WAC 222-23-030   Conveyance forms and procedure.  (1) Fee interest. Conveyance of a fee interest in qualifying lands shall be by deed with limited warranties. Deeds will include terms reasonably necessary and appropriate to the circumstances of the particular lands involved and shall be in a form acceptable to the department and the landowner. Prior to closing, the landowner shall procure a title report or title history for the lands being conveyed, provided that in the case of qualifying CMZ land being donated to the department, the department shall pay the cost of the report.

     (2) Conservation easement. Conveyances of a conservation easement shall be through execution by the landowner and the department of a conservation easement in a form acceptable to the department and the landowner. The easement will include terms reasonably necessary and appropriate to the circumstances of the particular lands involved. Prior to closing, the landowner shall procure a litigation guarantee or title history from a title company, provided that in the case of an easement being donated to the department, the department shall pay the cost of the guarantee or other report.

     (3) Description standards. The description of the qualifying lands being conveyed shall be a legal land survey description or, if a survey is not being performed, the description shall include the township, range, section, and legal subdivision, and utilize a map at a scale of 1:400 indexed either to one legal land survey point or two geopositional system points plus a GPS traverse of the boundary between the CMZ and the RMZ core area, tied to one legal land survey point or two geopositional system points, or other description acceptable to the department.

     (4) Closing and recording. Upon execution of the conveyance documents and other documents required for closing, the department shall pay any compensation owed to the landowner and record the conveyance documents. The department shall pay the recording fees. No compensating taxes under chapters 84.33 and 84.34 RCW shall be owed. Any real estate excise tax owed shall be paid by the landowner conveying the property or easement.



[Statutory Authority: Chapter 34.05 RCW, RCW 76.09.040,[76.09.]050 , [76.09.]370, 76.13.120(9). 01-12-042, § 222-23-030, filed 5/30/01, effective 7/1/01.]