Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 11.04.290 (2026)

Vesting of title

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RCW 11.04.250 through 11.04.290 shall apply to community real property and also to separate estate; and upon the death of either spouse or either domestic partner, title of all community real property shall vest immediately in the person or persons to whom the same shall go, pass, descend or be devised, as provided in RCW 11.04.015, subject to all the charges mentioned in RCW 11.04.250.
[ 2008 c 6 s 930; 1965 c 145 s 11.04.290. Prior: 1895 c 105 s 5; RRS s 1370.]

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Part headings not lawSeverability2008 c 6: See RCW 26.60.900 and 26.60.901.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1975–1997 · leading case: In re the Est. of Baird, 933 P.2d 1031 (Wash. 1997).
In re the Est. of Baird, 933 P.2d 1031 (Wash. 1997). · cites it 2× “250 and RCW 11.04.290 (vesting of property under descent and distribution chapter).”
In Re Est. of Storer, 544 P.2d 95 (Wash. Ct. App. 1975). · cites it 2× “250 3 and RCW 11.04.290. 4 At the time of Eldon Storer’s death, his heirs consisted of his mother and his “spouse” Anna.”
Matter of Est. of Baird, 933 P.2d 1031 (Wash. 1997). · cites it 2× “250 and RCW 11.04.290 (vesting of property under descent and distribution chapter).”
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