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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>BTW, if necessary, the WLTA can “support” this bill instead of remaining neutral, but I’d like to talk to Joe McCarthy first.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>George<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>George Peters, WTP<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>Washington Land Title Association<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://washingtonlandtitle.com/"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue'>http://washingtonlandtitle.com</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>Mail: PO Box 328, Lynnwood, WA 98046<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>Delivery: 6817 208<sup>th</sup> St SW, #328, Lynnwood, WA 98036<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>206-437-5869 (Mobile)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>206-260-4731 (Fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:execdirector@wltaonline.org"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue'>execdirector@washingtonlandtitle.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><img border=0 width=169 height=97 style='width:1.7583in;height:1.0083in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image001.jpg@01DA423E.E85EE670" alt="WLTA Logo w-Ring Blue 1a"><img border=0 width=95 height=95 style='width:.9916in;height:.9916in' id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image002.jpg@01DA423E.E85EE670"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>This is a confidential communication intended solely for the named recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy it and call George Peters at 206-437-5869 immediately. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'> George Peters <execdirector@washingtonlandtitle.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 8, 2024 2:22 PM<br><b>To:</b> legislativecommittee1@washingtonlandtitle.com<br><b>Subject:</b> SB 5796 (Common Interest Communities)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>I have reviewed all 193 pages (yawn…) and do not find anything to warrant opposition by WLTA. Its main intent is to update many cross-related provisions of various RCWs to be consistent with WUCIOA. My recommendation is “neutral”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>This amends existing WUCIOA (RCW 64.90) with respect to CICs (plats, condos, cooperatives & “miscellaneous communities”) but also many related chapters, particularly those involving HOAs, but also the foreclosure & subdivision statutes. Too many sections to list here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>However, I have some questions for the drafter that involve what appear to me to be inconsistencies or ambiguities, and will discuss with Joe McCarthy at Stoel Rives. (I assume he is the principal drafter of this bill, having chaired the Bar committee that drafted it.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>I did not look for a companion House bill for comparison,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>George<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>George Peters, WTP<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>Washington Land Title Association<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://washingtonlandtitle.com/"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue'>http://washingtonlandtitle.com</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>Mail: PO Box 328, Lynnwood, WA 98046<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>Delivery: 6817 208<sup>th</sup> St SW, #328, Lynnwood, WA 98036<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>206-437-5869 (Mobile)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>206-260-4731 (Fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:execdirector@wltaonline.org"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue'>execdirector@washingtonlandtitle.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><img border=0 width=169 height=97 style='width:1.7583in;height:1.0083in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01DA423E.E85EE670" alt="WLTA Logo w-Ring Blue 1a"><img border=0 width=95 height=95 style='width:.9916in;height:.9916in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01DA423E.E85EE670"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>This is a confidential communication intended solely for the named recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy it and call George Peters at 206-437-5869 immediately. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>