The record owner of real estate may maintain an action to quiet title against the lien of a mortgage or deed of trust on the real estate where an action to foreclose such mortgage or deed of trust would be barred by the statute of limitations, and, upon proof sufficient to satisfy the court, may have judgment quieting title against such a lien.
RCW 7.28.300
Quieting title against outlawed mortgage or deed of trust.
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case 63 Wash. App. 825 - Jordan v. Bergsma (1992)
Most recently applied in Michelle E. Loun v. U.S. Bank Nat'l Ass'n (March 2023)
1998 c 295 s 17; 1937 c 124 s 1; RRS s 785-1.
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