{"id":607,"date":"2018-01-28T03:02:18","date_gmt":"2018-01-27T19:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trainingpips.com\/?page_id=607"},"modified":"2018-12-20T11:44:48","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T19:44:48","slug":"ps-101-chapter-5-article-15-on-a-party-to-a-real-estate-purchase-and-sale-agreement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/ps-101-a-course-outline\/ps-101-chapter-5-chapter-outline-service-of-the-summons\/ps-101-chapter-5-article-15-on-a-party-to-a-real-estate-purchase-and-sale-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"PS 101 &#8211; Chapter 5 &#8211; Article 15 &#8211; On a Party to a Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/rcw\/default.aspx?cite=4.28.080\"><span style=\"color: #004500;\"><em>RCW 4.28.080(15)<\/em><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #004500;\"> If against a party to a real estate purchase and sale agreement under <a style=\"color: #004500;\" href=\"http:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/rcw\/default.aspx?cite=64.04.220\">RCW&nbsp;64.04.220<\/a>, by mailing a copy by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the party to be served at his or her usual mailing address or the address identified for that party in the real estate purchase and sale agreement.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This is one of the newer provisions in 4.28.080, it was added in 2015. Unfortunately, the only method of service provided for is by first class mail, postage prepaid. From the financial point of view of professional process servers the result is a slight reduction in the number of available service assignments. From the point of view of the profession as a whole, anytime service by mail is allowed as the primary (and in this case the only) method of service there are serious concerns about its impact on both the effectiveness of service and its impact on the health of the profession.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Fortunately it only applies to parties to a real estate purchase and sale agreement under <a href=\"http:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/rcw\/default.aspx?cite=64.04.220\">64.04.220<\/a>. Looking at that statute we find a party is defined as:&nbsp;<em><span style=\"color: #004500;\">(d) &#8220;Party&#8221; means a person or entity identified as a buyer or seller in an executed purchase and sale agreement for residential real property.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This is service by mail in its purest form. <\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The simplest form of mailing (first class) is used. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There is no requirement for a return receipt or for any proof the summons actually reached the defendant. Other statutes which allow for service by mail, such as in <a href=\"http:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/RCW\/default.aspx?cite=23.95.450\">RCW 23.95.450<\/a>, require service via a form of mail, usually certified mail, which returns a signed receipt.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There is no wording which states when service is deemed complete. One can only assume they intend on service being deemed complete at the time of mailing but this may or may not be a valid assumption. Again see <a href=\"http:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/RCW\/default.aspx?cite=23.95.450\">RCW 23.95.450<\/a> for an example mailing statutes are usually worded.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A professional process server should be aware this statute exists and that its implications for the process serving profession are negative in nature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[glossary_exclude][qsm quiz=60][\/glossary_exclude]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RCW 4.28.080(15) If against a party to a real estate purchase and sale agreement under RCW&nbsp;64.04.220, by mailing a copy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":517,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-607","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/607\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}