Quitclaim Deed Forms & Preparation For Everett, WA

Quit Claim Deed Prep for Everett, Washington

Three things to settle before anything else.

Washington requires a Real Estate Excise Tax Affidavit with essentially every deed — including transfers where no money changes hands. Adding a spouse, deeding to your own trust, gifting to a child: all of them need the affidavit, and the county processes it before the recorder will accept your deed. Submit a quit claim without one and it comes straight back. This is the most common Washington filing error, and it catches people who've done deeds in other states.

Everett deeds record with the Snohomish County Auditor — not a court, not a city office, and not King County. Washington counties handle land records, and in Snohomish County that function sits with the Auditor's Office rather than a "Recorder" as in King County. Same job, different title.

And the county line matters here more than most people realize. Snohomish County's southern boundary runs through developed territory — Bothell straddles it, and Brier, Mountlake Terrace, Woodway, and the Lynnwood-Shoreline edge sit close. A deed filed with the wrong county doesn't record. Bothell in particular is a genuine trap: the city spans both counties, and which side your parcel sits on determines which Auditor or Recorder gets your deed.

$9.99 — editable DOCX template · $225 — full document preparation · $400 — white glove with mobile or online notary and witnesses if needed.

Call 1-877-540-6104.

The Excise Tax Affidavit — Required Even When Nothing Is Owed

Washington imposes a Real Estate Excise Tax (REET), and the Department of Revenue's affidavit reports every transfer, taxable or not.

Every deed needs one. Even a $0 gift. Even moving your own house into your own revocable trust.

Many family transfers are exempt — but the exemption has to be claimed correctly. Washington's exemptions live in WAC 458-61A, each with its own subsection number: gifts with no consideration, transfers between spouses or domestic partners, transfers pursuant to a court-ordered dissolution, transfers to clear or exit title, and certain entity and trust transfers where beneficial ownership doesn't change. Wrong subsection or blank field means the affidavit gets kicked back, or tax gets assessed.

"No money changed hands" is not the same as "no consideration." If the person receiving the property takes on a mortgage — or their name goes on title while a loan balance stays on it — the debt relief can count as consideration, and excise tax can be owed. Ask a CPA or attorney before you sign, not after the bill arrives.

Rates are graduated at the state level with a local component that varies by jurisdiction, and Snohomish County's cities set different local rates. Confirm current figures with the Snohomish County Treasurer or the Department of Revenue.

We prepare the affidavit alongside your deed at the $225 and $400 tiers. We are not attorneys or tax advisors and cannot tell you whether your transfer is exempt or what tax you owe.

(Our Washington deed services page covers the affidavit, community property, Transfer on Death Deeds, and Washington's formatting rules in full. This page keeps those short and focuses on Snohomish County.)

Community Property — Who Actually Has to Sign

Washington is a community property state.

Property acquired during a marriage or state-registered domestic partnership is generally community property, owned by both partners regardless of whose name appears on the deed, and both spouses generally must sign to convey it. A deed signed by only one spouse conveying community property can be defective — even if only your name is on the current deed.

Property owned before the marriage, or received by gift or inheritance during it, is generally separate — but it can become mixed through mortgage payments, improvements, or refinancing. Community property agreements are a Washington-specific instrument that can convert property between community and separate and direct what happens at death; if you have one, bring it up at intake.

We'll tell you what the record shows and flag when a spouse's signature appears necessary. Whether property is community or separate in your situation is a legal determination we're not permitted to make.

Washington's Deed Formatting Rules

Washington law sets specific requirements for recorded documents (RCW 65.04.045), and the Auditor can refuse a noncompliant document or charge a nonstandard fee. Every deed we prepare meets them: top three inches of the first page reserved for the recording stamp, return address upper left, document title in the first-page title block, grantor and grantee names on the first page, abbreviated legal description on the first page with a reference to the full description's location, Snohomish County parcel number, reference numbers of related documents, compliant margins and type, and a Washington statutory notary acknowledgment under RCW 42.45.

The abbreviated legal description is the requirement people miss entirely — lot, block, and plat name for platted property, or quarter-quarter, section, township, and range for unplatted land. Snohomish County has substantial unplatted acreage, so the section-township-range form matters more here than in a fully platted urban county. Where a document can't meet the first-page requirements, a cover sheet goes on front.

What a Quit Claim Deed Does in Washington

A quit claim deed conveys whatever interest the grantor holds — nothing more. No warranty of title, no covenant against encumbrances, no representation that the grantor owns anything at all. Washington's statutory quit claim form appears at RCW 64.04.050. The alternatives are the statutory warranty deed (RCW 64.04.030), standard in an arm's-length sale, and the bargain and sale deed (RCW 64.04.040).

Quit claims fit parties who already know the history: spouses, former spouses under a dissolution decree, family members, co-owners unwinding a joint purchase, an owner and their own trust or LLC. Wrong instrument for a sale to a stranger.

To be recordable, a deed must be in writing, signed by the grantor, and acknowledged before a notary public (RCW 64.04.020). Washington does not require witnesses on a deed.

Everett Waterfront, Tidelands, and the Port

Everett sits on Port Gardner Bay at the mouth of the Snohomish River, and the waterfront history shows up in the land records.

Tidelands. Washington sold second-class tidelands into private ownership from statehood in 1889 until the practice was halted in 1971, and first-class tidelands in front of incorporated cities under separate rules. Whether your waterfront deed includes the adjoining tidelands depends entirely on the recorded chain — not the assessor's map, not what the neighbors say, not what the listing said. Tideland conveyances are often described separately from the upland, sometimes by reference to a state tideland survey with its own lot-and-block system. A deed conveying only the upland description doesn't convey tidelands the grantor may hold.

Harbor areas along the Everett waterfront were reserved by the state constitution and are not privately owned — a separate category from tidelands.

Aquatic lands leases from the Department of Natural Resources for structures over state-owned bedlands. Leases are not conveyed by a deed. Docks and moorage arrangements transfer separately from the land.

Shoreline Management Act jurisdiction on Port Gardner, the Snohomish River and its sloughs, Silver Lake, and Possession Sound frontage, with recorded restrictions on some parcels.

The mill and industrial waterfront. Everett was built on lumber and shingle mills, and the waterfront and riverfront corridors carried heavy industry for a century. Some parcels in and near former industrial areas carry recorded environmental covenants, institutional controls, or land use restrictions tied to prior site conditions or cleanup. These run with the land and bind the next owner. Also common: rail, pipeline, and utility easements, and fill and made land along the river delta with a documentary history that matters for boundary and environmental questions.

We flag every recorded easement and restriction we find. What any of it means for your rights, your liability, or any environmental question is a Washington attorney's work — and where environmental restrictions are recorded, one who handles that specifically.

Everett-Specific Things We Check

Boeing and the aerospace corridor. The Everett plant and the surrounding aerospace supply chain drive a large share of local ownership, and relocations, transfers, and layoff-driven moves mean one party to a deed is frequently already elsewhere. Remote execution is routine here.

Naval Station Everett. The homeport downtown means active-duty owners with deployment schedules. Military acknowledgments and remote online notarization both work — see below.

Rucker Hill, Northwest Everett, and the historic districts. Everett's early-twentieth-century wealth left substantial Victorian and Craftsman housing stock, some in designated historic districts with controls that bind the next owner. A few rehabilitated properties may carry recorded preservation easements.

Steep slopes and bluffs. The Rucker Hill and Grand Avenue bluffs, the Riverside slopes, and the Mukilteo-side terrain produce geologic hazard and landslide designations, with recorded restrictions on some parcels. Snohomish County's landslide history makes this more than a formality — critical area designations here are taken seriously and can carry recorded covenants permanently restricting portions of a lot.

Critical areas and native growth protection easements. Common on subdivisions built since the 1990s throughout the county. They permanently restrict a portion of the lot, run with the land, and bind whoever owns next.

Snohomish River valley and floodplain. Substantial agricultural land in the valley, with FEMA flood zone designations, recorded drainage easements, and levee and diking district arrangements.

Diking and drainage districts. The Snohomish valley has organized diking and drainage districts with recorded assessments, easements, and maintenance arrangements that run with the land — a genuinely local feature that doesn't appear in most Washington counties.

Current use classification. Washington's Open Space, Farm and Agricultural Land, and Designated Forest Land programs tax qualifying land on current use rather than market value, and Snohomish County has substantial enrolled acreage in the river valley and the eastern county. A transfer can affect classification, and removal can trigger back taxes, interest, and a penalty. On some transfers the new owner must sign a Notice of Continuance, which travels with the deed and affidavit. We flag classification during research and prepare the Notice where one applies. What a transfer does to your status is a question for the Snohomish County Assessor, a Washington attorney, or your CPA — before you sign.

Rural and eastern county acreage. Toward Snohomish, Monroe, Sultan, Granite Falls, Arlington, and the Cascade foothills: metes-and-bounds and section-township-range descriptions, access easements across neighboring land (the make-or-break item on rural property), timber rights and reservations, mineral reservations, and water rights appurtenant or separately held through the Department of Ecology. A deed silent where the prior deed carried water right or timber language can create a real problem.

Tulalip Tribes. The Tulalip Reservation is in Snohomish County northwest of Everett, and land in and around it can have title status — including trust land and allotment history — that is not conveyable by ordinary deed. We check what the record shows and flag anything unusual. Whether a particular parcel is affected, and what that means, is a legal determination requiring an attorney familiar with federal Indian law — genuinely specialized, and not something we're competent to advise on.

Condominiums. Everett has substantial condominium stock. A condominium legal description must identify the unit, the condominium name, the recorded declaration or survey map and plans, and the recording numbers. It cannot be drafted from a tax record.

Manufactured homes. Common in Snohomish County. A manufactured home may still be titled as personal property with the Department of Licensing rather than as real property, in which case a deed conveys the land but not the home. Washington has a process for eliminating the title. If a manufactured home is part of your transfer, tell us at intake.

Racially restrictive covenants. Snohomish County has affected properties. Void and unenforceable, never physically removed from the recorded documents. Washington provides a process under RCW 49.60.227 to have them struck — a petition matter through an attorney or the county's process, not a deed we can prepare. We'll tell you if one appears in your chain.

Multi-parcel properties. A house on one parcel and the lot next door on another, treated as one property for decades. If a prior deed conveyed one and not the other, a new deed copying that description transfers less than you own.

Before You Add a Child to Your Deed

Washington gives you a better tool than most states: a Transfer on Death Deed (TODD) under RCW 64.80, recorded now, transferring only at your death. You keep full ownership and control while alive, and you can revoke it any time.

On a Rucker Hill or north Everett house held since the 1970s, the basis difference alone can cost your child a large capital gains bill.

We can prepare either instrument at your direction. Which one fits your family is a legal determination that should come from a Washington estate attorney before anything is recorded. Snohomish County has legal aid resources, and many estate attorneys offer flat-fee consultations.

Why Everett Owners Come to Us

Adding a spouse or registered domestic partner after marriage or partnership.

Removing a former spouse or partner under a dissolution decree. The decree obligates the conveyance; the deed performs it, and Washington gives dissolution transfers their own excise tax exemption.

Removing a co-buyer. Two people bought together to reach the market; one is leaving.

Aerospace and military relocations. Boeing transfers, contractor moves, and Navy orders all mean one party is frequently already gone. Execution from a distance is routine.

Family transfers on long-held homes. Everett's mid-century and earlier owners hold property bought decades ago. Where no estate was administered, deeds may not be the whole solution.

Farm, timber, and rural acreage transfers in the valley and eastern county — with the water rights, timber reservation, access easement, diking district, and current use classification questions above riding along.

Trust funding. If your attorney drafted a trust and nobody recorded a deed, the trust isn't funded and the property goes through probate anyway. Name the trustee in that capacity with the exact trust name and date.

Rental property into an LLC. Everett has a substantial small-landlord market. Check your deed of trust for a due-on-transfer clause, talk to your insurance carrier, and understand the excise tax question.

Waterfront transfers, with everything above riding along.

Correcting a prior deed. Misspelled name, missing spouse signature on community property, wrong parcel number, wrong unit designation, a defective legal description, a missing abbreviated legal, or a dropped water right, timber, or easement reference.

What Your Everett Deed Must Contain

Document title — "Quit Claim Deed" — in the first-page title block, top three inches clear, return address upper left.

Full legal names of every grantor and grantee on the first page, matching the prior recorded deed, including both spouses where community property is involved. On trust and entity deeds, trustee capacity with the exact trust name and date, or the entity's exact registered name as filed with the Washington Secretary of State.

Abbreviated legal description on the first page, with a reference to the full description.

The complete legal description — lot, block, plat name, and recording reference for platted property; quarter-quarter, section, township, and range for unplatted land; unit and condominium declaration references for a condominium; and tideland or shoreland description where it applies, which may be a separate description entirely.

Snohomish County parcel number. Every parcel number where the property spans more than one.

Water right, timber, and mineral reservation references carried in the prior deed. Dropping these silently is a serious defect.

Easement, covenant, and restriction references — access, shared driveway, rail, pipeline, utility, drainage, diking and drainage district, flood and elevation restrictions, critical area and native growth protection easements, environmental covenants, shoreline restrictions, historic restrictions, and condominium or HOA declarations. Carried forward, not dropped.

Reference numbers of related documents being assigned or released.

Consideration stated consistent with the excise tax affidavit.

Words of conveyance in the statutory quit claim form under RCW 64.04.050.

Washington notary acknowledgment under RCW 42.45 — separate block per signer on multi-grantor deeds.

The completed Real Estate Excise Tax Affidavit, with the correct WAC 458-61A exemption subsection where one applies — plus a Notice of Continuance where current use classification applies and the transfer requires one.

We Do the Research. You Give Us an Address.

Snohomish County records search — the Auditor's index for the last recorded conveyance with its recording number, and the chain back as far as your transfer requires. Plus the Snohomish County Assessor's records for parcel number, current vesting, owner of record, assessed value, tax status, and whether the parcel is in a current use classification.

Tapestry / LandAccess — nationwide land records access, for chain of title work and retrieving prior instruments, plats, tideland surveys, and recorded declarations.

Snohomish County GIS and City of Everett mapping — to confirm the parcel number, actual boundaries, plat and section-township-range references, and to catch:

• Multi-parcel properties where a house and adjoining land carry separate parcel numbers

• Tideland and shoreland boundaries and separate tideland descriptions on waterfront parcels

• Shoreline jurisdiction on Port Gardner, the Snohomish River, and Silver Lake

• Recorded environmental covenants and institutional controls near former mill and industrial areas

• Rail, pipeline, and utility easements

• Steep slope, landslide, and geologic hazard designations and recorded restrictions

• Critical area covenants and native growth protection easements

• FEMA flood zones and recorded elevation or drainage restrictions

• Diking and drainage district boundaries, assessments, and easements

• Current use / Open Space / Farm and Agricultural / Designated Forest Land classification

• Water right, timber, and mineral reservations in the recorded chain

• Access easements and shared drives on rural and unplatted parcels

• Condominium parcels that map to a building or regime rather than a unit

• Manufactured home title status indications

• Historic district and landmark designations

• City boundaries — Everett versus Mukilteo, Marysville, Lake Stevens, Mill Creek, Lynnwood, Edmonds, or unincorporated county, which doesn't change your Auditor but does change your local excise tax rate and ordinances

• The King County line, particularly through Bothell

• Recorded liens and unreleased deeds of trust

Where a condominium is involved, we pull the recorded declaration and survey map so the unit designation, percentage interest, and recording references match the governing documents.

Call 1-877-540-6104 with the property address and the names of the parties.

Pricing

$9.99 — Editable Form Template. A downloadable Microsoft Word (DOCX) Washington quit claim deed formatted to RCW 65.04.045 recording standards. You supply the parties and the legal description. The template is the deed, not the excise tax affidavit — that's a Department of Revenue form you'll complete and file with the Snohomish County Treasurer yourself, and choosing the right WAC 458-61A exemption subsection is on you. Not recommended for waterfront or tideland property, rural acreage, parcels with water rights or timber reservations, current use-classified land, manufactured homes, condominium units, or multi-parcel properties.

$225 — Document Preparation. Research and drafting handled. Parcel verification, prior deed retrieval, chain review, full and abbreviated legal descriptions, tideland and shoreland description where it applies, water right, timber, easement, and declaration references, correct trustee or entity designation, community property review, current use classification flagging, the completed Real Estate Excise Tax Affidavit with the exemption subsection that appears to apply, and a record-ready package emailed with Snohomish County recording instructions. Multi-grantor deeds with individual acknowledgment blocks included.

$400 — White Glove Service. Preparation plus execution coordinated end to end:

• Mobile notary — a Washington-commissioned notary public — who travels to you: a Rucker Hill or north Everett house, a downtown or waterfront condominium, a Silver Lake or south Everett home, a property in Mukilteo, Marysville, or Lake Stevens, a farm in the Snohomish valley, acreage toward Granite Falls or Sultan, base housing or an office at Naval Station Everett, an office near the Boeing plant, a hospital room at Providence Regional Everett, an assisted living facility, a farm kitchen

• Remote online notarization, which Washington authorizes, for parties out of state, deployed, at sea, or unable to attend

• Witnesses provided when other documents in your package require them — deeds don't need them in Washington, but wills do

• Multi-party scheduling across states and time zones, including evenings and weekends, and around shift, duty, and farm schedules — the Boeing plant and the Navy both run around the clock, and a dairy operation doesn't sign at 5 a.m.

• A complete, execution-ready package with Snohomish County recording instructions

Recording fees are paid to the Snohomish County Auditor and are separate from our fees, as is any real estate excise tax owed, which is paid to the Snohomish County Treasurer. Washington's REET is graduated at the state level with an additional local rate that varies by city; rates and thresholds change — confirm current figures with the Snohomish County Treasurer or the Washington Department of Revenue. On current use-classified land, excise tax is separate from any back taxes, interest, and penalty that removal from classification can trigger, which can be substantially larger.

Signing When You're Deployed or Already Gone

With Naval Station Everett downtown and Boeing's transfer patterns, this comes up constantly.

Remote online notarization. Washington authorizes it. A grantor with a stable connection and valid ID can appear before a Washington electronic notary from anywhere.

Military acknowledgments. Federal law authorizes certain commissioned officers and judge advocates to take acknowledgments for service members and their dependents.

Consular acknowledgments. U.S. embassies and consulates provide notarial services abroad; availability varies by post.

Out-of-state notaries. Washington recognizes notarial acts validly performed under the law of the state where taken.

We ask which route is available during intake, not after drafting. 1-877-540-6104.

The Process

1. Contact us. Call or text 1-877-540-6104. Property address, who's conveying, who's receiving, and marital status of everyone on title. If waterfront, tidelands, a dock, rural acreage, current use classification, or a manufactured home is part of the picture, say so.

2. We confirm the county and research. First we confirm the parcel is in Snohomish County and not King — then Auditor and Assessor records, county GIS, Tapestry, and the recorded declaration if your unit is a condominium. You'll know your parcel number, your exact legal description, whether a spouse's signature appears necessary, whether tidelands or reservations appear in your chain, and which excise tax exemption looks applicable, before anything is drafted.

3. We draft and send for review. Deed plus excise tax affidavit, and a Notice of Continuance where one applies.

4. Execution and recording. You sign, notarize, take the affidavit to the Snohomish County Treasurer, and record with the Auditor — or with white glove we bring a Washington notary to you or run an online session, and return a fully executed package with step-by-step instructions.

One to two business days for platted city lots. Waterfront, rural acreage, and older chains take longer. Rush service available, and worth asking about if you're working against orders or a transfer date.

Where Everett Deeds Get Recorded

Snohomish County Auditor's Office — Recording Division, Snohomish County Administration Building, 3000 Rockefeller Avenue, Everett, WA 98201. Confirm the current recording address and hours before making a trip.

The excise tax affidavit goes to the Snohomish County Treasurer for processing before the deed is recorded.

Five points worth settling:

Counties record deeds in Washington, and in Snohomish County the office is the Auditor, not a "Recorder" as in King County. Same function, different title.

Every municipality in the county records here. Everett, Marysville, Lynnwood, Edmonds, Mukilteo, Mill Creek, Lake Stevens, Snohomish, Monroe, Arlington, Stanwood, Granite Falls, Sultan, Gold Bar, Index, Darrington, Brier, Woodway, Mountlake Terrace, and unincorporated county.

Your city still matters — for the local portion of the excise tax and for zoning and ordinances. Everett mailing addresses extend into unincorporated county in places.

Bothell straddles the King–Snohomish county line. Part of the city is in each. Confirm the parcel rather than assuming — filing with the wrong county means rejection, and King County records with the Recorder in Seattle, a different office entirely. Brier, Mountlake Terrace, and Woodway also sit near the line.

Adjacent counties are separate — King (Recorder in Seattle), Skagit (Auditor in Mount Vernon), Island (Auditor in Coupeville), Chelan, and King each have their own recording office.

Verify hours, accepted payment, e-recording availability, and current fees with the Auditor before making a trip.

Questions From Everett Clients

Do I really need an excise tax affidavit just to add my wife to the deed?
Yes. Washington requires it on essentially every deed, including transfers with no money involved. The transfer may well be exempt — but the exemption gets claimed on the affidavit, and the Treasurer processes it before the Auditor will accept your deed.

I'm gifting my house to my son. There's still a mortgage on it.
Not necessarily a $0 transfer for excise tax purposes. If he takes on the debt, or the loan stays in place while he goes on title, the debt relief can count as consideration and excise tax can be owed. Talk to a CPA or Washington attorney before you sign.

My house is in my name only. Do I need my husband to sign?
Very likely, if you acquired it during the marriage. Washington is a community property state, and property acquired during marriage is generally community property regardless of whose name is on the deed. Whether yours is community or separate is a legal determination — if there's any question, talk to a Washington attorney first.

Does a quit claim deed remove me from the mortgage?
No. A deed transfers ownership; the promissory note and deed of trust are a separate contract with your lender. Convey your interest away while still on the note and you owe on property you no longer own, with no right to sell it to satisfy the debt. Resolve the loan with the lender first.

Am I in Snohomish County or King County?
Near Bothell, that's a real question — the city spans both, and the answer determines whether your deed goes to the Snohomish County Auditor or the King County Recorder. Brier, Mountlake Terrace, and the Lynnwood-Shoreline edge sit near the line too. We confirm from parcel data before drafting.

Does my waterfront deed include the tidelands?
Maybe. Washington sold second-class tidelands into private ownership from 1889 until 1971, and first-class tidelands in front of cities under separate rules. Some upland deeds conveyed the tidelands; some didn't; some conveyed them separately to someone else. Tidelands are often described separately from the upland. A deed conveying only the upland doesn't convey tidelands the grantor may hold. We check the chain and tell you what it says. What it means for your ownership is a question for a Washington attorney who handles shoreline and aquatic lands matters.

Does my dock or moorage transfer with the house?
Not necessarily. Structures over state-owned aquatic lands frequently involve DNR leases and permits, which are not conveyed by a deed and are handled separately.

I deploy in five weeks and my ex needs to be off the deed.
Usually workable without either party appearing in person — remote online notarization, a military acknowledgment taken by an authorized officer, or an out-of-state notary. Tell us the timeline at intake.

My land is in Farm and Ag / Open Space / Designated Forest. Will transferring it cost me?
That's the right question and not one we can answer. A transfer can affect classification, and removal can trigger back taxes, interest, and a penalty. On some transfers the new owner must sign a Notice of Continuance. Talk to the Snohomish County Assessor and a Washington attorney or CPA before you sign. We'll flag the classification and prepare the Notice where one applies.

My property is in a diking district.
Common in the Snohomish valley. Districts have recorded assessments, easements, and maintenance arrangements that run with the land and bind the next owner. We flag what's recorded; what it obligates you to do is a question for the district and an attorney.

Do my water rights transfer with the deed?
It depends on how the right is held and what the recorded chain says. Some rights are appurtenant to the land and travel with it; some are held separately; some are subject to recorded certificates, permits, or claims through Ecology. A deed silent where the prior deed carried water right language can create a real problem. We carry recorded language forward exactly. What it means for your rights is a question for a Washington attorney who handles water law.

My driveway crosses my neighbor's land.
It should be a recorded easement, carried forward in your deed. This is the make-or-break item on rural property — a parcel without recorded access is one the next owner may not be able to reach or finance.

We have a manufactured home on the property. Is it included in the deed?
Maybe not. A manufactured home may still be titled as personal property with the Department of Licensing rather than as real property, in which case a deed conveys the land but not the home. Washington has a process for eliminating the title. Tell us at intake and we'll tell you what the records show and whether you need something beyond a deed.

My property is near the old mill sites.
Some parcels in and near former industrial areas carry recorded environmental covenants, institutional controls, or land use restrictions. Those run with the land and bind the next owner. We flag anything recorded. What it means for your property or any liability is a question for a Washington attorney who handles environmental matters.

Are witnesses required?
Washington requires the grantor's signature to be acknowledged before a notary public. Witnesses are not required on a deed — but Washington wills do require them. Our white glove service provides them.

My father died and the house is still in his name.
Not something a single deed fixes. His interest passed under his will or by Washington's intestate succession rules, and the people who hold interests now may be several. You can't quit claim an interest you don't hold. Washington has specific procedures for transferring property from a decedent, but whether one fits your situation is a legal determination we're not permitted to make. Let us pull the records and we'll tell you honestly.

There's a racially restrictive covenant in my chain.
Void and unenforceable, and it doesn't affect your transfer. Washington law provides a process under RCW 49.60.227 for having such covenants struck — a petition matter through an attorney or the county's process, not a deed we can prepare.

Get Your Everett Deed Prepared

Template $9.99 · Full preparation with excise tax affidavit $225 · White glove with mobile or online notary $400

Call 1-877-540-6104

Serving Everett and Snohomish County — North Everett, Rucker Hill, Bayside, Riverside, Delta, Port Gardner, Silver Lake, Holly, Evergreen, Cascade View, Harbour Pointe-adjacent areas, and the waterfront — plus Mukilteo, Marysville, Lake Stevens, Mill Creek, Lynnwood, Edmonds, Mountlake Terrace, Brier, Bothell, Snohomish, Monroe, Arlington, Stanwood, Granite Falls, Sultan, and the river valley and foothill country.

NON-ATTORNEY DISCLAIMER

We are a non-attorney document preparation & notary staffing agency. We don't offer legal advice & can't tell you what your rights or remedies are. We prepare documents at your specific direction using the information you provide. We do not select legal instruments for you, do not advise you on the consequences of a transfer, do not perform title examinations or issue title opinions, do not determine whether any transfer is exempt from real estate excise tax or what tax may be owed, do not determine whether property is community or separate property or who must sign a conveyance, do not determine or advise on tideland, shoreland, harbor area, or aquatic lands ownership, leases, or permits, do not determine, interpret, or advise on water rights, timber rights, or mineral rights, do not advise on current use, Open Space, Farm and Agricultural, or Designated Forest Land classification, continuance, or removal, do not advise on diking, drainage, or irrigation district obligations, do not determine whether a property has legal access, do not determine the title status of manufactured or mobile homes or whether a home is real or personal property, do not advise on environmental conditions, contamination, remediation, institutional controls, or any environmental liability, do not advise on tribal land, trust land, allotment status, or any matter of federal Indian law, do not draft, review, or interpret trusts, wills, community property agreements, or estate plans, do not advise on trust funding, trustee authority, or entity structuring, do not advise on gift tax, capital gains basis, probate avoidance, or Medicaid planning, do not determine heirship or interpret intestate succession, do not determine whether title is marketable, do not survey property or establish boundaries, do not interpret condominium declarations, HOA covenants, critical area, shoreline, flood, or historic restrictions, or any recorded easement, do not petition to strike unlawful restrictive covenants, and do not represent you in any capacity. We are not a law firm and are not licensed to practice law in the State of Washington or any other jurisdiction. Nothing on this page is legal, tax, or financial advice. Recording requirements, fees, excise tax rates, and exemptions are subject to change — verify current requirements with the Snohomish County Auditor, the Snohomish County Treasurer, the Snohomish County Assessor, and the Washington State Department of Revenue. For advice about your rights, your obligations, community property, water rights, tidelands, excise tax, your estate plan, or how you should hold or transfer title, consult a licensed Washington attorney or a qualified tax professional.