Brooks Hill Area Land-Deed Fraud Investigation Whidbey Island · Island County, WA
Affected Properties › Rutter & Garibyan — Katya Lane

Rutter & Garibyan — Katya Lane

Two adjoining Katya Lane parcels. SUBJECT CLEAN TITLE

Owners of record
Richard Ryan Rutter & Katya Garibyan Rutter (4927 Katya Ln); Arshavir Garibyan (4924 Katya Ln)
Parcels
R32905-401-5010 (PID 481106) · R32905-400-4740 (PID 481044)
Location
Section 5, Township 29 North, Range 3 East (E½ of the NE¼)
Plat
Short Plat 79-192
Recorded title
Warranty Deed #4565727 (2023, from Bloom) · title via Decree of Dissolution #4383543 — both clean, no stranger-grantor activity

How these parcels are affected

Both parcels sit in Section 5, T29N R3E, the section named in the fraudulent Schermer quitclaim deed #4583924 (“Lot 1 of Section 5”). The recorded ownership chain for both parcels is clean and legitimate; the cloud comes entirely from the invalid land-patent deed, not from anything in the true chain of title.

Whether the fraudulent deed’s “Government Lot 1” boundary overlaps these specific short-plat lots is a plat-overlay question for the title company’s examiner — see the cloud analysis. Regardless, both parcels are inside the affected area and should be treated as clouded.

Assessor detail 4927 Katya Ln
Assessor record — 4927 Katya Ln (R32905-401-5010).
Assessor detail 4924 Katya Ln
Assessor record — 4924 Katya Ln (R32905-400-4740).

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