Title 11 — Title 11 PROBATE AND TRUST LAW
52 chapters · 970 sections in this title.
RCW 11.56.005 Authority to exchange.
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Whenever it shall appear upon the petition of the personal representative or of any person interested in the estate to be to the best interests of the estate to exchange any real or personal property of the estate for other property, the court may authorize the exchange upon such…
RCW 11.56.010 Authority to sell, lease or mortgage.
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The court may order real or personal property sold, leased or mortgaged for the purposes hereinafter mentioned but no sale, lease or mortgage of any property of an estate shall be made except under an order of the court, unless otherwise provided by law.[ 1965 c 145 s 11.56.010. …
RCW 11.56.020 Sale, lease or mortgage of personal property.
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The court may at any time order any personal property, including for purposes of this section a vendor's interest in a contract for the sale of real estate, of the estate sold for the preservation of such property or for the payment of the debts of the estate or the expenses of a…
RCW 11.56.030 Sale, lease or mortgage of real estate—Petition—Notice—Hearing.
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*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2445.SL) ***Whenever it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court that any portion or all of the real property should be sold, mortgaged or leased for the purpose of raising money to pay the debts and obligations of the estate, and the expenses of …
RCW 11.56.040 Order directing mortgage.
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If the court should determine that it is necessary or proper, for any of the said purposes, to mortgage any or all of said property, it may make an order directing the personal representative to mortgage such thereof as it may determine upon, and such order shall contain the term…
RCW 11.56.045 Order directing lease.
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If the court should determine that it is necessary or proper, for any of the said purposes to lease any or all of said property, it may make an order directing the personal representative to lease such thereof as it may determine upon, and such order shall contain the terms and c…
RCW 11.56.050 Order directing sale.
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If the court should determine that it is necessary to sell any or all of the real estate for the purposes mentioned in this title, then it may make and cause to be entered an order directing the personal representative to sell so much of the real estate as the court may determine…
RCW 11.56.060 Public sales—Notice.
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When real property is directed to be sold by public sale, notice of the time and place of such sale shall be published in a legal newspaper of the county in which the estate is being administered, once each week for three successive weeks before such sale, in which notices the pr…
RCW 11.56.070 Postponement, adjournment of sale—Notice.
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The personal representative, should he or she deem it for the best interests of all concerned, may postpone such sale to a time fixed but not to exceed twenty days, and such postponement shall be made by proclamation of the personal representative at the time and place first appo…
RCW 11.56.080 Private sales of realty—Notice—Bids.
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When a sale of real property is ordered to be made at private sale, notice of the same must be published in a legal newspaper of the county in which the estate is being administered, once a week for at least two successive weeks before the day on or after which the sale is to be …
RCW 11.56.090 Minimum price—Private sale—Sale by negotiation—Reappraisement.
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No sale of real estate at private sale or sale by negotiation shall be confirmed by the court unless the gross sum offered is at least ninety percent of the appraised value thereof, nor unless such real estate shall have been appraised within one year immediately prior to such sa…
RCW 11.56.100 Confirmation of sale—Approval—Resale.
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The personal representative making any sale of real estate, either at public or private sale, or sale by negotiation shall within ten days after making such sale file with the clerk of the court his or her return of such sale, the same being duly verified. In the case of a sale b…
RCW 11.56.110 Offer of increased bid—Duty of court.
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If, at any time before confirmation of any such sale, any person shall file with the clerk of the court a bid on such property in an amount not less than ten percent higher than the bid the acceptance of which was reported by the return of sale and shall deposit with the clerk no…
RCW 11.56.115 Effect of confirmation.
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No petition or allegation thereof for the sale of real estate shall be considered jurisdictional, and confirmation by the court of any sale shall be absolutely conclusive as to the regularity of all proceedings leading up to and including such sale, and no instrument of conveyanc…
RCW 11.56.120 Conveyance after confirmation of sale.
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Upon the confirmation of any such sale the court shall direct the personal representative to make, execute and deliver instruments conveying the title to the person to whom such property may be sold, and such instruments of conveyance shall be deemed to convey all the estate, rig…
RCW 11.56.180 Sale of decedent's contract interest in land.
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If the deceased person at the time of his or her death was possessed of a contract for the purchase of lands, his or her interest in such lands under such contract may be sold on the application of his or her personal representative in the same manner as if he or she died seized …
RCW 11.56.210 Assignment of decedent's contract.
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Upon the confirmation of such sale, the personal representative shall execute to the purchaser an assignment of the contract and deed, which shall vest in the purchaser, his or her heirs and assigns, all the right, title, and interest of the persons entitled to the interest of th…
RCW 11.56.220 Redemption of decedent's mortgaged estate.
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If any person die having mortgaged any real or personal estate, and shall not have devised the same, or provided for any redemption thereof by will, the court, upon the application of any person interested, may order the personal representative to redeem the estate out of the ass…
RCW 11.56.230 Sale or mortgage to effect redemption.
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If it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the court that it will be to the interest of the estate of any deceased person to sell or mortgage other personal estate or to sell or mortgage other real estate of the decedent than that mortgaged by him or her to redeem the p…
RCW 11.56.240 Sale of mortgaged property if redemption inexpedient.
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If such redemption be not deemed expedient, the court shall order such property to be sold at public or private sale, which sale shall be with the same notice and conducted in the same manner as required in other cases of real estate or personal property provided for in this titl…
RCW 11.56.250 Sales directed by will.
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When property is directed by will to be sold, or authority is given in the will to sell property, the executor may sell any property of the estate without the order of the court, and without any notice, and it shall not be necessary under such circumstances to make any applicatio…
RCW 11.56.265 Broker's fee and closing expenses—Sale, mortgage or lease.
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In connection with the sale, mortgage or lease of property, the court may authorize the personal representative to pay, out of the proceeds realized therefrom or out of the estate, the customary and reasonable auctioneer's and broker's fees and any necessary expenses for abstract…
RCW 11.56.280 Borrowing on general credit of estate—Petition—Notice—Hearing.
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Whenever it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court that money is needed to pay debts of the estate, expenses of administration, or estate taxes, the court may by order authorize the personal representative to borrow such money, on the general credit of the estate, as appea…