Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 11 Probate And Trust Law - Chapter 11.20 Custody, Proof, And Probate Of Wills

  • 11.20.010 Duty of custodian of will -- Liability
    Any person having the custody or control of any will shall, within thirty days after he shall have received knowledge of the death of the ...
  • 11.20.020 Application for probate -- Hearing -- Order -- Proof -- Record of testimony -- Affidavits of attesting witnesses
    (1) Applications for the probate of a will and for letters testamentary, or either, may be made to the judge of the court having jurisdiction ...
  • 11.20.030 Commission to take testimony of witness
    If any witness be prevented by sickness from attending at the time any will is produced for probate, or reside out of the state or ...
  • 11.20.040 Proof where one or more witnesses are unable or incompetent to testify, or absent from state
    The subsequent incompetency from whatever cause of one or more of the subscribing witnesses, or their inability to testify in open court or pursuant to ...
  • 11.20.050 Recording of wills
    All wills filed with the clerk of the superior court must be noted in the record required to be kept under RCW 36.23.030(7). They may ...
  • 11.20.060 Record of will as evidence
    The record of any will made, probated and recorded as herein provided, and the exemplification of such record by the clerk in whose custody the ...
  • 11.20.070 Proof of lost or destroyed will
    (1) If a will has been lost or destroyed under circumstances such that the loss or destruction does not have the effect of revoking the ...
  • 11.20.080 Restraint of personal representative during pendency of application to prove lost or destroyed will
    If, before or during the pendency of an application to prove a lost or destroyed will, letters of administration shall have been granted on the ...
  • 11.20.090 Admission to probate of foreign will
    Wills probated in any other state or territory of the United States, or in any foreign country or state, shall be admitted to probate in ...
  • 11.20.100 Laws applicable to foreign wills
    All provisions of law relating to the carrying into effect of domestic wills after probate thereof shall, so far as applicable, apply to foreign wills ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009