§ 11.76.110. Order of payment of debts
After payment of costs of administration the debts of the estate shall be paid in the following order:
(1) Funeral expenses in such amount as the court shall order.
(2) Expenses of the last sickness, in such amount as the court shall order.
(3) Wages due for labor performed within sixty days immediately preceding the death of decedent.
(4) Debts having preference by the laws of the United States.
(5) Taxes, or any debts or dues owing to the state.
(6) Judgments rendered against the deceased in his lifetime which are liens upon real estate on which executions might have been issued at the time of his death, and debts secured by mortgages in the order of their priority.
(7) All other demands against the estate.
[1965 c 145 § 11.76.110. Prior: 1917 c 156 § 171; RRS § 1541; prior: Code 1881 § 1562; 1860 p 213 § 264; 1854 p 298 § 184.]
Notes:
Borrowing on general credit of estate: RCW 11.56.280.
Claims against estate: Chapter 11.40 RCW.
Sale, etc., of property -- Priority as to realty or personalty: Chapter 11.10 RCW.
Tax constitutes debt -- Priority of lien: RCW 82.32.240.
Wages, preference on death of employer: RCW 49.56.020. Sections: Previous 11.76.040 11.76.050 11.76.060 11.76.070 11.76.080 11.76.095 11.76.100 11.76.110 11.76.120 11.76.130 11.76.150 11.76.160 11.76.170 11.76.180 11.76.190 Next
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