Revised Code of Washington
Wash. Rev. Code § 11.11.003 (2026)
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The purposes of this chapter are to:
(1) Enhance and facilitate the power of testators to control the disposition of assets that pass outside their wills;
(2) Provide simple procedures for resolution of disputes regarding entitlement to such assets; and
(3) Protect any financial institution or other third party having possession of or control over such an asset and transferring it to a beneficiary duly designated by the testator, unless that third party has been provided notice of a testamentary disposition as required in this chapter.
[ 1998 c 292 s 102.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2013–2016 · leading case: Manary v. Anderson, 292 P.3d 96 (Wash. 2013).
Manary v. Anderson, 292 P.3d 96 (Wash. 2013). “RCW 11.11.003. The provisions of the Act must be liberally construed to promote these purposes.”
Est. Of Carol Collister, 382 P.3d 37 (Wash. Ct. App. 2016). “RCW 11.11.003. We must liberally construe the provisions of the TDNAA to promote its express statutory purposes.”
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