Property Ownership
In Washington, 'constructive notice' means that all persons are deemed to have notice of:
AOnly matters they have actually read
BAll interests and documents that have been properly recorded in the public record✓ Correct
CAll matters disclosed by the seller verbally
DAll matters known to the listing broker
Explanation
Constructive notice is the legal fiction that everyone is presumed to know of interests that have been properly recorded in the public record (county auditor's records), regardless of whether they have actually reviewed those records.
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