2019 Revised Code of Washington
Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law
Chapter 11.11 - Testamentary Disposition of Nonprobate Assets Act.
11.11.003 Purposes.

RCW 11.11.003 Purposes.

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 ยง 102.]

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