Title 11 — Title 11 PROBATE AND TRUST LAW
52 chapters · 970 sections in this title.
RCW 11.05A.010 Definitions.
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The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Co-owners with right of survivorship" includes joint tenants, tenants by the entireties, and other co-owners of property or accounts held under circumstances that enti…
RCW 11.05A.020 Minimum survival requirement—Probate code.
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Except as provided in RCW 11.05A.060 and except for the purposes of the uniform TOD security registration act, if the title to property, the devolution of property, the right to elect an interest in property, or the right to exempt property, homestead, or family allowance depends…
RCW 11.05A.030 Minimum survival requirement—Governing instruments.
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Except as provided in RCW 11.05A.060 and except for a security registered in beneficiary form (TOD) under the Uniform TOD Security Registration Act, for purposes of a provision of a governing instrument that relates to an individual surviving an event, including the death of anot…
RCW 11.05A.040 Minimum survival requirement—Co-owners.
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Except as provided in RCW 11.05A.060, if (1) it is not established by clear and convincing evidence that one of two co-owners with right of survivorship survived the other co-owner by one hundred twenty hours, one-half of the property passes as if one had survived by one hundred …
RCW 11.05A.050 Evidence of death or status.
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In addition to the rules of evidence in courts of general jurisdiction, the following rules relating to a determination of death and status apply:(1) Death occurs when an individual is determined to be dead by the attending physician, county coroner, or county medical officer.(2)…
RCW 11.05A.060 Exceptions.
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This chapter does not apply if:(1) The governing instrument contains language dealing explicitly with simultaneous deaths or deaths in a common disaster and that language is operable under the facts of the case;(2) The governing instrument expressly indicates that an individual i…
RCW 11.05A.070 Liability.
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(1) Protection of Payors and Other Third Parties.(a) A payor or other third party is not liable for having made a payment or transferred an item of property or any other benefit to a person designated in a governing instrument who, under this chapter, is not entitled to the payme…
RCW 11.05A.900 Application—Construction.
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This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.[ 2007 c 475 s 14.]
RCW 11.05A.901 Short title.
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This chapter may be cited as the uniform simultaneous death act.[ 2007 c 475 s 15.]
RCW 11.05A.904 Application.
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On July 22, 2007:(1) An act done before July 22, 2007, in any proceeding and any accrued right is not impaired by this chapter. If a right is acquired, extinguished, or barred upon the expiration of a prescribed period of time that has commenced to run by the provisions of any st…