Kathy Kundert

Section 4 parcel on Lucy Lane — actively listed for sale. AFFECTED CLEAN TITLE

Owner of record: Kathryn (“Kathy”) Kundert
Parcel: R32904-466-0730 (PID 803362) — Lot A, Short Plat 83-70
Location: Section 4, Township 29 North, Range 3 East (~5.3 acres)
Property address: 4896 Lucy Ln, Langley, WA 98260
Assessed value: ~$979,801
Recorded title: Warranty Deed #4328178 (2012, from Mitchell). Clean, legitimate chain — no stranger-grantor activity.

Actively for sale — and directly harmed. Kathy Kundert is trying to sell this property, and the fraudulent land-patent cloud is hitting her hard: title companies are declining to insure the transaction until the invalid deeds are cleared, stalling the sale. Hers is a concrete, present example of the real damage these bogus filings do to honest owners — not a hypothetical “cloud,” but a blocked sale.

How this property is affected

The Kundert parcel is on Lucy Lane in Section 4, T29N R3E — the same section and road as the Wayne property. The fraudulent Schermer quitclaim deed #4583924 purports to claim “Lots 3 and 4, and the SW¼NW¼ of Section 4,” so this property falls within the land it pretends to claim. The recorded chain of title is clean and legitimate; the cloud comes entirely from the invalid land-patent deed, not from anything in the true chain of title.

Whether Lot A of Short Plat 83-70 overlaps the specific Section-4 lots the deed lists is a plat-overlay question for the title company’s examiner — regardless, the parcel is inside the affected area and should be treated as clouded until the deeds are quieted. Owners in this situation should open an owner’s title-insurance claim and obtain the written underwriting position in writing, which both documents the damage and can trigger the insurer’s duty to help clear title.

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