Any person to whom any real estate mortgage is given, or the assignee of any such mortgage, may, by an instrument in writing, signed and acknowledged in the manner provided by law entitling mortgages to be recorded, assign the same to the person therein named as assignee, and any person to whom any such mortgage has been so assigned, may, after the assignment has been recorded in the office of the auditor of the county wherein such mortgage is of record, acknowledge satisfaction of the mortgage, and discharge the same of record.
RCW 61.16.010
Assignments, how made—Satisfaction by assignee.
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Steinberg v. McGinnis (In Re United Home Loans, Inc.) (1987)
Most recently applied in Steinberg v. McGinnis (In Re United Home Loans, Inc.) (March 1987)
1995 c 62 s 13; 1897 c 23 s 1; RRS s 10616.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.