2018 Revised Code of Washington
Title 11 - PROBATE AND TRUST LAW
11.125 Uniform power of attorney act.
11.125.902 Application—Dates—2016 c 209.
RCW 11.125.902 Application—Dates—2016 c 209.
Except as otherwise provided in chapter 209, Laws of 2016, on January 1, 2017:
(1) Chapter 209, Laws of 2016 applies to a power of attorney created before, on, or after January 1, 2017;
(2) Chapter 209, Laws of 2016 applies to a judicial proceeding concerning a power of attorney commenced on or after January 1, 2017;
(3) Chapter 209, Laws of 2016 applies to a judicial proceeding concerning a power of attorney commenced before January 1, 2017, unless the court finds that application of a provision of chapter 209, Laws of 2016 would substantially interfere with the effective conduct of the judicial proceeding or prejudice the rights of a party, in which case that provision does not apply and the superseded law applies; and
(4) An act done before January 1, 2017, is not affected by chapter 209, Laws of 2016.
[ 2016 c 209 § 503.]
