Title 63 — Title 63 PERSONAL PROPERTY
15 chapters · 223 sections in this title.
RCW 63.40.070 Duties of sheriff or designated alternate entity accepting found property.
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(1) This chapter does not modify the requirements for a sheriff to accept found property under chapter 63.21 RCW.(2) If a county designates an alternate department or governmental entity to accept found property under RCW 63.21.090:(a) The designated department or governmental en…
RCW 63.42.010 Legislative intent.
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It is the intent of the legislature to relieve the department of corrections from unacceptable burdens of cost related to storage space and manpower in the preservation of inmate personal property if the property has been abandoned by the inmate and to enhance the security and sa…
RCW 63.42.020 Definitions.
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Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.(1) "Secretary" means the secretary of the department of corrections or the secretary's designees.(2) "Personal property" or "property" includes both corporeal and incorpo…
RCW 63.42.030 Personal property presumed abandoned—Illegal items retained as evidence or destroyed.
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(1) All personal property, and any income or increment which has accrued thereon, held for the owner by an institution that has remained unclaimed for more than six months from the date the owner terminated without authorization from work training release, transferred to a differ…
RCW 63.42.040 Disposition of property presumed abandoned—Inventory—Notice.
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(1) All personal property, other than money, presumed abandoned shall be destroyed unless, in the opinion of the secretary, the property may be used or has value to a charitable or nonprofit organization, in which case the property may be donated to the organization. A charitable…
RCW 63.42.050 Chapter not applicable if prior written agreement.
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This chapter does not apply if the inmate and the department have reached an agreement in writing regarding the disposition of the personal property.[ 1983 1st ex.s. c 52 s 5.]
RCW 63.42.060 Application of chapters 63.24 and 63.29 RCW.
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(1) The uniform unclaimed property act, *chapter 63.29 RCW, does not apply to personal property in the possession of the department of corrections.(2) Chapter 63.24 RCW, unclaimed property in hands of bailee, does not apply to personal property in the possession of the department…
RCW 63.48.010 Accounts presumed abandoned and to escheat to state.
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All postal savings system accounts created by the deposits of persons whose last known addresses are in the state which have not been claimed by the persons entitled thereto before May 1, 1971, are presumed to have been abandoned by their owners and are declared to escheat and be…
RCW 63.48.020 Director to request federal records.
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The director of revenue shall request from the bureau of accounts of the United States treasury department records providing the following information: The names of depositors at the post offices of this state whose accounts are unclaimed, their last addresses as shown by the rec…
RCW 63.48.030 Escheat proceedings brought in Thurston county.
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The director of revenue may bring proceedings in the superior court for Thurston county to escheat unclaimed postal savings system accounts held by the United States treasury. A single proceeding may be used to escheat as many accounts as may be available for escheat at one time.…
RCW 63.48.040 Notice to depositors whose accounts are to be escheated.
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The director of revenue shall notify depositors whose accounts are to be escheated as follows:(1) A letter advising that a postal savings system account in the name of the addressee is about to be escheated and setting forth the procedure by which a deposit may be claimed shall b…
RCW 63.48.050 Copy of judgment presented for payment—Disposition of proceeds.
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The director of revenue shall present a copy of each final judgment of escheat to the United States treasury department for payment of the principal due and the interest computed under regulations of the United States treasury department. The payment received shall be deposited i…
RCW 63.48.060 Indemnification for losses as result of escheat proceedings—Source.
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This state shall indemnify the United States for any losses suffered as a result of the escheat of unclaimed postal savings system accounts. The burden of the indemnification falls upon the fund into which the proceeds of the escheated accounts have been paid.[ 1971 ex.s. c 68 s …
RCW 63.52.005 Definitions.
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Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.(1) "Customer" means an individual or entity that causes or did cause a molder to fabricate, cast, or otherwise make a die, mold, or form.(2) "Molder" means an individual …
RCW 63.52.010 Customer has title and all rights—Written exception—Failure to claim within three years after the last use—Notice to customer—Title and all rights may transfer to the molder.
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(1) In the absence of a written agreement otherwise, the customer has title and all rights to a die, mold, or form in the molder's possession.(2) If a customer does not claim possession from a molder of a die, mold, or form within three years after the last use of the die, mold, …
RCW 63.60.010 Property right—Use of name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness.
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*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 5886-S.SL) ***Every individual or personality has a property right in the use of his or her name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness. Such right exists in the name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness of individuals or personalities deceas…
RCW 63.60.020 Definitions.
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*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 5886-S.SL) ***Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.(1) "Deceased individual" means any individual, regardless of the individual's place of domicile, residence, or citizenship at th…
RCW 63.60.030 Transfer, assignment, and license.
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(1) Every individual or personality has a property right in the use of his or her name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness. Such right shall be freely transferable, assignable, and licensable, in whole or in part, by contract or inter vivos transfer. This right shall not e…
RCW 63.60.040 Right is exclusive for individuals and personalities.
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(1) For individuals, except to the extent that the individual may have assigned or licensed such rights, the rights protected in this chapter are exclusive to the individual, subject to the assignment or licensing of such rights, during such individual's lifetime and are exclusiv…
RCW 63.60.050 Infringement of right—Use without consent—Profit or not for profit.
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*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 5886-S.SL) ***Any person who uses or authorizes the use of a living or deceased individual's or personality's name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness, on or in goods, merchandise, or products entered into commerce in this state, or for purposes…
RCW 63.60.060 Infringement of right—Superior courts—Injunctions—Liability for damages and profits—Impoundment—Destruction—Attorneys' fees.
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*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 5886-S.SL) ***(1) The superior courts of this state may grant injunctions on reasonable terms to prevent or restrain the unauthorized use of the rights in a living or deceased individual's or personality's name, voice, signature, photograph, or likenes…
RCW 63.60.070 Exemptions from use restrictions—When chapter does not apply.
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(1) For purposes of RCW 63.60.050, the use of a name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness in connection with matters of cultural, historical, political, religious, educational, newsworthy, or public interest, including, without limitation, comment, criticism, satire, and pa…
RCW 63.60.080 Community property rights.
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Nothing contained in this chapter is intended to invalidate any community property rights.[ 1998 c 274 s 8.]