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WA Rev Code § 64.06.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.06 - Real Property Transfers—Sellers' Disclosures.|64.06.030 - Delivery of disclosure statement—Buyer's options—Time frame.

RCW 64.06.030 Delivery of disclosure statement—Buyer's options—Time frame.Unless the buyer has expressly waived the right to receive the disclosure statement, not later than five business days or as otherwise agreed to, after mutual acceptance of a written agreement between a buyer and a seller for the purchase and sale of residential real property, the seller shall deliver to the buyer a completed, signed, and dated real property transfer disclosure statement. Within three business days, or as otherwise agreed to, of receipt of the real property transfer disclosure statement, the buyer shall have the right to exercise one of the following two options: (1) Approving and accepting the real property transfer disclosure statement; or (2) rescinding the agreement for the purchase and sale of the property, which decision may be made by the buyer in the buyer's sole discretion. If the buyer elects to rescind the agreement, the buyer must deliver written notice of rescission to the seller within the three-business-day period, or as otherwise agreed to, and upon delivery of the written rescission notice the buyer shall be entitled to immediate return of all deposits and other considerations less any agreed disbursements paid to the seller, or to the seller's agent or an escrow agent for the seller's account, and the agreement for purchase and sale shall be void. If the buyer does not deliver a written recision notice to [the] seller within the three-business-day period, or as otherwise agreed to, the real property transfer disclosure statement will be deemed approved and accepted by the buyer.[ 1996 c 301 § 3; 1994 c 200 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 64.06.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.06 - Real Property Transfers—Sellers' Disclosures.|64.06.050 - Error, inaccuracy, or omission in disclosure statement—Actual knowledge—Liability.

RCW 64.06.050 Error, inaccuracy, or omission in disclosure statement—Actual knowledge—Liability.(1) The seller shall not be liable for any error, inaccuracy, or omission in the real property transfer disclosure statement if the seller had no actual knowledge of the error, inaccuracy, or omission. Unless the seller has actual knowledge of an error, inaccuracy, or omission in a real property transfer disclosure statement, the seller shall not be liable for such error, inaccuracy, or omission if the disclosure was based on information provided by public agencies, or by other persons providing information within the scope of their professional license or expertise, including, but not limited to, a report or opinion delivered by a land surveyor, title company, title insurance company, structural inspector, pest inspector, licensed engineer, or contractor.(2) Any real estate licensee involved in a real property transaction is not liable for any error, inaccuracy, or omission in the real property transfer disclosure statement if the licensee had no actual knowledge of the error, inaccuracy, or omission. Unless the licensee has actual knowledge of an error, inaccuracy, or omission in a real property transfer disclosure statement, the licensee shall not be liable for such error, inaccuracy, or omission if the disclosure was based on information provided by public agencies, or by other persons providing information within the scope of their professional license or expertise, including, but not limited to, a report or opinion delivered by a land surveyor, title company, title insurance company, structural inspector, pest inspector, licensed engineer, or contractor.[ 2010 c 64 § 6; 1996 c 301 § 5; 1994 c 200 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 64.06.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.06 - Real Property Transfers—Sellers' Disclosures.|64.06.060 - Consumer protection act does not apply.

RCW 64.06.060 Consumer protection act does not apply.The legislature finds that the practices covered by this chapter are not matters vitally affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW.[ 1994 c 200 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 64.06.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.06 - Real Property Transfers—Sellers' Disclosures.|64.06.070 - Buyer's rights or remedies.

RCW 64.06.070 Buyer's rights or remedies.Except as provided in RCW 64.06.050, nothing in this chapter shall extinguish or impair any rights or remedies of a buyer of real estate against the seller or against any agent acting for the seller otherwise existing pursuant to common law, statute, or contract; nor shall anything in this chapter create any new right or remedy for a buyer of real property other than the right of recision exercised on the basis and within the time limits provided in this chapter.[ 2010 c 64 § 7; 1996 c 301 § 6; 1994 c 200 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 64.06.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.06 - Real Property Transfers—Sellers' Disclosures.|64.06.080 - Seller and landlord disclosure requirement—Electronic notice by city or county.

RCW 64.06.080 Seller and landlord disclosure requirement—Electronic notice by city or county.(1) Any ordinance, resolution, or policy adopted by a city or county that imposes a requirement on landlords or sellers of real property, or their agents, to provide information to a buyer or tenant pertaining to the subject property or the surrounding area is effective only after:(a) A summary of the ordinance, resolution, or policy is posted electronically in accordance with RCW 43.110.030(2)(e); and(b) An internet link to the ordinance, resolution, or policy, or the relevant portion of the actual language of the ordinance, resolution, or policy, is posted electronically in accordance with RCW 43.110.030(2)(e).(2) If, prior to June 9, 2016, a city or county adopted an ordinance, resolution, or policy that imposes a requirement on landlords or sellers of real property, or their agents, to provide information to a buyer or tenant pertaining to the subject property or the surrounding area, the city or county must cause, within ninety days of June 9, 2016:(a) A summary of the ordinance, resolution, or policy to be posted electronically in accordance with RCW 43.110.030(2)(e); and(b) An internet link to the ordinance, resolution, or policy, or the relevant portion of the actual language of the ordinance, resolution, or policy, to be posted electronically in accordance with RCW 43.110.030(2)(e). If the requirement is not electronically posted as required by this subsection, the requirement must thereafter cease to be in effect.[ 2016 c 138 § 1; 2015 2nd sp.s. c 10 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 64.06.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.06 - Real Property Transfers—Sellers' Disclosures.|64.06.090 - Oil tank for heating—No cost insurance—Seller's notice.

RCW 64.06.090 Oil tank for heating—No cost insurance—Seller's notice.A seller of residential real property shall make available to the buyer the following statement: "This notice is to inform you that if the real property you are considering for purchase utilizes an oil tank for heating purposes, no cost insurance may be available from the pollution liability insurance agency."[ 2018 c 289 § 1.]NOTES:Effective date—2018 c 289: "This act takes effect January 1, 2020." [ 2018 c 289 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 64.06.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.06 - Real Property Transfers—Sellers' Disclosures.|64.06.900 - Effective date—1994 c 200.

RCW 64.06.900 Effective date—1994 c 200.This act shall take effect on January 1, 1995.[ 1994 c 200 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 64.08.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.08 - Acknowledgments.|64.08.010 - Who may take acknowledgments.

RCW 64.08.010 Who may take acknowledgments.Acknowledgments of deeds, mortgages and other instruments in writing, required to be acknowledged may be taken in this state before a justice of the supreme court, or the clerk thereof, or the deputy of such clerk, before a judge of the court of appeals, or the clerk thereof, before a judge of the superior court, or qualified court commissioner thereof, or the clerk thereof, or the deputy of such clerk, or a county auditor, or the deputy of such auditor, or a qualified notary public, or a qualified United States commissioner appointed by any district court of the United States for this state, and all said instruments heretofore executed and acknowledged according to the provisions of this section are hereby declared legal and valid.[ 1971 c 81 § 131; 1931 c 13 § 1; 1929 c 33 § 3; RRS § 10559. Prior: 1913 c 14 § 1; Code 1881 § 2315; 1879 p 110 § 1; 1877 p 317 § 5; 1875 p 107 § 1; 1873 p 466 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 64.08.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.08 - Acknowledgments.|64.08.020 - Acknowledgments out of state—Certificate.

RCW 64.08.020 Acknowledgments out of state—Certificate.Acknowledgments of deeds conveying or encumbering real estate situated in this state, or any interest therein, and other instruments in writing, required to be acknowledged, may be taken in any other state or territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, or in any possession of the United States, before any person authorized to take the acknowledgments of deeds by the laws of the state, territory, district, or possession wherein the acknowledgment is taken, or before any commissioner appointed by the governor of this state, for that purpose, but unless such acknowledgment is taken before a commissioner so appointed by the governor, or before the clerk of a court of record of such state, territory, district, or possession, or before a notary public or other officer having a seal of office, the instrument shall have attached thereto a certificate of the clerk of a court of record of the county, parish, or other political subdivision of such state, territory, district, or possession wherein the acknowledgment was taken, under the seal of said court, certifying that the person who took the acknowledgment, and whose name is subscribed to the certificate thereof, was at the date thereof such officer as he or she represented himself or herself to be, authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, and that the clerk verily believes the signature of the person subscribed to the certificate of acknowledgment to be genuine.[ 2012 c 117 § 190; 1929 c 33 § 4; RRS §§ 10560, 10561. Prior: Code 1881 §§ 2316, 2317; 1877 p 313 §§ 6, 7; 1873 p 466 §§ 6, 7; 1867 pp 93, 94 §§ 1, 2; 1866 p 89 § 1; 1865 p 25 § 1. Formerly RCW 64.08.020 and 64.08.030.]
WA Rev Code § 64.08.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.08 - Acknowledgments.|64.08.040 - Foreign acknowledgments, who may take.

RCW 64.08.040 Foreign acknowledgments, who may take.Acknowledgments of deeds conveying or encumbering real estate situated in this state, or any interest therein and other instruments in writing, required to be acknowledged, may be taken in any foreign country before any minister, plenipotentiary, secretary of legation, charge d'affaires, consul general, consul, vice consul, consular agent, or commercial agent appointed by the United States government, or before any notary public, or before the judge, clerk, or other proper officer of any court of said country, or before the mayor or other chief magistrate of any city, town or other municipal corporation therein.[ 1929 c 33 § 5; RRS § 10563, part. Prior: 1901 c 53 § 1; 1888 p 1 § 1; Code 1881 § 2319; 1875 p 108 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 64.08.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.08 - Acknowledgments.|64.08.050 - Certificate of acknowledgment—Evidence.

RCW 64.08.050 Certificate of acknowledgment—Evidence.The officer, or person, taking an acknowledgment as in this chapter provided, shall certify the same by a certificate written upon or annexed to the instrument acknowledged and signed by him or her and sealed with his or her official seal, if any, and reciting in substance that the person, or persons, known to him or her as, or determined by satisfactory evidence to be, the person, or persons, whose name, or names, are signed to the instrument as executing the same, acknowledged before him or her on the date stated in the certificate that he, she, or they, executed the same freely and voluntarily. Such certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein recited. The officer or person taking the acknowledgment has satisfactory evidence that a person is the person whose name is signed on the instrument if that person: (1) Is personally known to the officer or person taking the acknowledgment; (2) is identified upon the oath or affirmation of a credible witness personally known to the officer or person taking the acknowledgment; or (3) is identified on the basis of identification documents.[ 1988 c 69 § 1; 1929 c 33 § 6; RRS §§ 10564, 10565. Prior: Code 1881 §§ 2320, 2321; 1879 p 158 §§ 2, 3.]
WA Rev Code § 64.08.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.08 - Acknowledgments.|64.08.060 - Form of certificate for individual.

RCW 64.08.060 Form of certificate for individual.A certificate of acknowledgment for an individual, substantially in the following form or, after December 31, 1985, substantially in the form set forth in RCW 42.45.140(1), shall be sufficient for the purposes of this chapter and for any acknowledgment required to be taken in accordance with this chapter:State ofCounty of. . . .. . . .ss.On this day personally appeared before me (here insert the name of grantor or grantors) to me known to be the individual, or individuals described in and who executed the within and foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he (she or they) signed the same as his (her or their) free and voluntary act and deed, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned. Given under my hand and official seal this . . . . day of . . . . . ., (year) . . . . (Signature of officer and official seal)If acknowledgment is taken before a notary public of this state the signature shall be followed by substantially the following: Notary Public in and for the state of Washington, residing at . . . . . . . . ., (giving place of residence).[ 2017 c 281 § 41; 2016 c 202 § 40; 1988 c 69 § 2; 1929 c 33 § 13; RRS § 10566. Prior: 1888 p 51 § 2; 1886 p 179 § 7.]NOTES:Effective date—2017 c 281: See RCW 42.45.905.
WA Rev Code § 64.08.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.08 - Acknowledgments.|64.08.070 - Form of certificate for corporation.

RCW 64.08.070 Form of certificate for corporation.A certificate of acknowledgment for a corporation, substantially in the following form or, after December 31, 1985, substantially in the form set forth in RCW 42.45.140(2), shall be sufficient for the purposes of this chapter and for any acknowledgment required to be taken in accordance with this chapter:State ofCounty of. . . .. . . .ss.On this . . . . day of . . . . . ., (year) . . . ., before me personally appeared . . . . . ., to me known to be the (president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, or other authorized officer or agent, as the case may be) of the corporation that executed the within and foregoing instrument, and acknowledged said instrument to be the free and voluntary act and deed of said corporation, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned, and on oath stated that he or she was authorized to execute said instrument and that the seal affixed is the corporate seal of said corporation.In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year first above written. (Signature and title of officer with place of residence of notary public.)[ 2017 c 281 § 42; 2016 c 202 § 41; 2012 c 117 § 191; 1988 c 69 § 3; 1929 c 33 § 14; RRS § 10567. Prior: 1903 c 132 § 1.]NOTES:Effective date—2017 c 281: See RCW 42.45.905.
WA Rev Code § 64.08.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.08 - Acknowledgments.|64.08.090 - Authority of superintendents, business managers, and officers of correctional institutions to take acknowledgments and administer oaths—Procedure.

RCW 64.08.090 Authority of superintendents, business managers, and officers of correctional institutions to take acknowledgments and administer oaths—Procedure.The superintendents, associate and assistant superintendents, business managers, records officers, and camp superintendents of any correctional institution or facility operated by the state of Washington are hereby authorized and empowered to take acknowledgments on any instruments of writing, and certify the same in the manner required by law, and to administer all oaths required by law to be administered, all of the foregoing acts to have the same effect as if performed by a notary public: PROVIDED, That such authority shall only extend to taking acknowledgments for and administering oaths to officers, employees, and residents of such institutions and facilities. None of the individuals herein empowered to take acknowledgments and administer oaths shall demand or accept any fee or compensation whatsoever for administering or taking any oath, affirmation, or acknowledgment under the authority conferred by this section.In certifying any oath or in signing any instrument officially, an individual empowered to do so under this section shall, in addition to his or her name, state in writing his or her place of residence, the date of his or her action, and affix the seal of the institution where he or she is employed: PROVIDED, That in certifying any oath to be used in any of the courts of this state, it shall not be necessary to append an impression of the official seal of the institution.[ 2012 c 117 § 192; 1972 ex.s. c 58 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 64.08.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.08 - Acknowledgments.|64.08.100 - Acknowledgments by persons unable to sign name.

RCW 64.08.100 Acknowledgments by persons unable to sign name.Any person who is otherwise competent but is physically unable to sign his or her name or make a mark may make an acknowledgment authorized under this chapter by orally directing the notary public or other authorized officer taking the acknowledgment to sign the person's name on his or her behalf. In taking an acknowledgment under this section, the notary public or other authorized officer shall, in addition to stating his or her name and place of residence, state that the signature in the acknowledgment was obtained under the authority of this section.[ 1987 c 76 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 64.12.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.12 - Waste and Trespass.|64.12.010 - Waste actionable.

RCW 64.12.010 Waste actionable.Wrongs heretofore remediable by action of waste shall be subjects of actions as other wrongs.[Code 1881 § 600; 1877 p 125 § 605; 1869 p 143 § 554; 1854 p 206 § 403; RRS § 937.]
WA Rev Code § 64.12.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.12 - Waste and Trespass.|64.12.020 - Waste by guardian or tenant, action for.

RCW 64.12.020 Waste by guardian or tenant, action for.If a guardian, tenant in severalty or in common, for life or for years, or by sufferance, or at will, or a subtenant, of real property commit waste thereon, any person injured thereby may maintain an action at law for damages therefor against such guardian or tenant or subtenant; in which action, if the plaintiff prevails, there shall be judgment for treble damages, or for fifty dollars, whichever is greater, and the court, in addition may decree forfeiture of the estate of the party committing or permitting the waste, and of eviction from the property. The judgment, in any event, shall include as part of the costs of the prevailing party, a reasonable attorney's fee to be fixed by the court. But judgment of forfeiture and eviction shall only be given in favor of the person entitled to the reversion against the tenant in possession, when the injury to the estate in reversion is determined in the action to be equal to the value of the tenant's estate or unexpired term, or to have been done or suffered in malice.[ 1943 c 22 § 1; Code 1881 § 601; 1877 p 125 § 606; 1869 p 143 § 555; 1854 p 206 § 403; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 938.]
WA Rev Code § 64.12.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.12 - Waste and Trespass.|64.12.030 - Injury to or removing trees, etc.—Damages.

RCW 64.12.030 Injury to or removing trees, etc.—Damages.Whenever any person shall cut down, girdle, or otherwise injure, or carry off any tree, including a Christmas tree as defined in *RCW 76.48.020, timber, or shrub on the land of another person, or on the street or highway in front of any person's house, city or town lot, or cultivated grounds, or on the commons or public grounds of any city or town, or on the street or highway in front thereof, without lawful authority, in an action by the person, city, or town against the person committing the trespasses or any of them, any judgment for the plaintiff shall be for treble the amount of damages claimed or assessed.[ 2009 c 349 § 4; Code 1881 § 602; 1877 p 125 § 607; 1869 p 143 § 556; RRS § 939.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 76.48.020 was recodified as RCW 76.48.021 pursuant to 2009 c 245 § 29.Trespass, public lands: Chapter 79.02 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 64.12.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.12 - Waste and Trespass.|64.12.040 - Mitigating circumstances—Damages.

RCW 64.12.040 Mitigating circumstances—Damages.If upon trial of such action it shall appear that the trespass was casual or involuntary, or that the defendant had probable cause to believe that the land on which such trespass was committed was his or her own, or that of the person in whose service or by whose direction the act was done, or that such tree or timber was taken from uninclosed [unenclosed] woodlands, for the purpose of repairing any public highway or bridge upon the land or adjoining it, judgment shall only be given for single damages.[ 2012 c 117 § 193; Code 1881 § 603; 1877 p 125 § 608; 1869 p 143 § 557; RRS § 940.]
WA Rev Code § 64.12.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.12 - Waste and Trespass.|64.12.050 - Injunction to prevent waste on public land.

RCW 64.12.050 Injunction to prevent waste on public land.When any two or more persons are opposing claimants under the laws of the United States to any land in this state, and one is threatening to commit upon such land waste which tends materially to lessen the value of the inheritance and which cannot be compensated by damages and there is imminent danger that unless restrained such waste will be committed, the party, on filing his or her complaint and satisfying the court or judge of the existence of the facts, may have an injunction to restrain the adverse party. In all cases he or she shall give notice and bond as is provided in other cases where injunction is granted, and the injunction when granted shall be set aside or modified as is provided generally for injunction and restraining orders.[ 2012 c 117 § 194; Code 1881 § 604; 1877 p 125 § 609; 1869 p 144 § 558; 1854 p 206 § 404; RRS § 941.]NOTES:Injunction, generally: Chapter 7.40 RCW.