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Wash. Rev. Code § 48.02.160 (2026)

Special duties

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The commissioner shall:
(1) Obtain and publish for the use of courts and appraisers throughout the state, tables showing the average expectancy of life and values of annuities and of life and term estates.
(2) Disseminate information concerning the insurance laws of this state.
(3) Provide assistance to members of the public in obtaining information about insurance products and in resolving complaints involving insurers and other licensees.
[ 1988 c 248 s 1; 1947 c 79 s .02.16; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 45.02.16.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1953–1994 · leading case: State v. Ross, 883 P.2d 329 (Wash. Ct. App. 1994).
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State v. Ross, 883 P.2d 329 (Wash. Ct. App. 1994). “They are developed by the State Insurance Commissioner pursuant to RCW 48.02.160 and are the only life expectancy tables our courts can use in instructing juries.”
Bradshaw v. City of Seattle, 264 P.2d 265 (Wash. 1953). · cites it 2× “By a 1947 statute (RCW 48.02.160; Rem. Supp. 1947, § 45.02.16), the legislature imposed upon the insurance commissioner the duty of obtaining and publishing tables showing the average expectancy of life for the use of courts and appraisers.”
In Re the Marriage of Pilant, 709 P.2d 1241 (Wash. Ct. App. 1985). “RCW 48.02.160(1). Our Supreme Court has urged the courts to use these tables when life expectancy must be predicted.”
In Re the Marriage of Jacobs, 579 P.2d 1023 (Wash. Ct. App. 1978). “(RCW 48.02.160). The court concluded, considering that the income would also be *276 taxable, that each party's community share was $18,000 and that each party would be entitled to $100 per month.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 48.02.160(1) — 1 case
In Re the Marriage of Pilant, 709 P.2d 1241 (Wash. Ct. App. 1985). “RCW 48.02.160(1). Our Supreme Court has urged the courts to use these tables when life expectancy must be predicted.”
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