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Des Moines Escrow Inc.

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Trusted Escrow Services for Over 30 Years

Des Moines Escrow is a Washington corporation, and is bonded and licensed to act as Escrow/Settlement Agent for all of Washington State. We are governed by several State agencies:


Escrow Agents and Escrow Officers are licensed and governed by the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions:


Des Moines Escrow Inc. - Escrow Agent - License No 540-EA-18538

Susan Marie Berry, Designated Escrow Officer - License No. 540-DO-21023

Christina Marie Burget, Escrow Officer - License No. 540-EO-24774


Limited Practice Officers (LPOs) are licensed and regulated by the Limited Practice Board of the Washington State Bar Association:


Susan M. Berry - License No. 2386LPO


Notary Publics are licensed by the Washington State Department of Licensing:


Susan M. Berry - License No. 50677

Tina M. Burget - License No. 25135


City of Des Moines - Business License No. 2067


We take our fiduciary responsibility seriously, and our primary focus is the protection of our clients’ funds and personal information. We are registered and vetted by numerous Lender platforms, follow ALTA Best Practices, and utilize the newest technologies to securely communicate sensitive data, verify bank and wire information, client identities, and more. We are a registered BSA (Bank Secrecy Act) filer and report all incidences of attempted fraud.


IMPORTANT: We provide wire instructions only via secure email and only directly to the parties involved in the transaction. If you receive wire instructions that you did not request, receive them via a forwarded email from another party, receive an urgent demand to send funds, or receive wire instructions that are not sent encrypted—even if they appear to be from our office—BE SUSPICIOUS. Call our office using a verified phone number from a trusted source. NEVER send funds without verifying the instructions first.


We use TruePay to verify all bank information, and we use the TruePay KYC/KYB tool to verify entities and businesses.