(The Center Square) – A recent audit from the King County Auditor has found that the King County Recorder’s Office mishandled around $7 million since 2018. The King County Recorder’s Office is responsible for tax collection of home sales, marriage licenses, and recording real estate sales and mortgages. The office handled over $1 billion in real estate excise taxes on behalf of districts across Washington and King County. The latest audit found that the office did not take sufficient steps to ensure its financial reporting was reliable, resulting in greater risk for undetected fraud and uncoll…