Can a later deed or assignment change the recipient?
This guide is limited to County real-property tax-foreclosure auction excess under RCW 84.64.080(10), paid on application to the record owner defined at certificate-of-delinquency issuance and held for three years; King County implementation remains local.
Sale type and custodian control
Different statutes, counties, courts, notices, and custody transitions are not interchangeable.
After recorded water-sewer district liens, excess is refunded on application to the record owner: the person holding title when the certificate of delinquency was issued.
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King publishes its tax-foreclosure contact and warns about commercial use of individual lists and locator-fee restrictions.
Its parcel lists and three-year holding statement cover King County tax foreclosures and expressly exclude mortgage foreclosures and sheriff's sales.
Record-first workflow
Verify the live official record at every step; this orientation does not decide a claimant's rights.
Collect the certificate issue and filing record, title on that date, foreclosure judgment, county sale, minimum bid, water-sewer liens, and excess.
The county treasurer must receive the claim within three years after sale; expiration sends the excess to the county current-expense fund and extinguishes owner claims.
Do not treat a public county list as unrestricted commercial outreach authority or ignore the fee limitation identified by King County.
No unsupported form or deadline
Use only dates and filing mechanics tied to the confirmed sale type, statute, custodian, and retained source.
Collect the certificate of delinquency, title on issuance, later deeds or assignments, judgment, auction, water-sewer liens, and excess calculation.
For King only, preserve the parcel match, auction year, county contact, application instructions, claimant identity proof, and submission receipt.
Confirm the record is a county tax foreclosure rather than a mortgage foreclosure or sheriff's sale before using the Treasurer route.
scoped limitations
Official sources for this guide
Each factual statement is bound to one retained official source with a retained source, source record, and verification check.
Exact retained official body and source record for RCW 84.64.080 foreclosure sale and excess rule; use only with the state-specific scope and limitations stated in this guide.
Exact retained official body and source record for King County auction-surplus instructions; use only with the state-specific scope and limitations stated in this guide.
Exact retained official body and source record for King County tax-foreclosure excess-funds data; use only with the state-specific scope and limitations stated in this guide.
Each factual statement is bound to one retained official source with a retained source, source record, and verification check.
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Answers remain inside the retained scope
The person who held title on the date the certificate of delinquency was issued.
The selling county treasurer must receive the record owner's application within three years after the sale.
Not under the retained subsection; later documents do not affect payment to the defined record owner.
No. Its retained page directs those matters elsewhere and limits its data to county tax-foreclosure excess.
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