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WA Rev Code § 65.12.245 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.245 - Title prior to withdrawal unaffected.

RCW 65.12.245 Title prior to withdrawal unaffected.*This act shall not be construed to disturb the effect of any proceedings under said registry system, wherein the question of title to said real property has been determined, but all proceedings had in connection with the registering of said title, relating to the settlement or determination of said title, prior to such withdrawal, shall have the same force and effect as if said title still remained under said registry system.[ 1917 c 62 § 6; RRS § 10662.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: The language "This act" appears in 1917 c 62 codified herein as RCW 65.12.220 through 65.12.245.
WA Rev Code § 65.12.250 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.250 - Entry of registration—Records.

RCW 65.12.250 Entry of registration—Records.Immediately upon the filing of the decree of registration in the office of the registrar of titles, the registrar shall proceed to register the title or interest pursuant to the terms of the decree in the manner herein provided. The registrar shall keep a book known as the "Register of Titles", wherein he or she shall enter all first and subsequent original certificates of title by binding or recording them therein in the order of their numbers, consecutively, beginning with number one, with appropriate blanks for entry of memorials and notations allowed by this chapter. Each certificate, with such blanks, shall constitute a separate page of such book. All memorials and notations that may be entered upon the register shall be entered upon the page whereon the last certificate of title of the land to which they relate is entered. The term "certificate of title" used in this chapter shall be deemed to include all memorials and notations thereon.[ 2012 c 117 § 228; 1907 c 250 § 34; RRS § 10663.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.255 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.255 - Certificate of title.

RCW 65.12.255 Certificate of title.The certificate of registration shall contain the name of the owner, a description of the land and of the estate of the owner, and shall by memorial or notation contain a description of all incumbrances, liens, and interests to which the estate of the owner is subject; it shall state the residence of the owner and, if a minor, give his or her age; if under disability, it shall state the nature of the disability; it shall state whether married or not, and, if married, the name of the husband or wife; in case of a trust, condition or limitation, it shall state the trust, condition, or limitation, as the case may be; and shall contain and conform in respect to all statements to the certified copy of the decree of registration filed with the registrar of titles as hereinbefore provided; and shall be in form substantially as follows:FIRST CERTIFICATE OF TITLEPursuant to order of the superior court of the state of Washington, in and for . . . . . . county.State of Washington,County of. . . .,ss.This is to certify that A. . . . . . B. . . . . . of . . . . . ., county of . . . . . ., state of . . . . . ., is now the owner of an estate (describe the estate) of, and in (describe the land), subject to the incumbrances, liens and interests noted by the memorial underwritten or indorsed thereon, subject to the exceptions and qualifications mentioned in the thirtieth section of "An Act relating to the registration and confirmation of titles to land," in the session laws of Washington for the year 1907 [RCW 65.12.195]. (Here note all statements provided herein to appear upon the certificate.)In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of my office this . . . . day of . . . . . ., A.D. (year) . . . .(Seal)   . . . ., Registrar of Titles.[ 2016 c 202 § 46; 2012 c 117 § 229; 1907 c 250 § 35; RRS § 10664.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.260 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.260 - Owner's certificate—Receipt.

RCW 65.12.260 Owner's certificate—Receipt.The registrar shall, at the time that he or she enters his or her original certificate of title, make an exact duplicate thereof, but putting on it the words "Owner's duplicate certificate of ownership," and deliver the same to the owner or to his or her attorney duly authorized. For the purpose of preserving evidence of the signature and handwriting of the owner in his or her office, it shall be the duty of the registrar to take from the owner, in every case where it is practicable so to do, his or her receipt for the certificate of title which shall be signed by the owner in person. Such receipt, when signed and delivered in the registrar's office, shall be witnessed by the registrar or deputy registrar. If such receipt is signed elsewhere, it shall be witnessed and acknowledged in the same manner as is now provided for the acknowledgment of deeds. When so signed, such receipt shall be prima facie evidence of the genuineness of such signature.[ 2012 c 117 § 230; 1907 c 250 § 36; RRS § 10665.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.265 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.265 - Tenants in common.

RCW 65.12.265 Tenants in common.Where two or more persons are registered owners as tenants in common or otherwise, one owner's duplicate certificate can be issued for the entirety, or a separate duplicate owner's certificate may be issued to each owner for his or her undivided share.[ 2012 c 117 § 231; 1907 c 250 § 37; RRS § 10666.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.270 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.270 - Subsequent certificates.

RCW 65.12.270 Subsequent certificates.All certificates subsequent to the first shall be in like form, except that they shall be entitled: "Transfer from No. . . . .", (the number of the next previous certificate relating to the same land), and shall also contain the words "Originally registered on the . . . . day of . . . . . ., (year) . . . ., and entered in the book . . . . . . at page . . . . of register."[ 2016 c 202 § 47; 1907 c 250 § 38; RRS § 10667.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.275 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.275 - Exchange of certificates—Platting land.

RCW 65.12.275 Exchange of certificates—Platting land.A registered owner holding one duplicate certificate for several distinct parcels of land may surrender it and take out several certificates for portions thereof. A registered owner holding several duplicate certificates for several distinct parcels of land may surrender them and take out a single duplicate certificate for all of said parcels, or several certificates for different portions thereof. Such exchange of certificates, however, shall only be made by the order of the court upon petition therefor duly made by the owner. An owner of registered land who shall subdivide such land into lots, blocks or acre tracts shall file with the registrar of titles a plat of said land so subdivided, in the same manner and subject to the same rules of law and restrictions as is provided for platting land that is not registered.[ 1907 c 250 § 39; RRS § 10668.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.280 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.280 - Effective date of certificate.

RCW 65.12.280 Effective date of certificate.The certificate of title shall relate back to and take effect as of the date of the decree of registration.[ 1907 c 250 § 40; RRS § 10669.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.290 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.290 - Certificate of title as evidence.

RCW 65.12.290 Certificate of title as evidence.The original certificate in the registration book, any copy thereof duly certified under the signature of the registrar of titles or his or her deputy, and authenticated by his of [or] her seal and also the owner's duplicate certificate shall be received as evidence in all the courts of this state, and shall be conclusive as to all matters contained therein, except so far as is otherwise provided in this chapter. In case of a variance between the owner's duplicate certificate and the original certificate, the original shall prevail.[ 2012 c 117 § 232; 1907 c 250 § 41; RRS § 10670.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.300 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.300 - Indexes and files—Forms.

RCW 65.12.300 Indexes and files—Forms.The registrar of titles, under the direction of the court, shall make and keep indexes of all duplication and of all certified copies and decrees of registration and certificates of titles, and shall also index and file in classified order all papers and instruments filed in his or her office relating to applications and to registered titles. The registrar shall also, under the direction of the court, prepare and keep forms of indexes and entry books. The court shall prepare and adopt convenient forms of certificates of titles, and also general forms of memorials or notations to be used by the registrars of titles in registering the common forms of conveyance and other instruments to express briefly their effect.[ 2012 c 117 § 233; 1907 c 250 § 42; RRS § 10671.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.310 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.310 - Tract and alphabetical indexes.

RCW 65.12.310 Tract and alphabetical indexes.The registrar of titles shall keep tract indexes, in which shall be entered the lands registered in the numerical order of the townships, ranges, sections, and in cases of subdivisions, the blocks and lots therein, and the names of the owners, with a reference to the volume and page of the register of titles in which the lands are registered. He or she shall also keep alphabetical indexes, in which shall be entered, in alphabetical order, the names of all registered owners, and all other persons interested in, or holding charges upon, or any interest in, the registered land, with a reference to the volume and page of the register of titles in which the land is registered.[ 2012 c 117 § 234; 1907 c 250 § 43; RRS § 10672.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.320 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.320 - Dealings with registered land.

RCW 65.12.320 Dealings with registered land.The owner of registered land may convey, mortgage, lease, charge, or otherwise incumber, dispose of, or deal with the same as fully as if it had not been registered. He or she may use forms of deeds, trust deeds, mortgages and leases or voluntary instruments, like those now in use, and sufficient in law for the purpose intended. But no voluntary instrument of conveyance, except a will and a lease, for a term not exceeding three years, purporting to convey or affect registered land, shall take effect as a conveyance, or bind the land; but shall operate only as a contract between the parties, and as evidence of the authority to the registrar of titles to make registration. The act of registration shall be the operative act to convey or affect the land.[ 2012 c 117 § 235; 1907 c 250 § 44; RRS § 10673.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.330 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.330 - Registration has effect of recording.

RCW 65.12.330 Registration has effect of recording.Every conveyance, lien, attachment, order, decree, judgment of a court of record, or instrument or entry which would, under existing law, if recorded, filed or entered in the office of the county clerk, and county auditor, of the county in which the real estate is situate, affect the said real estate to which it relates, if the title thereto were not registered, shall, if recorded, filed or entered in the office of the registrar of titles in the county where the real estate to which such instrument relates is situate, affect in like manner the title thereto if registered, and shall be notice to all persons from the time of such recording, filing or entering.[ 1907 c 250 § 45; RRS § 10674.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.340 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.340 - Filing—Numbering—Indexing—Public records.

RCW 65.12.340 Filing—Numbering—Indexing—Public records.The registrar of titles shall number and note in a proper book to be kept for that purpose, the year, month, day, hour and minute of reception and number of all conveyances, orders or decrees, writs or other process, judgments, liens, or all other instruments, or papers or orders affecting the title of land, the title to which is registered. Every instrument so filed shall be retained in the office of the registrar of titles, and shall be regarded as registered from the time so noted, and the memorial of each instrument, when made on the certificate of title to which it refers, shall bear the same date. Every instrument so filed, whether voluntary or involuntary, shall be numbered and indexed, and indorsed with a reference to the proper certificate of title. All records and papers, relating to registered land, in the office of the registrar of titles shall be open to public inspection, in the same manner as are now the papers and records in the office of the county clerk and county auditor.[ 1907 c 250 § 46; RRS § 10675.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.350 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.350 - Duplicate of instruments certified—Fees.

RCW 65.12.350 Duplicate of instruments certified—Fees.Duplicates of all instruments, voluntary or involuntary, filed and registered in the office of the registrar of titles, may be presented with the originals, and shall be attested and sealed by the registrar of titles, and indorsed with the file number and other memoranda on the originals, and may be taken away by the person presenting the same. Certified copies of all instruments filed and registered may be obtained from the registrar of titles, on the payment of a fee of the same amount as is now allowed the county clerk and county auditor, for a like certified copy.[ 1907 c 250 § 47; RRS § 10676.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.360 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.360 - New certificate—Register of less than fee—When form of memorial in doubt.

RCW 65.12.360 New certificate—Register of less than fee—When form of memorial in doubt.No new certificate shall be entered or issued upon any transfer of registered land, which does not divest the title in fee simple of said land or some part thereof, from the owner or some one of the registered owners. All interest in the registered land, less than a freehold estate, shall be registered by filing with the registrar of titles, the instruments creating, transferring, or claiming such interest, and by a brief memorandum or memorial thereof, made by a registrar of titles upon the certificate of title, and signed by him or her. A similar memorandum, or memorial, shall also be made on the owner's duplicate.The cancellation or extinguishment of such interests shall be registered in the same manner. When any party in interest does not agree as to the proper memorial to be made upon the filing of any instrument, (voluntary or involuntary), presented for registration, or where the registrar of titles is in doubt as to the form of such memorial, the question shall be referred to the court for decision, either on the certificate of the registrar of titles, or upon the demand in writing of any party in interest.The registrar of titles shall bring before the court all the papers and evidence which may be necessary for the determination of the question by the court. The court, after notice to all parties in interest and a hearing, shall enter an order prescribing the form of the memorial, and the registrar of titles shall make registration in accordance therewith.[ 2012 c 117 § 236; 1907 c 250 § 48; RRS § 10677.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.370 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.370 - Owner's certificate to be produced when new certificate issued.

RCW 65.12.370 Owner's certificate to be produced when new certificate issued.No new certificates of titles shall be entered, and no memorial shall be made upon any certificate of title, in pursuance of any deed, or other voluntary instrument, unless the owner's duplicate certificate is presented with such instrument, except in cases provided for in this chapter, or upon the order of the court for cause shown; and whenever such order is made a memorial therefor shall be entered, or a new certificate issued, as directed by said order. The production of the owner's duplicate certificate, whenever any voluntary instrument is presented for registration, shall be conclusive authority from the registered owner to the registrar of titles, to enter a new certificate, or to make a memorial of registration in accordance with such instrument; and a new certificate or memorial shall be binding upon the registered owner and upon all persons claiming under him or her in favor of every purchaser for value and in good faith.[ 2012 c 117 § 237; 1907 c 250 § 49; RRS § 10678.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.375 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.375 - Owner's duplicate certificate.

RCW 65.12.375 Owner's duplicate certificate.In the event that an owner's duplicate certificate of title shall be lost, mislaid or destroyed, the owner may make affidavit of the fact before any officer authorized to administer oaths, stating, with particularly, the facts relating to such loss, mislaying or destruction, and shall file the same in the office of the registrar of titles.Any party in interest may thereupon apply to the court, and the court shall, upon proofs of the facts set forth in the affidavits, enter an order directing the registrar of titles to make and issue a new owner's duplicate certificate, such new owner's duplicate certificate shall be printed or marked, "Certified copy of owner's duplicate certificate", and such certified copy shall stand in the place of and have like effect as the owner's duplicate certificate.[ 1907 c 250 § 50; RRS § 10679.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.380 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.380 - Conveyance of registered land.

RCW 65.12.380 Conveyance of registered land.An owner of registered land, conveying the same, or any portion thereof, in fee, shall execute a deed of conveyance, which the grantor shall file with the registrar of titles in the county where the land lies. The owner's duplicate certificate shall be surrendered at the same time and shall be by the registrar marked "Canceled". The original certificate of title shall also be marked "Canceled". The registrar of titles shall thereupon entered in the register of titles, a new certificate of title to the grantee, and shall prepare and deliver to such grantee an owner's duplicate certificate. All incumbrances, claims, or interests adverse to the title of the registered owner shall be stated upon the new certificate or certificates, except insofar as they may be simultaneously released or discharged.When only a part of the land described in a certificate is transferred, or some estate or interest in the land is to remain in the transferor, a new certificate shall be issued to him or her, for the part, estate, or interest remaining in him or her.[ 2012 c 117 § 238; 1907 c 250 § 51; RRS § 10680.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.390 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.390 - Certificate of tax payment.

RCW 65.12.390 Certificate of tax payment.Before any deed, plat or other instrument affecting registered land shall be filed or registered in the office of the registrar of titles, the owner shall present a certificate from the county treasurer showing that all taxes then due thereon have been paid.[ 1907 c 250 § 52; RRS § 10681.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.400 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.400 - Registered land charged as other land.

RCW 65.12.400 Registered land charged as other land.Registered land and ownership therein shall in all respects be subject to the same burdens and incidents which attach by law to unregistered land. Nothing contained in this chapter shall in any way be construed to relieve registered land, or the owners thereof, from any rights incident to the relation of husband and wife, or from liability to attachment of mesne process, or levy on execution, or from liability from any lien of any description established by law on land or the improvements thereon, or the interest of the owner in such land or improvements, or to change the laws of descent, or the rights of partition between cotenants, or the right to take the same by eminent domain, or to relieve such land from liability to be recovered by an assignee in insolvency or trustee in bankruptcy, under the provisions of law relating thereto; or to change or affect in any way, any other rights or liabilities, created by law, applicable to unregistered land, except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, or any amendments hereof.[ 1907 c 250 § 53; RRS § 10682.]
WA Rev Code § 65.12.410 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 65 - Recording, Registration, and Legal Publication|Chapter 65.12 - Registration of Land Titles (Torrens Act).|65.12.410 - Conveyances by attorney-in-fact.

RCW 65.12.410 Conveyances by attorney-in-fact.Any person may by attorney convey or otherwise deal with registered land, but the letters or power of attorney shall be acknowledged and filed with the registrar of titles, and registered. Any instrument revoking such letters, or power of attorney, shall be acknowledged in like manner.[ 1907 c 250 § 54; RRS § 10683.]