled application for registration of the following land situate in . . . . . . county, Washington, to wit: (description of land), and to file your answer to the said application in the office of the clerk of said court, in said county, within twenty days after the service of this summons upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the said application within the time aforesaid, the applicant plaintiff in this action will apply to the court for the relief demanded in the application herein.Witness, . . . . . ., clerk of said court and the seal thereof, at . . . . . ., in said county and state, this . . . . day of . . . . . ., A.D. (year) . . . .(Seal.). . . . Clerk.[ 2016 c 202 § 43; 1907 c 250 § 206; RRS § 10644.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.130 - Parties to action.

RCW 65.12.130 Parties to action.The applicant shall be known in the summons as the plaintiff. All persons named in the application or found by the report of the examiner as being in possession of the premises or as having of record any lien, incumbrance, right, title, or interest in the land, and all other persons who shall be designated as follows, viz: "All other persons or parties unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien or interest in, to, or upon the real estate described in the application herein," shall be and shall be known as defendants.[ 1907 c 250 § 19; RRS § 10641.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.135 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.135 - Service of summons.

RCW 65.12.135 Service of summons.The summons shall be directed to the defendants and require them to appear and answer the application within twenty days after the service of the summons, exclusive of the day of service; and the summons shall be served as is now provided for the service of summons in civil actions in the superior court in this state, except as herein otherwise provided. The summons shall be served upon nonresident defendants and upon "all such unknown persons or parties," defendant, by publishing the summons in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the application is filed, once in each week for three consecutive weeks, and the service by publication shall be deemed complete at the end of the twenty-first day from and including the first publication, provided that if any named defendant assents in writing to the registration as prayed for, which assent shall be endorsed upon the application or filed therewith and be duly witnessed and acknowledged, then in all such cases no service of summons upon the defendant shall be necessary.[ 1985 c 469 § 60; 1907 c 250 § 20; RRS § 10642.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.140 - Copy mailed to nonresidents—Proof—Expense.

RCW 65.12.140 Copy mailed to nonresidents—Proof—Expense.The clerk of the court shall also, on or before twenty days after the first publication, send a copy thereof by mail to such defendants who are not residents of the state whose place of address is known or stated in the application, and whose appearance is not entered and who are not in person served with the summons. The certificate of the clerk that he or she has sent such notice, in pursuance of this section, shall be conclusive evidence thereof. Other or further notice of the application for registration may be given in such manner and to such persons as the court or any judge thereof may direct. The summons shall be served at the expense of the applicant, and proof of the service thereof shall be made as proof of service is now made in other civil actions.[ 2012 c 117 § 220; 1907 c 250 § 20a; RRS § 10643.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.145 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.145 - Guardians ad litem.

RCW 65.12.145 Guardians ad litem.The court shall appoint a disinterested person to act as guardian ad litem for minors and other persons under disability, and for all other persons not in being who may appear to have an interest in the land. The compensation of the said guardian shall be determined by the court, and paid as a part of the expense of the proceeding.[ 1907 c 250 § 21; RRS § 10645.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.150 - Who may appear—Answer.

RCW 65.12.150 Who may appear—Answer.Any person claiming an interest, whether named in the summons or not, may appear and file an answer within the time named in the summons, or within such further time as may be allowed by the court. The answer shall state all objections to the application, and shall set forth the interests claimed by the party filing the same, and shall be signed and sworn to by him or her or by some person in his or her behalf.[ 2012 c 117 § 221; 1907 c 250 § 22; RRS § 10646.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.155 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.155 - Judgment by default—Proof.

RCW 65.12.155 Judgment by default—Proof.If no person appears and answers within the time named in the summons, or allowed by the court, the court may at once, upon the motion of the applicant, no reason to the contrary appearing, upon satisfactory proof of the applicant's right thereto, make its order and decree confirming the title of the applicant and ordering registration of the same. By the description in the summons, "all other persons unknown, claiming any right, title, lien, or interest in, to, or upon the real estate described in the application herein", all the world are made parties defendant, and shall be concluded by the default, order and decree. The court shall not be bound by the report of the examiners of title, but may require other or further proof.[ 1907 c 250 § 23; RRS § 10647.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.160 - Cause set for trial—Default—Referral.

RCW 65.12.160 Cause set for trial—Default—Referral.If, in any case an appearance is entered and answer filed, the cause shall be set down for hearing on motion of either party, but a default and order shall first be entered against all persons who do not appear and answer in the manner provided in RCW 65.12.155. The court may refer the cause or any part thereof to one of the examiners of title, as referee, to hear the parties and their evidence, and make report thereon to the court. His or her report shall have the same force and effect as that of a referee appointed by the said superior court under the laws of this state now in force, and relating to the appointment, duties and powers of referees.[ 2012 c 117 § 222; 1907 c 250 § 24; RRS § 10648.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.165 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.165 - Court may require further proof.

RCW 65.12.165 Court may require further proof.The court may order such other or further hearing of the cause before the court or before the examiner of titles after the filing of the report of the examiner, referred to in RCW 65.12.160, and require such other and further proof by either of the parties to the cause as to the court shall seem meet and proper.[ 1907 c 250 § 25; RRS § 10649.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.170 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.170 - Application dismissed or withdrawn.

RCW 65.12.170 Application dismissed or withdrawn.If, in any case, after hearing, the court finds that the applicant has not title proper for registration, a decree shall be entered dismissing the application, and such decree may be ordered to be without prejudice. The applicant may dismiss his or her application at any time, before the final decree, upon such terms as may be fixed by the court, and upon motion to dismiss duly made by the court.[ 2012 c 117 § 223; 1907 c 250 § 26; RRS § 10650.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.175 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.175 - Decree of registration—Effect—Appellate review.

RCW 65.12.175 Decree of registration—Effect—Appellate review.If the court, after hearing, finds that the applicant has title, whether as stated in his or her application or otherwise, proper for registration, a decree of confirmation of title and registration shall be entered. Every decree of registration shall bind the land, and quiet the title thereto, except as herein otherwise provided, and shall be forever binding and conclusive upon all persons, whether mentioned by name in the application, or included in "all other persons or parties unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien or interest in, to, or upon the real estate described in the application herein", and such decree shall not be opened by reason of the absence, infancy, or other disability of any person affected thereby, nor by any proceeding at law, or in equity, for reversing judgments or decrees, except as herein especially provided. Appellate review of the court's decision may be sought as in other civil actions.[ 2012 c 117 § 224; 1988 c 202 § 56; 1971 c 81 § 132; 1907 c 250 § 27; RRS § 10651.]NOTES:Severability—1988 c 202: See note following RCW 2.24.050.
WA Rev Code § 65.12.180 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.180 - Rights of persons not served.

RCW 65.12.180 Rights of persons not served.Any person having an interest in or lien upon the land who has not been actually served with process or notified of the filing of the application or the pendency thereof, may at any time within ninety days after the entry of such decree, and not afterwards, appear and file his or her sworn answer to such application in like manner as hereinbefore prescribed for making answer: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That such person had no actual notice or information of the filing of such application or the pendency of the proceedings during the pendency thereof, or until within three months of the time of the filing of such answer, which facts shall be made to appear before answering by the affidavit of the person answering or the affidavit of someone in his or her behalf having knowledge of the facts, and PROVIDED, ALSO, that no innocent purchaser for value has acquired an interest. If there is any such purchaser, the decree of registration shall not be opened, but shall remain in full force and effect forever, subject only to the right of appeal hereinbefore provided; but any person aggrieved by such decree in any case may pursue his or her remedy by suit in the nature of an action of tort against the applicant or any other person for fraud in procuring the decree; and may also bring his or her action for indemnity as hereinafter provided. Upon the filing of such answer, and not less than ten days' notice having been given to the applicant, and to such other interested parties as the court may order in such manner as shall be directed by the court, the court shall proceed to review the case, and if the court is satisfied that the order or decree ought to be opened, an order shall be entered to that effect, and the court shall proceed to review the proceedings, and shall make such order in the case as shall be equitable in the premises. An appeal may be allowed in this case, as well as from all other decrees affecting any registered title within a like time, and in a like manner, as in the case of an original decree under this chapter, and not otherwise.[ 2012 c 117 § 225; 1907 c 250 § 28; RRS § 10652.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.190 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.190 - Limitation of actions.

RCW 65.12.190 Limitation of actions.No person shall commence any proceeding for the recovery of lands or any interest, right, lien or demand therein or upon the same adverse to the title or interest as found, or decreed in the decree of registration, unless within ninety days after the entry of the order or decree; and this section shall be construed as giving such right of action to such person only as shall not, because of some irregularity, insufficiency, or for some other cause, be bound and concluded by such order or decree.[ 1907 c 250 § 29; RRS § 10653.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.195 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.195 - Title free from incumbrances—Exceptions.

RCW 65.12.195 Title free from incumbrances—Exceptions.Every person receiving a certificate of title in pursuance of a decree of registration, and every subsequent purchaser of registered land who takes a certificate of title for value and in good faith, shall hold the same free from all incumbrances except only such estates, mortgages, liens, charges and interests as may be noted in the last certificate of title in the registrar's office, and except any of the following rights or incumbrances subsisting, namely:(1) Any existing lease for a period not exceeding three years, when there is actual occupation of the premises under the lease.(2) All public highways embraced in the description of the land included in the certificates shall be deemed to be excluded from the certificate. And any subsisting right-of-way or other easement, for ditches or water rights, upon, over or in respect to the land.(3) Any tax or special assessment for which a sale of the land has not been had at the date of the certificate of title.(4) Such right of appeal, or right to appear and contest the application, as is allowed by this chapter. And,(5) Liens, claims or rights, if any, arising or existing under the constitution or laws of the United States, and which the statutes of this state cannot or do not require to appear of record in the office of the county clerk and county auditor.[ 1907 c 250 § 30; RRS § 10654.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.200 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.200 - Decree—Contents—Filing.

RCW 65.12.200 Decree—Contents—Filing.Every decree of registration shall bear the date of the year, day, hour, and minute of its entry, and shall be signed by the judge of the superior court of the state of Washington in and for the county in which the land is situated; it shall state whether the owner is married or unmarried, and if married, the name of the husband or wife; if the owner is under disability it shall state the nature of the disability, and if a minor, shall state his or her age. It shall contain a description of the land as finally determined by the court, and shall set forth the estate of the owner, and also in such manner as to show their relative priority, all particular estates, mortgages, easements, liens, attachments, homesteads, and other incumbrances, including rights of husband and wife, if any, to which the land or the owner's estate is subject, and shall contain any other matter or information properly to be determined by the court in pursuance of this chapter. The decree shall be stated in a convenient form for transcription upon the certificate of title, to be made as hereinafter provided by the registrar of titles. Immediately upon the filing of the decree of registration, the clerk shall file a certified copy thereof in the office of the registrar of titles.[ 2012 c 117 § 226; 1907 c 250 § 31; RRS § 10655.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.210 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.210 - Interest acquired after filing application.

RCW 65.12.210 Interest acquired after filing application.Any person who shall take by conveyance, attachment, judgment, lien or otherwise any right, title or interest in the land, subsequent to the filing of a copy of the application for registration in the office of the county auditor, shall at once appear and answer as a party defendant in the proceeding for registration, and the right, title or interest of such person shall be subject to the order or decree of the court.[ 1907 c 250 § 32; RRS § 10656.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.220 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.220 - Registration—Effect.

RCW 65.12.220 Registration—Effect.The obtaining of a decree of registration and receiving of a certificate of title shall be deemed an agreement running with the land and binding upon the applicant and the successors in title, that the land shall be and forever remain registered land, subject to the provisions of this chapter and of all acts amendatory thereof, unless the same shall be withdrawn from registration in the manner hereinafter provided. All dealings with the land or any estate or interest therein after the same has been brought under this chapter, and all liens, encumbrances, and charges upon the same shall be made only subject to the terms of this chapter, so long as said land shall remain registered land and until the same shall be withdrawn from registration in the manner hereinafter provided.[ 1917 c 62 § 1; 1907 c 250 § 33; RRS § 10657.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.225 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.225 - Withdrawal authorized—Effect.

RCW 65.12.225 Withdrawal authorized—Effect.The owner or owners of any lands, the title to which has been or shall hereafter be registered in the manner provided by law, shall have the right to withdraw said lands from registration in the manner hereinafter provided, and after the same have been so withdrawn from registration, shall have the right to contract concerning, convey, encumber or otherwise deal with the title to said lands as freely and to the same extent and in the same manner as though the title had not been registered.[ 1917 c 62 § 2; RRS § 10658.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.230 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.230 - Application to withdraw.

RCW 65.12.230 Application to withdraw.The owner or owners of registered lands, desiring to withdraw the same from registration, shall make and file with the registrar of titles in the county in which said lands are situated, an application in substantially the following form:To the registrar of titles in the county of . . . . . ., state of Washington:I, (or we), . . . . . ., the undersigned registered owner . . . in fee simple of the following described real property situated in the county of . . . . . ., state of Washington, to wit: (here insert the description of the property), hereby make application to have the title to said real property withdrawn from registration.Witness my (or our) hand . . . and seal . . . this . . . . day of . . . . . ., (year) . . . . . . . . Applicant's signature.Said application shall be acknowledged in the same manner as is required for the acknowledgment of deeds.[ 2016 c 202 § 44; 1917 c 62 § 3; RRS § 10659.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.235 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.235 - Certificate of withdrawal.

RCW 65.12.235 Certificate of withdrawal.Upon the filing of such application and the payment of a fee of five dollars, the registrar of titles, if it shall appear that the application is signed and acknowledged by all the registered owners of said land, shall issue to the applicant a certificate in substantially the following form:This is to certify, That . . . . . . the owner (or owners) in fee simple of the following described lands situated in the county of . . . . . ., state of Washington, the title to which has been heretofore registered under the laws of the state of Washington, to wit: (here insert description of the property), having heretofore filed his or her (or their) application for the withdrawal of the title to said lands from the registry system; NOW, THEREFORE, The title to said above described lands has been withdrawn from the effect and operation of the title registry system of the state of Washington and the owner (or owners) of said lands is (or are) by law authorized to contract concerning, convey, encumber, or otherwise deal with the title to said lands in the same manner and to the same extent as though said title had never been registered.Witness my hand and seal this . . . . day of . . . . . ., (year) . . . . . . . . Registrar of Titles for . . . . . . . . county.[ 2016 c 202 § 45; 2012 c 117 § 227; 1973 c 121 § 1; 1917 c 62 § 4; RRS § 10660.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.240 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.240 - Effect of recording.

RCW 65.12.240 Effect of recording.The person receiving such certificate of withdrawal shall record the same in the record of deeds in the office of the county auditor of the county in which the lands are situated and thereafter the title to said lands shall be conveyed or encumbered in the same manner as the title to lands that have not been registered.[ 1917 c 62 § 5; RRS § 10661.]