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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.42 - Settlement of Creditor Claims for Estates Passing Without Probate. › 11.42.085 - Property liable for claims—Payment limits.

RCW 11.42.085
Property liable for claims—Payment limits.
(1) The decedent's nonprobate and probate assets that were subject to the satisfaction of the decedent's general liabilities immediately before the decedent's death are liable for claims. The decedent's probate assets may be liable, whether or not there is a probate administration of the decedent's estate.
(2) The notice agent may pay a claim allowed by the notice agent or a judgment on a claim first prosecuted against a notice agent only out of assets received as a result of the death of the decedent by the notice agent or by those appointing the notice agent, except as may be provided by agreement under RCW 11.96A.220 or by court order issued in a judicial proceeding under RCW 11.96A.080.
[ 1999 c 42 § 611; 1997 c 252 § 32.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1999 c 42: See RCW 11.96A.902.
Application—1997 c 252 §§ 1-73: See note following RCW 11.02.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.42 - Settlement of Creditor Claims for Estates Passing Without Probate. › 11.42.090 - Allowance of claims—Notice—Payment order.

RCW 11.42.090
Allowance of claims—Notice—Payment order.
(1) If the notice agent allows a claim, the notice agent shall notify the claimant of the allowance by personal service or regular first-class mail to the address stated on the claim. A claim may not be allowed if it is barred by a statute of limitations.
(2) The notice agent shall pay claims allowed in the following order from the assets of the decedent that are subject to the payment of claims as provided in RCW 11.42.085:
(a) Costs of administering the assets subject to the payment of claims, including a reasonable fee to the notice agent, any resident agent for the notice agent, reasonable attorneys' fees for the attorney for each of them, filing fees, publication costs, mailing costs, and similar costs and fees;
(b) Funeral expenses in a reasonable amount;
(c) Expenses of the last sickness in a reasonable amount;
(d) Wages due for labor performed within sixty days immediately preceding the death of the decedent;
(e) Debts having preference by the laws of the United States;
(f) Taxes, debts, or dues owing to the state;
(g) Judgments rendered against the decedent in the decedent's lifetime that are liens upon real estate on which executions might have been issued at the time of the death of the decedent and debts secured by mortgages in the order of their priority; and
(h) All other demands against the assets subject to the payment of claims.
(3) The notice agent may not pay a claim of the notice agent or other person who has received property by reason of the decedent's death unless all other claims that have been filed under this chapter, and all debts having priority to the claim, are paid in full or otherwise settled by agreement, regardless of whether the other claims are allowed or rejected.
[ 1997 c 252 § 33; 1994 c 221 § 39.]
NOTES:
Application—1997 c 252 §§ 1-73: See note following RCW 11.02.005.
Effective dates—1994 c 221: See note following RCW 11.100.035.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.42 - Settlement of Creditor Claims for Estates Passing Without Probate. › 11.42.100 - Rejection of claim—Time limits—Notice—Time limit for suit—Compromise of claim.

RCW 11.42.100
Rejection of claim—Time limits—Notice—Time limit for suit—Compromise of claim.
(1) If the notice agent rejects a claim, in whole or in part, the claimant must bring suit against the notice agent within thirty days after notification of rejection or the claim is forever barred. The notice agent shall notify the claimant of the rejection and file an affidavit with the court showing the notification and the date of the notification. The notice agent shall notify the claimant of the rejection by personal service or certified mail addressed to the claimant or claimant's agent, if applicable, at the address stated in the claim. The date of service or of the postmark is the date of notification. The notification must advise the claimant that the claimant must bring suit in the proper court against the notice agent within thirty days after notification of rejection or the claim will be forever barred.
(2) If a claimant brings suit against the notice agent on a rejected claim and the notice agent has not received substantially all assets of the decedent that are liable for claims, the notice agent may only make an appearance in the action and may not answer the action but must cause a petition to be filed for the appointment of a personal representative within thirty days after service of the creditor's action on the notice agent. Under these circumstances, a judgment may not be entered in an action brought by a creditor against the notice agent earlier than twenty days after the personal representative has been substituted in that action for the notice agent.
(3) The notice agent may, before or after rejection of any claim, compromise the claim, whether due or not, absolute or contingent, liquidated, or unliquidated.
[ 1997 c 252 § 34; 1994 c 221 § 40.]
NOTES:
Application—1997 c 252 §§ 1-73: See note following RCW 11.02.005.
Effective dates—1994 c 221: See note following RCW 11.100.035.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.42 - Settlement of Creditor Claims for Estates Passing Without Probate. › 11.42.110 - Effect of judgment against notice agent.

RCW 11.42.110
Effect of judgment against notice agent.
The effect of a judgment rendered against the notice agent shall be only to establish the amount of the judgment as an allowed claim.
[ 1997 c 252 § 35; 1994 c 221 § 41.]
NOTES:
Application—1997 c 252 §§ 1-73: See note following RCW 11.02.005.
Effective dates—1994 c 221: See note following RCW 11.100.035.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.42 - Settlement of Creditor Claims for Estates Passing Without Probate. › 11.42.120 - Execution barred upon decedent's death—Presentation—Sale of property.

RCW 11.42.120
Execution barred upon decedent's death—Presentation—Sale of property.
If a judgment was entered against the decedent during the decedent's lifetime, an execution may not issue on the judgment after the death of the decedent. If a notice agent is acting, the judgment must be presented in the manner provided in RCW 11.42.070, but if the judgment is a lien on any property of the decedent, the property may be sold for the satisfaction of the judgment and the officer making the sale shall account to the notice agent for any surplus.
[ 1997 c 252 § 36; 1994 c 221 § 42.]
NOTES:
Application—1997 c 252 §§ 1-73: See note following RCW 11.02.005.
Effective dates—1994 c 221: See note following RCW 11.100.035.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.42 - Settlement of Creditor Claims for Estates Passing Without Probate. › 11.42.125 - Secured claim—Creditor's right.

RCW 11.42.125
Secured claim—Creditor's right.
If a creditor's claim is secured by any property of the decedent, this chapter does not affect the right of the creditor to realize on the creditor's security, whether or not the creditor presented the claim in the manner provided in RCW 11.42.070.
[ 1997 c 252 § 37.]
NOTES:
Application—1997 c 252 §§ 1-73: See note following RCW 11.02.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.42 - Settlement of Creditor Claims for Estates Passing Without Probate. › 11.42.130 - Claim of notice agent or beneficiary—Payment.

RCW 11.42.130
Claim of notice agent or beneficiary—Payment.
A claim of the notice agent or other person who has received property by reason of the decedent's death must be paid as set forth in RCW 11.42.090(3).
[ 1997 c 252 § 38; 1994 c 221 § 43.]
NOTES:
Application—1997 c 252 §§ 1-73: See note following RCW 11.02.005.
Effective dates—1994 c 221: See note following RCW 11.100.035.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.42 - Settlement of Creditor Claims for Estates Passing Without Probate. › 11.42.140 - Notice to creditors when notice agent resigns, dies, or is removed—Limit tolled by vacancy.

RCW 11.42.140
Notice to creditors when notice agent resigns, dies, or is removed—Limit tolled by vacancy.
(1) If a notice agent has given notice under RCW 11.42.020 and the notice agent resigns, dies, or is removed or a personal representative is appointed, the successor notice agent or the personal representative shall:
(a) Publish notice of the vacancy and succession for two successive weeks in the legal newspaper in which notice was published under RCW 11.42.020, if the vacancy occurred within twenty-four months after the decedent's date of death; and
(b) Provide actual notice of the vacancy and succession to a creditor if: (i) The creditor filed a claim and the claim had not been allowed or rejected by the prior notice agent; or (ii) the creditor's claim was rejected and the vacancy occurred within thirty days after rejection of the claim.
(2) The time between the resignation, death, or removal of the notice agent or appointment of a personal representative and the first publication of the vacancy and succession or, in the case of actual notice, the mailing of the notice of vacancy and succession must be added to the time within which a claim must be presented or a suit on a rejected claim must be filed. This section does not extend the twenty-four-month self-executing bar under RCW 11.42.050.
[ 1997 c 252 § 39; 1994 c 221 § 45.]
NOTES:
Application—1997 c 252 §§ 1-73: See note following RCW 11.02.005.
Effective dates—1994 c 221: See note following RCW 11.100.035.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.42 - Settlement of Creditor Claims for Estates Passing Without Probate. › 11.42.150 - Appointment of personal representative—Cessation of notice agent powers and authority—Notice not affected—Personal representative's powers—Petition for reimbursement for allowance and payment of claims by notice agent.

RCW 11.42.150
Appointment of personal representative—Cessation of notice agent powers and authority—Notice not affected—Personal representative's powers—Petition for reimbursement for allowance and payment of claims by notice agent.
(1) The powers and authority of a notice agent immediately cease, and the office of notice agent becomes vacant, upon appointment of a personal representative for the estate of the decedent. Except as provided in RCW 11.42.140(2), the cessation of the powers and authority does not affect the filing and publication of notice to creditors and does not affect actual notice to creditors given by the notice agent.
(2) As set forth in RCW 11.40.160, a personal representative may adopt, ratify, nullify, or reject any actions of the notice agent.
(3) If a personal representative is appointed and the personal representative does not nullify the allowance of a claim that the notice agent allowed and paid, the person or persons whose assets were used to pay the claim may petition for reimbursement from the estate to the extent the payment was not in accordance with chapter 11.10 RCW.
[ 1997 c 252 § 40; 1994 c 221 § 44.]
NOTES:
Application—1997 c 252 §§ 1-73: See note following RCW 11.02.005.
Effective dates—1994 c 221: See note following RCW 11.100.035.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.42 - Settlement of Creditor Claims for Estates Passing Without Probate. › 11.42.900 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

RCW 11.42.900
Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.
[ 2009 c 521 § 32.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.44 - Inventory and Appraisement. › 11.44.015 - Inventory and appraisement—Filing—Copy distribution.

RCW 11.44.015
Inventory and appraisement—Filing—Copy distribution.
(1) Within three months after appointment, unless a longer time shall be granted by the court, every personal representative shall make and verify by affidavit a true inventory and appraisement of all of the property of the estate passing under the will or by laws of intestacy and which shall have come to the personal representative's possession or knowledge, including a statement of all encumbrances, liens, or other secured charges against any item. The personal representative shall determine the fair net value, as of the date of the decedent's death, of each item contained in the inventory after deducting the encumbrances, liens, and other secured charges on the item. Such property shall be classified as follows:
(a) Real property, by legal description;
(b) Stocks and bonds;
(c) Mortgages, notes, and other written evidences of debt;
(d) Bank accounts and money;
(e) Furniture and household goods;
(f) All other personal property accurately identified, including the decedent's proportionate share in any partnership, but no inventory of the partnership property shall be required of the personal representative.
(2) The inventory and appraisement may, but need not be, filed in the probate cause, but upon receipt of a written request for a copy of the inventory and appraisement from any heir, legatee, devisee, unpaid creditor who has filed a claim, or beneficiary of a nonprobate asset from whom contribution is sought under RCW 11.18.200, or from the department of revenue, the personal representative shall furnish to the person, within ten days of receipt of a request, a true and correct copy of the inventory and appraisement.
[ 1997 c 252 § 41; 1967 c 168 § 9; 1965 c 145 § 11.44.015. Formerly RCW 11.44.010, part and 11.44.020, part.]
NOTES:
Application—1997 c 252 §§ 1-73: See note following RCW 11.02.005.
Inventory and appraisement on death of partner—Filing: RCW 11.64.002.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.44 - Inventory and Appraisement. › 11.44.025 - Additional inventory and appraisement—Copy distribution.

RCW 11.44.025
Additional inventory and appraisement—Copy distribution.
Whenever any property of the estate not mentioned in the inventory and appraisement comes to the knowledge of a personal representative, the personal representative shall cause the property to be inventoried and appraised and shall make and verify by affidavit a true inventory and appraisement of the property within thirty days after the discovery thereof, unless a longer time shall be granted by the court, and shall provide a copy of the inventory and appraisement to every person who has properly requested a copy of the inventory and appraisement under RCW 11.44.015(2).
[ 1997 c 252 § 42; 1974 ex.s. c 117 § 48; 1965 c 145 § 11.44.025. Prior: 1917 c 156 § 100; RCW 11.44.060; RRS § 1470; prior: Code 1881 § 1453; 1873 p 281 § 138; 1854 p 277 § 64.]
NOTES:
Application—1997 c 252 §§ 1-73: See note following RCW 11.02.005.
Application, construction—Severability—Effective date—1974 ex.s. c 117: See RCW 11.02.080 and notes following.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.44 - Inventory and Appraisement. › 11.44.035 - Inventory and appraisement may be contradicted or avoided.

RCW 11.44.035
Inventory and appraisement may be contradicted or avoided.
In an action against the personal representative where the administration of the estate, or any part thereof, is put in issue and the inventory and appraisement of the estate by the personal representative is given in evidence, the same may be contradicted or avoided by evidence. Any party in interest in the estate may challenge the inventory and appraisement at any stage of the probate proceedings.
[ 1997 c 252 § 43; 1965 c 145 § 11.44.035. Prior: Code 1881 § 721; 1877 p 146 § 725; 1869 p 166 § 662; RCW 11.48.170; RRS § 970.]
NOTES:
Application—1997 c 252 §§ 1-73: See note following RCW 11.02.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.44 - Inventory and Appraisement. › 11.44.050 - Inventory and appraisement—Failure to return or provide copy—Revocation of letters.

RCW 11.44.050
Inventory and appraisement—Failure to return or provide copy—Revocation of letters.
If any personal representative shall neglect or refuse to make the inventory and appraisement within the period prescribed, or within such further time as the court may allow, or to provide a copy as provided under RCW 11.44.015, 11.44.025, or 11.44.035, the court may revoke the letters testamentary or of administration; and the personal representative shall be liable on his or her bond to any party interested for the injury sustained by the estate through his or her neglect.
[ 1997 c 252 § 44; 1965 c 145 § 11.44.050. Prior: 1917 c 156 § 99; RRS § 1469; prior: Code 1881 § 1457; 1873 p 281 § 138; 1854 p 278 § 69.]
NOTES:
Application—1997 c 252 §§ 1-73: See note following RCW 11.02.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.44 - Inventory and Appraisement. › 11.44.070 - Persons assisting in appraisement—Compensation—Refund.

RCW 11.44.070
Persons assisting in appraisement—Compensation—Refund.
The personal representative may employ a qualified and disinterested person to assist in ascertaining the fair market value as of the date of the decedent's death of any asset the value of which may be subject to reasonable doubt. Different persons may be employed to appraise different kinds of assets included in the estate. The amount of the fee to be paid to any persons assisting the personal representative in any appraisement shall be determined by the personal representative: PROVIDED HOWEVER, That the reasonableness of any such compensation shall, at the time of hearing on any final account as provided in chapter 11.76 RCW or on a request or petition under RCW 11.68.100 or 11.68.110, be reviewed by the court in accordance with the provisions of RCW 11.68.100, and if the court determines the compensation to be unreasonable, a personal representative may be ordered to make appropriate refund.
[ 1997 c 252 § 45; 1974 ex.s. c 117 § 50; 1967 c 168 § 10; 1965 c 145 § 11.44.070. Formerly RCW 11.44.010, part.]
NOTES:
Application—1997 c 252 §§ 1-73: See note following RCW 11.02.005.
Application, construction—Severability—Effective date—1974 ex.s. c 117: See RCW 11.02.080 and notes following.
Effective date—1965 c 145: See RCW 11.99.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.44 - Inventory and Appraisement. › 11.44.085 - Claims against personal representative included.

RCW 11.44.085
Claims against personal representative included.
The naming or the appointment of any person as personal representative shall not operate as a discharge from any just claim which the testator or intestate had against the personal representative, but the claim shall be included in the inventory and appraisement and the personal representative shall be liable to the same extent as the personal representative would have been had he or she not been appointed personal representative.
[ 1997 c 252 § 46; 1965 c 145 § 11.44.085. Prior: 1917 c 156 § 97; RCW 11.44.030; RRS § 1467; prior: Code 1881 § 1449; 1860 p 63 § 5; 1854 p 277 § 60.]
NOTES:
Application—1997 c 252 §§ 1-73: See note following RCW 11.02.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.44 - Inventory and Appraisement. › 11.44.090 - Discharge of debt—Specific bequest and inclusion in inventory and appraisement.

RCW 11.44.090
Discharge of debt—Specific bequest and inclusion in inventory and appraisement.
The discharge or bequest in a will of any debt or demand of the testator against any executor named in the testator's will or against any person shall not be valid against the creditors of the deceased, but shall be construed as a specific bequest of such debt or demand, and the amount thereof shall be included in the inventory and appraisement, and shall, if necessary, be applied in payment of the testator's debts; if not necessary for that purpose, it shall be paid in the same manner and proportions as other specific legacies.
[ 1997 c 252 § 47; 1965 c 145 § 11.44.090. Prior: 1917 c 156 § 98; RCW 11.44.040; RRS § 1468; prior: Code 1881 § 1450; 1854 p 277 § 61.]
NOTES:
Application—1997 c 252 §§ 1-73: See note following RCW 11.02.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.48 - Personal Representatives—General Provisions—Actions by and Against. › 11.48.010 - General powers and duties.

RCW 11.48.010
General powers and duties.
It shall be the duty of every personal representative to settle the estate, including the administration of any nonprobate assets within control of the personal representative under RCW 11.18.200, in his or her hands as rapidly and as quickly as possible, without sacrifice to the probate or nonprobate estate. The personal representative shall collect all debts due the deceased and pay all debts as hereinafter provided. The personal representative shall be authorized in his or her own name to maintain and prosecute such actions as pertain to the management and settlement of the estate, and may institute suit to collect any debts due the estate or to recover any property, real or personal, or for trespass of any kind or character.
[ 1994 c 221 § 30; 1965 c 145 § 11.48.010. Prior: 1917 c 156 § 147; RRS § 1517; prior: Code 1881 § 1528; 1854 p 291 § 141.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—1994 c 221: See note following RCW 11.100.035.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.48 - Personal Representatives—General Provisions—Actions by and Against. › 11.48.020 - Right to possession and management of estate.

RCW 11.48.020
Right to possession and management of estate.
Every personal representative shall, after having qualified, by giving bond as hereinbefore provided, have a right to the immediate possession of all the real as well as personal estate of the deceased, and may receive the rents and profits of the real estate until the estate shall be settled or delivered over, by order of the court, to the heirs or devisees, and shall keep in tenantable repair all houses, buildings and fixtures thereon, which are under his or her control.
[ 2010 c 8 § 2030; 1965 c 145 § 11.48.020. Prior: 1917 c 156 § 94; RRS § 1464; prior: Code 1881 § 1444; 1860 p 189 § 132; 1854 p 278 § 65.]
NOTES:
When title vests: RCW 11.04.250.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.48 - Personal Representatives—General Provisions—Actions by and Against. › 11.48.025 - Continuation of decedent's business.

RCW 11.48.025
Continuation of decedent's business.
Upon a showing of advantage to the estate the court may authorize a personal representative to continue any business of the decedent, other than the business of a partnership of which the decedent was a member: PROVIDED, That if decedent left a nonintervention will or a will specifically authorizing a personal representative to continue any business of decedent, and his or her estate is solvent, or a will providing that the personal representative liquidate any business of decedent, this section shall not apply.
The order shall specify:
(1) The extent of the authority of the personal representative to incur liabilities;
(2) The period of time during which he or she may operate the business;
(3) Any additional provisions or restrictions which the court may, at its discretion, include.
Any interested person may for good cause require the personal representative to show cause why the authority granted him or her should not be limited or terminated. The order to show cause shall set forth the manner of service thereof and the time and place of hearing thereon.
[ 2010 c 8 § 2031; 1965 c 145 § 11.48.025. Prior: 1955 c 98 § 1.]
NOTES:
Request for special notice of proceedings in probate—Prohibitions: RCW 11.28.240.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.48 - Personal Representatives—General Provisions—Actions by and Against. › 11.48.030 - Chargeable with whole estate.

RCW 11.48.030
Chargeable with whole estate.
Every personal representative shall be chargeable in his or her accounts with the whole estate of the deceased which may come into his or her possession. He or she shall not be responsible for loss or decrease or destruction of any of the property or effects of the estate, without his or her fault.
[ 2010 c 8 § 2032; 1965 c 145 § 11.48.030. Prior: 1917 c 156 § 155; RRS § 1525; prior: Code 1881 § 1538; 1860 p 210 § 241; 1854 p 295 § 161.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.48 - Personal Representatives—General Provisions—Actions by and Against. › 11.48.040 - Not chargeable on special promise to pay decedent's debts unless in writing.

RCW 11.48.040
Not chargeable on special promise to pay decedent's debts unless in writing.
No personal representative shall be chargeable upon any special promise to answer damages, or to pay the debts of the testator or intestate out of his or her own estate, unless the agreement for that purpose, or some memorandum or note thereof, is in writing and signed by such personal representative, or by some other person by him or her thereunto specially authorized.
[ 2010 c 8 § 2033; 1965 c 145 § 11.48.040. Prior: 1917 c 156 § 154; RRS § 1524; prior: Code 1881 § 1537; 1854 p 295 § 160.]
NOTES:
Agreement to answer damages from own estate must be in writing: RCW 19.36.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.48 - Personal Representatives—General Provisions—Actions by and Against. › 11.48.050 - Allowance of necessary expenses.

RCW 11.48.050
Allowance of necessary expenses.
He or she shall be allowed all necessary expenses in the care, management, and settlement of the estate.
[ 2010 c 8 § 2034; 1965 c 145 § 11.48.050. Prior: 1917 c 156 § 156; RRS § 1526; prior: Code 1881 § 1541; 1854 p 295 § 164.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: SPR 98.12W.
Attorney's fee to contestant of erroneous account or report: RCW 11.76.070.
Broker's fee and closing expenses—Sale, mortgage or lease: RCW 11.56.265.
Compensation—Attorney's fee: RCW 11.48.210.
Monument, expense of: RCW 11.76.130.
Order of payment of debts: RCW 11.76.110.
Will contests, costs: RCW 11.24.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.48 - Personal Representatives—General Provisions—Actions by and Against. › 11.48.060 - May recover for embezzled or alienated property of decedent.

RCW 11.48.060
May recover for embezzled or alienated property of decedent.
If any person, before the granting of letters testamentary or of administration, shall embezzle or alienate any of the moneys, goods, chattels, or effects of any deceased person, he or she shall stand chargeable, and be liable to the personal representative of the estate, in the value of the property so embezzled or alienated, together with any damage occasioned thereby, to be recovered for the benefit of the estate.
[ 2010 c 8 § 2035; 1965 c 145 § 11.48.060. Prior: 1917 c 156 § 101; RRS § 1471; prior: Code 1881 § 1455; 1854 p 278 § 67.]
NOTES:
Larceny: RCW 9A.56.100.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.48 - Personal Representatives—General Provisions—Actions by and Against. › 11.48.070 - Concealed or embezzled property—Proceedings for discovery.

RCW 11.48.070
Concealed or embezzled property—Proceedings for discovery.
The court shall have authority to bring before it any person or persons suspected of having in his or her possession or having concealed, embezzled, conveyed, or disposed of any of the property of the estate of decedents or incompetents subject to administration under this title, or who has in his or her possession or within his or her knowledge any conveyances, bonds, contracts, or other writings which contain evidence of or may tend to establish the right, title, interest, or claim of the deceased in and to any property. If such person be not in the county in which the letters were granted, he or she may be cited and examined either before the court of the county where found or before the court issuing the order of citation, and if he or she be found innocent of the charges he or she shall be entitled to recover costs of the estate, which costs shall be fees and mileage of witnesses, statutory attorney's fees, and such per diem and mileage for the person so charged as allowed to witnesses in civil proceedings. Such party may be brought before the court by means of citation such as the court may choose to issue, and if he or she refuses to answer such interrogatories as may be put to him or her touching such matters, the court may commit him or her to the county jail, there to remain until he or she shall be willing to make such answers.
[ 2010 c 8 § 2036; 1965 c 145 § 11.48.070. Prior: 1917 c 156 § 102; RRS § 1472; prior: 1891 p 385 §§ 22, 23; Code 1881 §§ 1456, 1457; 1854 p 278 §§ 68, 69.]
NOTES:
Larceny: RCW 9A.56.100.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.48 - Personal Representatives—General Provisions—Actions by and Against. › 11.48.080 - Uncollectible debts—Liability—Purchase of claims by personal representative.

RCW 11.48.080
Uncollectible debts—Liability—Purchase of claims by personal representative.
No personal representative shall be accountable for any debts due the estate, if it shall appear that they remain uncollected without his or her fault. No personal representative shall purchase any claim against the estate he or she represents, but the personal representative may make application to the court for permission to purchase certain claims, and if it appears to the court to be for the benefit of the estate that such purchase shall be made, the court may make an order allowing such claims and directing that the same may be purchased by the personal representative under such terms as the court shall order, and such claims shall thereafter be paid as are other claims, but the personal representative shall not profit thereby.
[ 2010 c 8 § 2037; 1965 c 145 § 11.48.080. Prior: 1917 c 156 § 157; RRS § 1527; prior: Code 1881 § 1540; 1854 p 295 § 163.]
NOTES:
Request for special notice of proceedings in probate—Prohibitions: RCW 11.28.240.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.48 - Personal Representatives—General Provisions—Actions by and Against. › 11.48.090 - Actions for recovery of property and on contract.

RCW 11.48.090
Actions for recovery of property and on contract.
Actions for the recovery of any property or for the possession thereof, and all actions founded upon contracts, may be maintained by and against personal representatives in all cases in which the same might have been maintained by and against their respective testators or intestates.
[ 1965 c 145 § 11.48.090. Prior: 1917 c 156 § 148; RRS § 1518; prior: Code 1881 § 1529; 1860 p 206 § 222; 1854 p 291 § 142.]
NOTES:
Performance of decedent's contracts: Chapter 11.60 RCW.
Survival of actions: Chapter 4.20 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.48 - Personal Representatives—General Provisions—Actions by and Against. › 11.48.120 - Action on bond of previous personal representative.

RCW 11.48.120
Action on bond of previous personal representative.
Any personal representative may in his or her own name, for the benefit of all persons interested in the estate, as defined in RCW 11.96A.030(6) relative to a decedent's estate, maintain actions on the bond of a former personal representative of the same estate.
[ 2021 c 140 § 4002; 2010 c 8 § 2038; 1965 c 145 § 11.48.120. Prior: 1917 c 156 § 151; RRS § 1521; prior: Code 1881 § 1532; 1854 p 291 § 145.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.48 - Personal Representatives—General Provisions—Actions by and Against. › 11.48.130 - Compromise of claims.

RCW 11.48.130
Compromise of claims.
The court may authorize the personal representative, without the necessary nonintervention powers, to compromise and compound any claim owing the estate. Unless the court has restricted the power to compromise or compound claims owing to the estate and except as provided in RCW 11.68.090, a personal representative with nonintervention powers may compromise and compound a claim owing the estate without the intervention of the court.
[ 2021 c 140 § 4003; 1997 c 252 § 58; 1965 c 145 § 11.48.130. Prior: 1917 c 156 § 152; RRS § 1522; prior: Code 1881 § 1533; 1854 p 291 § 146.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: SPR 98.08W.
Application—2021 c 140 §§ 4003-4017, 4023, 4024, and 4026: "(1) Sections 4003 through 4017, 4023, and 4024 of this act apply to all probate estates, regardless of whether the probate action commenced before or after July 25, 2021.
(2) Section 4026 of this act applies to all accounts established under chapter 11.114 RCW, regardless of whether the account was established before or after July 25, 2021." [ 2021 c 140 § 4027.]
Application—1997 c 252 §§ 1-73: See note following RCW 11.02.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.48 - Personal Representatives—General Provisions—Actions by and Against. › 11.48.140 - Recovery of decedent's fraudulent conveyances.

RCW 11.48.140
Recovery of decedent's fraudulent conveyances.
When there shall be a deficiency of assets in the hands of a personal representative, and when the deceased shall in his or her lifetime have conveyed any real estate, or any rights, or interest therein, with intent to defraud his or her creditors or to avoid any right, duty, or debt of any person, or shall have so conveyed such estate, which deeds or conveyances by law are void as against creditors, the personal representative may, and it shall be his or her duty to, commence and prosecute to final judgment any proper action for the recovery of the same, and may recover for the benefit of the creditors all such real estate so fraudulently conveyed, and may also, for the benefit of the creditors, sue and recover all goods, chattels, rights, and credits which may have been so fraudulently conveyed by the deceased in his or her lifetime, whatever may have been the manner of such fraudulent conveyance.
[ 2010 c 8 § 2039; 1965 c 145 § 11.48.140. Prior: 1917 c 156 § 153; prior: Code 1881 § 1534; 1854 p 291 § 147.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.48 - Personal Representatives—General Provisions—Actions by and Against. › 11.48.150 - Several personal representatives considered as one.

RCW 11.48.150
Several personal representatives considered as one.
In an action against several personal representatives, they shall all be considered as one person representing their testator or intestate, and judgment may be given and execution issued against all of them who are defendants in the action.
[ 1965 c 145 § 11.48.150. Prior: Code 1881 § 719; 1877 p 146 § 723; 1869 p 165 § 660; RRS § 968.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.48 - Personal Representatives—General Provisions—Actions by and Against. › 11.48.160 - Default judgment not evidence of assets—Exception.

RCW 11.48.160
Default judgment not evidence of assets—Exception.
When a judgment is given against a personal representative for want of answer, such judgment is not to be deemed evidence of assets in his or her hands, unless it appear that the complaint alleged assets and that the notice was served upon him or her.
[ 2010 c 8 § 2040; 1965 c 145 § 11.48.160. Prior: Code 1881 § 720; 1877 p 146 § 724; 1869 p 166 § 661; RRS § 969.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.48 - Personal Representatives—General Provisions—Actions by and Against. › 11.48.180 - Liability of executor de son tort.

RCW 11.48.180
Liability of executor de son tort.
No person is liable to an action as executor of his or her own wrong for having taken, received, or interfered with the property of a deceased person, but is responsible to the personal representatives of such deceased person for the value of all property so taken or received, and for all injury caused by his or her interference with the estate of the deceased.
[ 2010 c 8 § 2041; 1965 c 145 § 11.48.180. Prior: Code 1881 § 722; 1877 p 146 § 726; 1869 p 166 § 663; RRS § 971.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.48 - Personal Representatives—General Provisions—Actions by and Against. › 11.48.190 - Executor of executor may not sue for estate of first testator.

RCW 11.48.190
Executor of executor may not sue for estate of first testator.
An executor of an executor has no authority as such to commence or maintain an action or proceeding relating to the estate of the testator of the first executor, or to take any charge or control thereof.
[ 1965 c 145 § 11.48.190. Prior: Code 1881 § 723; 1877 p 147 § 727; 1869 p 166 § 664; RRS § 972.]
NOTES:
Administrator with will annexed on death of executor: RCW 11.28.060.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.48 - Personal Representatives—General Provisions—Actions by and Against. › 11.48.200 - Arrest and attachment, when, authorized.

RCW 11.48.200
Arrest and attachment, when, authorized.
In an action against a personal representative as such, the remedies of arrest and attachment shall not be allowed on account of the acts of his or her testator or intestate, but for his or her own acts as such personal representative, such remedies shall be allowed for the same causes in the manner and with like effect as in actions at law generally.
[ 2010 c 8 § 2042; 1965 c 145 § 11.48.200. Prior: Code 1881 § 724; 1877 p 147 § 729; 1869 p 167 § 666; RRS § 973.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.48 - Personal Representatives—General Provisions—Actions by and Against. › 11.48.210 - Compensation—Attorney's fees.

RCW 11.48.210
Compensation—Attorney's fees.
If testator by will makes provision for the compensation of his or her personal representative, that shall be taken as his or her full compensation unless he or she files in the court a written instrument renouncing all claim for the compensation provided by the will before qualifying as personal representative. The personal representative, when no compensation is provided in the will, or when he or she renounces all claim to the compensation provided in the will, shall be allowed such compensation for his or her services as the court shall deem just and reasonable. Additional compensation may be allowed for his or her services as attorney and for other services not required of a personal representative. An attorney performing services for the estate at the instance of the personal representative shall have such compensation therefor out of the estate as the court shall deem just and reasonable. Such compensation may be allowed at the final account; but at any time during administration a personal representative or his or her attorney may apply to the court for an allowance upon the compensation of the personal representative and upon attorney's fees. If the court finds that the personal representative has failed to discharge his or her duties as such in any respect, it may deny him or her any compensation whatsoever or may reduce the compensation which would otherwise be allowed.
[ 2010 c 8 § 2043; 1965 c 145 § 11.48.210. Prior: 1917 c 156 § 158; RRS § 1528; prior: Code 1881 § 1541; 1854 p 295 § 164.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: SPR 98.12W.
Allowance of necessary expenses: RCW 11.48.050.
Will contests, costs: RCW 11.24.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.54 - Family Support and Postdeath Creditor's Claim Exemptions. › 11.54.010 - Award to surviving spouse, domestic partner, or children—Petition.

RCW 11.54.010
Award to surviving spouse, domestic partner, or children—Petition.
(1) Subject to RCW 11.54.030, the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner of a decedent may petition the court for an award from the property of the decedent. If the decedent is survived by children of the decedent who are not also the children of the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner, on petition of such a child the court may divide the award between the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner and all or any of such children as it deems appropriate. If there is not a surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner, the minor children of the decedent may petition for an award.
(2) The award may be made from either the community property or separate property of the decedent. Unless otherwise ordered by the court, the probate and nonprobate assets of the decedent abate in accordance with chapter 11.10 RCW in satisfaction of the award.
(3) The award may be made whether or not probate proceedings have been commenced in the state of Washington. The court may not make this award unless the petition for the award is filed before the earliest of:
(a) Eighteen months from the date of the decedent's death if within twelve months of the decedent's death either:
(i) A personal representative has been appointed; or
(ii) A notice agent has filed a declaration and oath as required in RCW 11.42.010(3)(a)(ii); or
(b) The termination of any probate proceeding for the decedent's estate that has been commenced in the state of Washington; or
(c) Six years from the date of the death of the decedent.
[ 2008 c 6 § 916; 1997 c 252 § 48.]
NOTES:
Part headings not law—Severability—2008 c 6: See RCW 26.60.900 and 26.60.901.
Application—1997 c 252 §§ 1-73: See note following RCW 11.02.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.54 - Family Support and Postdeath Creditor's Claim Exemptions. › 11.54.020 - Amount of basic award.

RCW 11.54.020
Amount of basic award.
The amount of the basic award shall be the amount specified in *RCW 6.13.030(2) with regard to lands. If an award is divided between a surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner and the decedent's children who are not the children of the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner, the aggregate amount awarded to all the claimants under this section shall be the amount specified in *RCW 6.13.030(2) with respect to lands. The amount of the basic award may be increased or decreased in accordance with RCW 11.54.040 and 11.54.050.
[ 2008 c 6 § 917; 1997 c 252 § 49.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 6.13.030 was amended by 2021 c 290 § 3, significantly changing subsection (2).
Part headings not law—Severability—2008 c 6: See RCW 26.60.900 and 26.60.901.
Application—1997 c 252 §§ 1-73: See note following RCW 11.02.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.54 - Family Support and Postdeath Creditor's Claim Exemptions. › 11.54.030 - Conditions to award.

RCW 11.54.030
Conditions to award.
(1) The court may not make an award unless the court finds that the funeral expenses, expenses of last sickness, and expenses of administration have been paid or provided for.
(2) The court may not make an award to a surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner or child who has participated, either as a principal or as an accessory before the fact, in the willful and unlawful killing of the decedent.
[ 2008 c 6 § 918; 1997 c 252 § 50.]
NOTES:
Part headings not law—Severability—2008 c 6: See RCW 26.60.900 and 26.60.901.
Application—1997 c 252 §§ 1-73: See note following RCW 11.02.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.54 - Family Support and Postdeath Creditor's Claim Exemptions. › 11.54.050 - Decrease in amount of award—Factors for consideration.

RCW 11.54.050
Decrease in amount of award—Factors for consideration.
(1) The court may decrease the amount of the award below the amount provided in RCW 11.54.020 in the exercise of its discretion if the recipient is entitled to receive probate or nonprobate property, including insurance, by reason of the death of the decedent. In such a case the award must be decreased by no more than the value of such other property as is received by reason of the death of the decedent. The court shall consider the factors presented in RCW 11.54.040(2) in determining the propriety of the award and the proper amount of the award, if any.
(2) An award to a surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner is also discretionary and the amount otherwise allowable may be reduced if: (a) The decedent is survived by children who are not the children of the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner and the award would decrease amounts otherwise distributable to such children; or (b) the award would have the effect of reducing amounts otherwise distributable to any of the decedent's minor children. In either case the court shall consider the factors presented in RCW 11.54.040 (2) and (3) and whether the needs of the minor children with respect to basic maintenance and support are and will be adequately provided for, both during and after the pendency of any probate proceedings if such proceedings are pending, considering support from any source, including support from the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner.
[ 2008 c 6 § 920; 1997 c 252 § 52.]
NOTES:
Part headings not law—Severability—2008 c 6: See RCW 26.60.900 and 26.60.901.
Application—1997 c 252 §§ 1-73: See note following RCW 11.02.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law › Chapter 11.54 - Family Support and Postdeath Creditor's Claim Exemptions. › 11.54.060 - Priority of awarded property—Effect of purchase or encumbrance on property.

RCW 11.54.060
Priority of awarded property—Effect of purchase or encumbrance on property.
(1) The award has priority over all other claims made in the estate. In determining which assets must be made available to satisfy the award, the claimant is to be treated as a general creditor of the estate, and unless otherwise ordered by the court the assets shall abate in satisfaction of the award in accordance with chapter 11.10 RCW.
(2) If the property awarded is being purchased on contract or is subject to any encumbrance, for purposes of the award the property must be valued net of the balance due on the contract and the amount of the encumbrance. The property awarded will continue to be subject to any such contract or encumbrance, and any award in excess of the basic award under RCW 11.54.010, whether of community property or the decedent's separate property, is not immune from any lien for costs of medical expenses recoverable under RCW 43.20B.080.
[ 1997 c 252 § 53.]
NOTES:
Application—1997 c 252 §§ 1-73: See note following RCW 11.02.005.