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WAC 284-16-100
InvestmentsâEncumbranceâInterpretation of RCW 48.13.130.
With reference to RCW 48.13.130 entitled "Encumbrance" defined, it has recently come to my attention that there has been some difficulty in the application of this provision of the code with reference to restrictions and covenants, particularly the words "common to the community in which the property is located." It has been found that restrictions and covenants are different in tracts, plats, maps or other subdivisions of land in the same community. Pursuant to the authority vested in me in RCW 48.02.060, the following ruling is hereby made, interpreting RCW 48.13.130 as follows:
(1) The wording "common to the community in which the property is located" may be regarded as applying only to the tract, plat, map, or other subdivision of land in which the real property is located.
(2) Where any right of reversion is outstanding and where a specific waiver thereof is not obtainable, the lender may consider such right not to be an "encumbrance" under the code: Provided, A title insurance company, authorized to transact such business within the state in which the real property involved is situated, shall specifically indemnify the lender against any loss or damage arising as a result of such right.
[Rule made 5/15/53, filed 3/22/60.]
Reviser's note: Subsection (1) above is an interpretation of RCW 48.13.130 before it was revised by section 2, chapter 303, Laws of 1955. The old section contained the phrase "common to the community in which the property is located."
