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Wash. Rev. Code § 11.32.040 (2026)

Succession by personal representative

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Upon granting letters testamentary or of administration the power of the special administrator shall cease, and he or she shall forthwith deliver to the personal representative all the goods, chattels, money, effects, and debts of the deceased in his or her hands, and the personal representative may be admitted to prosecute any suit commenced by the special administrator, in like manner as an administrator de bonis non is authorized to prosecute a suit commenced by a former personal representative. The estate shall be liable for obligations incurred by the special administrator pursuant to the order of appointment or approved by the court.
[ 2010 c 8 s 2028; 1965 c 145 s 11.32.040. Prior: 1917 c 156 s 84; RRS s 1454; prior: Code 1881 s 1422; 1863 p 233 s 140; 1860 p 185 s 107.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1961–2008 · leading case: Kwiatkowski v. Drews, 176 P.3d 510 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008).
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Kwiatkowski v. Drews, 176 P.3d 510 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008). “But RCW 11.32.040 further provides that "[u]pon granting letters testamentary or of administration the power of the special administrator shall cease.”
In re the Est. of Bailey, 364 P.2d 539 (Wash. 1961). “Regardless of her particular status as special administratrix, under the provisions of RCW 11.32.040 she was obligated to surrender to the administrators the assets and records belonging to the estate which were in her possession.”
Kwiatkowski v. Drews, 142 Wash. App. 463 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008). “But RCW 11.32.040 further provides that “[u]pon granting letters testamentary or of administration the power of the special administrator shall cease.”
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