Vesting Types – Single, Married, or Separate…
Title to real property may be held in a variety of ways in the state of Washington. And the specific way a vesting is written determinines how title is held. Below are several explanations and examples of the common ways title may be held by individuals or two or more people in Washington State.
VESTING FOR ONE SINGLE PERSON –
When holding title as a single person, any of the following vestings are acceptable:
“John Q. Brown, a single man”,
“Mary S. Jones, a single individual”,
“John Q. Brown, an unmarried person”,
“Mary S. Jones, an unmarried woman”,
It is acceptable, although unnecessary, to…
Keen Title Examiner Discovers Forgery
The vesting on the open order sheet did not match the vested owner of record. That is not an unusual discovery in the title industry, but this time it triggered the title examiner to dig deeper and to uncover a forgery! One of our sister branches in Denver opened a sale transaction in the amount […]