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Wash. Rev. Code § 11.48.050 (2026)

Allowance of necessary expenses

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He or she shall be allowed all necessary expenses in the care, management, and settlement of the estate.
[ 2010 c 8 s 2034; 1965 c 145 s 11.48.050. Prior: 1917 c 156 s 156; RRS s 1526; prior: Code 1881 s 1541; 1854 p 295 s 164.]

Notes:

Rules of court: SPR 98.12W.
Attorney's fee to contestant of erroneous account or report: RCW 11.76.070.
Broker's fee and closing expenses—Sale, mortgage or lease: RCW 11.56.265.
Compensation—Attorney's fee: RCW 11.48.210.
Monument, expense of: RCW 11.76.130.
Order of payment of debts: RCW 11.76.110.
Will contests, costs: RCW 11.24.050.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1965–2025 · leading case: Est. Of: Randall J. Langeland. Janell Boone, App. / X-res. v. Sharon Drown, Res. / X-app., 195 Wash. App. 74 (Wash. Ct. App. 2016).
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Est. Of: Randall J. Langeland. Janell Boone, App. / X-res. v. Sharon Drown, Res. / X-app., 195 Wash. App. 74 (Wash. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “56 RCW 11.48.050 provides that an estate’s personal representative “shall be allowed all necessary expenses in the care, management, and settlement of the estate.”
In Re Est. of Shaughnessy, 702 P.2d 132 (Wash. 1985). · cites it 2× “The Court of Appeals was correct in dismissing this issue. IV The general rule is that personal representatives who perform their duty to defend a will in good faith may, in the discretion of the trial court, recover personal representative and attorney fees and costs.”
In Re The Est. Of Richard D. Kolesar, 532 P.3d 170 (Wash. Ct. App. 2023). “The personal representative additionally requests an award of fees pursuant to RCW 11.48.050. This statute states that the personal representative “shall be allowed all necessary expenses in the care, management, and settlement of the estate.”
Gwinn v. Church of the Nazarene, 405 P.2d 602 (Wash. 1965). “050, and neither the costs of this appeal nor any attorneys’ fees in connection with this appeal shall be chargeable to the estate under RCW 11.48.050. For the reasons given above, the trial court’s summary judgment is affirmed.”
In Re The Est. Of Elma Kangas Dale Kangas, V Richard Kangas, P.r. (Wash. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 4× “” RCW 11.48.050. Again, we review the trial court’s decision to award fees for abuse of discretion.”
In the Matter of the Est. of: Danny L. Snapp (Wash. Ct. App. 2025). “Although RCW 11.48.050 allows a personal representative all of their necessary expenses in the administration of the estate, Snapp breached his fiduciary duty to the Estate when he withdrew from the Estate monies well excess of his reasonable and 6 No.”
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