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WA Rev Code § 11.11.003 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law|Chapter 11.11 - Testamentary Disposition of Nonprobate Assets Act.|11.11.003 - Purposes.

RCW 11.11.003 Purposes.The purposes of this chapter are to:(1) Enhance and facilitate the power of testators to control the disposition of assets that pass outside their wills;(2) Provide simple procedures for resolution of disputes regarding entitlement to such assets; and(3) Protect any financial institution or other third party having possession of or control over such an asset and transferring it to a beneficiary duly designated by the testator, unless that third party has been provided notice of a testamentary disposition as required in this chapter.[ 1998 c 292 § 102.]
WA Rev Code § 11.11.005 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law|Chapter 11.11 - Testamentary Disposition of Nonprobate Assets Act.|11.11.005 - Construction.

RCW 11.11.005 Construction.(1) When construing sections and provisions of this chapter, the sections and provisions must:(a) Be liberally construed and applied to promote the purposes of this chapter;(b) Be considered part of a general act that is intended as unified coverage of the subject matter, and no part of this chapter may be deemed impliedly repealed by subsequent legislation if the construction can be reasonably avoided;(c) Not be held invalid because of the invalidity of other sections or provisions of this chapter as long as the section or provision in question can be given effect without regard to the invalid section or provision, and to this end the sections or provisions of this chapter are severable;(d) Not be construed by reference to section or subsection headings as used in this chapter, since these do not constitute any part of the law;(e) Not be deemed to alter the community or separate property nature of any asset passing outside a testator's will or any individual's community or separate rights to the asset, and a testator's community or separate property rights to the asset are not affected by whether it passes outside the will or, under this chapter, by disposition under the will; and(f) Not be construed as authorizing or extending the authority of any financial institution or other third party to sell or otherwise create assets that would pass outside a testator's will upon such terms as would contravene any other applicable federal or state law.(2) The sections and provisions of this chapter apply to an owner who dies while a resident of this state on or after July 1, 1999, and to a nonprobate asset the disposition of which on the death of the owner would otherwise be governed by the law of this state.[ 1998 c 292 § 103.]
WA Rev Code § 11.11.007 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law|Chapter 11.11 - Testamentary Disposition of Nonprobate Assets Act.|11.11.007 - Intent—Controversies between beneficiaries and testamentary beneficiaries.

RCW 11.11.007 Intent—Controversies between beneficiaries and testamentary beneficiaries.This chapter is intended to establish ownership rights to nonprobate assets upon the death of the owner, as between beneficiaries and testamentary beneficiaries. This chapter is relevant only as to controversies between these persons, and has no bearing on the right of a person to transfer a nonprobate asset under its terms in the absence of a testamentary provision under this chapter.[ 1998 c 292 § 107.]
WA Rev Code § 11.11.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law|Chapter 11.11 - Testamentary Disposition of Nonprobate Assets Act.|11.11.020 - Disposition of nonprobate assets under will.

RCW 11.11.020 Disposition of nonprobate assets under will.(1) Subject to community property rights, upon the death of an owner the owner's interest in any nonprobate asset specifically referred to in the owner's will belongs to the testamentary beneficiary named to receive the nonprobate asset, notwithstanding the rights of any beneficiary designated before the date of the will.(2) A general residuary gift in an owner's will, or a will making general disposition of all of the owner's property, does not entitle the devisees or legatees to receive nonprobate assets of the owner.(3) A disposition in a will of the owner's interest in "all nonprobate assets" or of all of a category of nonprobate asset under RCW 11.11.010(7), such as "all of my payable on death bank accounts" or similar language, is deemed to be a disposition of all the nonprobate assets the beneficiaries of which are designated before the date of the will.(4) If the owner designates a beneficiary for a nonprobate asset after the date of the will, the specific provisions in the will that attempt to control the disposition of that asset do not govern the disposition of that nonprobate asset, even if the subsequent beneficiary designation is later revoked. If the owner revokes the later beneficiary designation, and there is no other provision controlling the disposition of the asset, the asset shall be treated as any other general asset of the owner's estate, subject to disposition under the other applicable provisions of the will. A beneficiary designation with respect to an asset that renews without the signature of the owner is deemed to have been made on the date on which the account was first opened.[ 2006 c 203 § 1; 1998 c 292 § 105.]
WA Rev Code § 11.11.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law|Chapter 11.11 - Testamentary Disposition of Nonprobate Assets Act.|11.11.030 - Waiver of right to dispose of a nonprobate asset under will—Revocation of waiver.

RCW 11.11.030 Waiver of right to dispose of a nonprobate asset under will—Revocation of waiver.An owner may waive the right to dispose of a specific nonprobate asset by will under this chapter, with or without consideration, by a written instrument signed by the owner and delivered to the financial institution or other third party, including but not limited to signature cards or deposit agreements. The waiver is revocable by written instrument delivered to the financial institution or other third party unless the owner has stated that the waiver is to be irrevocable.[ 1998 c 292 § 106.]
WA Rev Code § 11.11.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law|Chapter 11.11 - Testamentary Disposition of Nonprobate Assets Act.|11.11.040 - Right to rely on form of nonprobate asset—Discharge of financial institution or other third party.

RCW 11.11.040 Right to rely on form of nonprobate asset—Discharge of financial institution or other third party.In transferring nonprobate assets, a personal representative, a financial institution, or other third party may rely conclusively and entirely upon the form of the nonprobate asset and the terms of the nonprobate asset arrangement in effect on the date of death of the owner, and a personal representative or third party may rely on information provided by a financial institution or other party who has possession or control of a nonprobate asset concerning the form of the nonprobate asset and the terms of the nonprobate asset arrangement in effect on the date of death of the owner, unless the personal representative, financial institution, or other third party has actual knowledge of the existence of a claim by a testamentary beneficiary. A financial institution or other third party is not required to inquire as to either the source or ownership of any nonprobate asset in its possession or under its control, or as to the proposed application of an asset so transferred. A transfer of a nonprobate asset in accordance with this section constitutes a complete release and discharge of the financial institution or other third party from all claims relating to the nonprobate asset, regardless of whether or not the transfer is consistent with the actual ownership of the nonprobate asset.[ 2006 c 203 § 2; 1998 c 292 § 108.]
WA Rev Code § 11.11.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law|Chapter 11.11 - Testamentary Disposition of Nonprobate Assets Act.|11.11.060 - Vesting of rights and powers under chapter.

RCW 11.11.060 Vesting of rights and powers under chapter.The right to provide notice under RCW 11.11.050 and the entitlement of the testamentary beneficiary to the nonprobate asset vest immediately upon death of the owner. The power of the personal representative to direct the financial institution or other third party having the nonprobate asset in its possession or under its control to transfer or otherwise dispose of the asset arises upon the later of appointment of the personal representative or admission of the will to probate.[ 1998 c 292 § 110.]
WA Rev Code § 11.11.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law|Chapter 11.11 - Testamentary Disposition of Nonprobate Assets Act.|11.11.070 - Ownership rights as between individuals preserved—Testamentary beneficiary may recover nonprobate asset from beneficiary—Limitation on action to recover.

RCW 11.11.070 Ownership rights as between individuals preserved—Testamentary beneficiary may recover nonprobate asset from beneficiary—Limitation on action to recover.(1) The protection accorded to financial institutions and other third parties under RCW 11.11.040 has no bearing on the actual rights of ownership to nonprobate assets as between beneficiaries and testamentary beneficiaries, and their heirs, successors, personal representatives, and assigns.(2) A testamentary beneficiary entitled to a nonprobate asset otherwise transferred to a beneficiary not so entitled, and a personal representative of the owner's estate on behalf of the testamentary beneficiary, may petition the superior court having jurisdiction over the owner's estate for an order declaring that the testamentary beneficiary is so entitled, the hearing of the petition to be held in accordance with *chapter 11.96 RCW.(3) A testamentary beneficiary claiming a nonprobate asset who has not filed such a petition within the earlier of: (a) Six months from the date of admission of the will to probate; and (b) one year from the date of the owner's death, shall be forever barred from making such a claim or commencing such an action.[ 1998 c 292 § 111.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: Chapter 11.96 RCW was repealed by 1999 c 42 § 637, effective January 1, 2000.
WA Rev Code § 11.11.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law|Chapter 11.11 - Testamentary Disposition of Nonprobate Assets Act.|11.11.080 - Nonprobate assets not property of estate—Effect of notice on administration—Effect of preceding death of devisee or legatee.

RCW 11.11.080 Nonprobate assets not property of estate—Effect of notice on administration—Effect of preceding death of devisee or legatee.(1) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, a nonprobate asset disposed of under the owner's will may not be treated as a part of the owner's probate estate for any other purpose under this title, unless:(a) The nonprobate asset is subject to liabilities and claims, estate taxes, and expenses of administration under RCW 11.18.200; or(b) Any section of this title directs otherwise, by specifically referring to this section.(2) Provision of notice under this chapter has no effect on the administration of other assets of the estate of the owner. The personal representative has no duty to administer upon a nonprobate asset because of providing the notice, unless specifically required by this chapter or under RCW 11.18.200.(3) RCW 11.12.110, regarding death of a devisee or legatee before the testator, does not apply to disposition of a nonprobate asset under a will.[ 1998 c 292 § 112.]
WA Rev Code § 11.11.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law|Chapter 11.11 - Testamentary Disposition of Nonprobate Assets Act.|11.11.090 - Transfer of nonprobate asset to testamentary beneficiary.

RCW 11.11.090 Transfer of nonprobate asset to testamentary beneficiary.(1) A financial institution's or third party's obligation to transfer a nonprobate asset to a testamentary beneficiary arises only after it has actual knowledge of the claim of the testamentary beneficiary, and after receiving written direction from the personal representative of the owner's estate, or if the personal representative consents in writing, from the testamentary beneficiary, to make the transfer. The financial institution may also require that its customary procedures be followed in effectuating a transfer of the nonprobate asset.(2) Subject to subsection (1) of this section, financial institutions and other third parties may transfer a nonprobate asset that has not already been distributed to the testamentary beneficiary entitled to the nonprobate asset under the owner's will, subject to liabilities and claims, estate taxes, and expenses of administration under RCW 11.18.200.[ 1998 c 292 § 113.]
WA Rev Code § 11.11.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law|Chapter 11.11 - Testamentary Disposition of Nonprobate Assets Act.|11.11.100 - Authority to withhold transfer—Notice—Expenses of obtaining consent, authorization, direction.

RCW 11.11.100 Authority to withhold transfer—Notice—Expenses of obtaining consent, authorization, direction.(1) This chapter does not require any financial institution or other third party to transfer a nonprobate asset to a beneficiary, testamentary beneficiary, or other person claiming an interest in the nonprobate asset if the financial institution or third party has actual knowledge of the existence of a dispute between beneficiaries, testamentary beneficiaries, or other persons concerning rights or ownership to the nonprobate asset under this chapter, or if the financial institution or third party is otherwise uncertain as to who is entitled to receive the nonprobate asset under this chapter. In any such case, the financial institution or third party may, without liability, notify in writing all beneficiaries, testamentary beneficiaries, or other persons claiming an interest in the nonprobate asset of either its uncertainty as to who is entitled to transfer of the nonprobate asset or the existence of any dispute, and it may also, without liability, refuse to transfer a nonprobate asset to a beneficiary or a testamentary beneficiary until such time as either:(a) All the beneficiaries, testamentary beneficiaries, and other interested persons have consented in writing to the transfer; or(b) The transfer is authorized or directed by a court of proper jurisdiction.(2) The expense of obtaining the written consent or court authorization or direction may, by order of the court, be paid by the personal representative as an expense of administration.[ 1998 c 292 § 114.]
WA Rev Code § 11.11.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law|Chapter 11.11 - Testamentary Disposition of Nonprobate Assets Act.|11.11.110 - Adverse claim bond.

RCW 11.11.110 Adverse claim bond.Notwithstanding RCW 11.11.100, a financial institution or other third party having actual knowledge of the existence of a dispute between beneficiaries, a testamentary beneficiary, or other persons concerning rights to a nonprobate asset under this chapter may condition transfer of the nonprobate asset on execution, in form and with security acceptable to the financial institution or other third party, of a bond in an amount that is double the fair market value of the nonprobate asset on the date of the owner's death or the amount of any adverse claim, whichever is the lesser, indemnifying the financial institution or other third party from any and all liability, loss, damage, costs, and expenses, for and on account of transfer of the nonprobate asset.[ 1998 c 292 § 115.]
WA Rev Code § 11.11.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law|Chapter 11.11 - Testamentary Disposition of Nonprobate Assets Act.|11.11.900 - Short title.

RCW 11.11.900 Short title.This chapter may be known and cited as the testamentary disposition of nonprobate assets act.[ 1998 c 292 § 101.]
WA Rev Code § 11.11.901 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law|Chapter 11.11 - Testamentary Disposition of Nonprobate Assets Act.|11.11.901 - Application of chapter.

RCW 11.11.901 Application of chapter.This chapter applies to any will of an owner who dies while a resident of this state on or after July 1, 1999, regardless of whether the will was executed or republished before or after July 1, 1999, and regardless of whether the beneficiary of the nonprobate asset was designated before or after July 1, 1999.[ 1998 c 292 § 116.]
WA Rev Code § 11.11.903 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law|Chapter 11.11 - Testamentary Disposition of Nonprobate Assets Act.|11.11.903 - Effective dates—1998 c 292.

RCW 11.11.903 Effective dates—1998 c 292.(1) Sections 101 through 116 and 118 of this act take effect July 1, 1999.(2) Sections 117, 201 through 205, 301, 401, 501 through 507, and 604 of this act are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and take effect immediately [April 2, 1998].[ 1998 c 292 § 603.]
WA Rev Code § 11.12.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law|Chapter 11.12 - Wills.|11.12.010 - Who may make a will.

RCW 11.12.010 Who may make a will.Any person of sound mind who has attained the age of eighteen years may, by last will, devise all his or her estate, both real and personal.All wills executed subsequent to September 16, 1940, and which meet the requirements of this section are hereby validated and shall have all the force and effect of wills executed subsequent to the taking effect of this section.[ 1970 ex.s. c 17 § 3; 1965 c 145 § 11.12.010. Prior: 1943 c 193 § 1; 1917 c 156 § 24; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 1394; prior: Code 1881 § 1318; 1863 p 207 § 51; 1860 p 169 § 18.]
WA Rev Code § 11.12.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law|Chapter 11.12 - Wills.|11.12.020 - Requisites of wills—Foreign wills.

RCW 11.12.020 Requisites of wills—Foreign wills. (Effective until January 1, 2022.)(1) Every will shall be in writing signed by the testator or by some other person under the testator's direction in the testator's presence, and shall be attested by two or more competent witnesses, by subscribing their names to the will, or by signing an affidavit that complies with RCW 11.20.020(2), while in the presence of the testator and at the testator's direction or request: PROVIDED, That a last will and testament, executed in the mode prescribed by the law of the place where executed or of the testator's domicile, either at the time of the will's execution or at the time of the testator's death, shall be deemed to be legally executed, and shall be of the same force and effect as if executed in the mode prescribed by the laws of this state.(2) This section shall be applied to all wills, whenever executed, including those subject to pending probate proceedings.[ 1990 c 79 § 1; 1965 c 145 § 11.12.020. Prior: 1929 c 21 § 1; 1917 c 156 § 25; RRS § 1395; prior: Code 1881 § 1319; 1863 p 207 §§ 53, 54; 1860 p 170 §§ 20, 21. FORMER PART OF SECTION; re nuncupative wills, now codified as RCW 11.12.025.]RCW 11.12.020Requisites of wills—Foreign wills—Electronic presence. (Effective January 1, 2022.)(1) Except as provided in RCW 11.12.400 through 11.12.491, every will shall be in writing signed by the testator or by some other person under the testator's direction in the testator's presence or electronic presence, and shall be attested by two or more competent witnesses, by subscribing their names to the will, or by signing an affidavit that complies with RCW 11.20.020(2), while in the presence or electronic presence of the testator and at the testator's direction or request: PROVIDED, That a last will and testament, executed in the mode prescribed by the law of the place where executed or of the testator's domicile, either at the time of the will's execution or at the time of the testator's death, shall be deemed to be legally executed, and shall be of the same force and effect as if executed in the mode prescribed by the laws of this state. Any will executed by a testator and witnesses who are not in the same physical location but in the electronic presence of one another in accordance with this section may be executed, attested, or acknowledged in counterparts, which together shall be considered a single document.(2) This section shall be applied to all wills, whenever executed, including those subject to pending probate proceedings.[ 2021 c 140 § 1013; 1990 c 79 § 1; 1965 c 145 § 11.12.020. Prior: 1929 c 21 § 1; 1917 c 156 § 25; RRS § 1395; prior: Code 1881 § 1319; 1863 p 207 §§ 53, 54; 1860 p 170 §§ 20, 21. FORMER PART OF SECTION; re nuncupative wills, now codified as RCW 11.12.025.]NOTES:Effective date—2021 c 140 §§ 1001-1016: See note following RCW 11.12.400.
WA Rev Code § 11.12.025 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law|Chapter 11.12 - Wills.|11.12.025 - Nuncupative wills.

RCW 11.12.025 Nuncupative wills.Nothing contained in this chapter shall prevent any member of the armed forces of the United States or person employed on a vessel of the United States merchant marine from disposing of his wages or personal property, or prevent any person competent to make a will from disposing of his or her personal property of the value of not to exceed one thousand dollars, by nuncupative will if the same be proved by two witnesses who were present at the making thereof, and it be proven that the testator, at the time of pronouncing the same, did bid some person present to bear witness that such was his will, or to that effect, and that such nuncupative will was made at the time of the last sickness of the testator, but no proof of any nuncupative will shall be received unless it be offered within six months after the speaking of the testamentary words, nor unless the words or the substance thereof be first committed to writing, and in all cases a citation be issued to the widow and/or heirs at law of the deceased that they may contest the will, and no real estate shall be devised by a nuncupative will.[ 1965 c 145 § 11.12.025. Formerly RCW 11.12.020, part.]
WA Rev Code § 11.12.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law|Chapter 11.12 - Wills.|11.12.030 - Signature of testator at his or her direction—Signature by mark.

RCW 11.12.030 Signature of testator at his or her direction—Signature by mark.Every person who shall sign the testator's or testatrix's name to any will by his or her direction shall subscribe his or her own name to such will and state that he or she subscribed the testator's name at his or her request: PROVIDED, That such signing and statement shall not be required if the testator shall evidence the approval of the signature so made at his or her request by making his or her mark on the will.[ 2010 c 8 § 2011; 1965 c 145 § 11.12.030. Prior: 1927 c 91 § 1; 1917 c 156 § 27; RRS § 1397; prior: Code 1881 § 1320; 1863 p 207 § 54; 1860 p 170 § 21.]