Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 11 Probate And Trust Law - Chapter 11.12 Wills

  • 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 ...
  • 11.12.020 Requisites of wills -- Foreign wills
    (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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 11.12.030 Signature of testator at his 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 own name to such ...
  • 11.12.040 Revocation of will -- How effected -- Effect on codicils
    (1) A will, or any part thereof, can be revoked: (a) By a subsequent will that revokes, or partially revokes, the prior will expressly or ...
  • 11.12.051 Dissolution, invalidation, or termination of marriage or domestic partnership
    (1) If, after making a will, the testator's marriage or domestic partnership is dissolved, invalidated, or terminated, all provisions in the will in favor of ...
  • 11.12.060 Agreement to convey does not revoke
    A bond, covenant, or agreement made for a valuable consideration by a testator to convey any property, devised or bequeathed in any last will previously ...
  • 11.12.070 Devise or bequeathal of property subject to encumbrance
    When any real or personal property subject to a mortgage is specifically devised, the devisee shall take such property so devised subject to such mortgage ...
  • 11.12.080 Revocation of later will or codicil -- Effect -- Evidence
    (1) If, after making any will, the testator shall execute a later will that wholly revokes the former will, the destruction, cancellation, or revocation of ...
  • 11.12.091 Omitted child
    (1) If a will fails to name or provide for a child of the decedent who is born or adopted by the decedent after the ...
  • 11.12.095 Omitted spouse or omitted domestic partner
    (1) If a will fails to name or provide for a spouse or domestic partner of the decedent whom the decedent marries or enters into ...
  • 11.12.110 Death of grandparent's issue before grantor
    Unless otherwise provided, when any property shall be given under a will, or under a trust of which the decedent is a grantor and which ...
  • 11.12.120 Lapsed gift -- Procedure and proof
    (1) If a will makes a gift to a person on the condition that the person survive the testator and the person does not survive ...
  • 11.12.160 Interested witness -- Effect on will
    (1) An interested witness to a will is one who would receive a gift under the will. (2) A will or any of its provisions ...
  • 11.12.170 Devise of land, what passes
    Every devise of land in any will shall be construed to convey all the estate of the devisor therein which he could lawfully devise, unless ...
  • 11.12.180 Rule in Shelley's Case abolished--Future distribution or interest to heirs
    The Rule in Shelley's Case is abolished as a rule of law and as a rule of construction. If an applicable statute or a governing ...
  • 11.12.185 Doctrine of Worthier Title abolished -- Exception
    The Doctrine of Worthier Title is abolished as a rule of law and as a rule of construction. However, the Doctrine of Worthier Title is ...
  • 11.12.190 Will to operate on after-acquired property
    Any estate, right or interest in property acquired by the testator after the making of his will may pass thereby and in like manner as ...
  • 11.12.220 No interest on devise unless will so provides
    No interest shall be allowed or calculated on any devise contained in any will unless such will expressly provides for such interest.[1965 c 145 § ...
  • 11.12.230 Intent of testator controlling
    All courts and others concerned in the execution of last wills shall have due regard to the direction of the will, and the true intent ...
  • 11.12.250 Gift to trust
    A gift may be made by a will to a trustee of a trust executed by any trustor or testator (including a funded or unfunded ...
  • 11.12.255 Incorporation by reference
    A will may incorporate by reference any writing in existence when the will is executed if the will itself manifests the testator's intent to incorporate ...
  • 11.12.260 Separate writing may direct disposition of tangible personal property -- Requirements
    (1) A will or a trust of which the decedent is a grantor and which by its terms becomes irrevocable upon or before the grantor's ...
  • 11.12.265 Filing of original will with court before death of testator
    Any person who has custody or control of any original will and who has not received knowledge of the death of the testator may deliver ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009