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2023 Revised Code of Washington
Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law
Chapter 11.48 - Personal Representatives—General Provisions—Actions by and Against.
11.48.060 - May recover for embezzled or alienated property of decedent.
Universal Citation: WA Rev Code § 11.48.060 (2023)
RCW 11.48.060
May recover for embezzled or alienated property of decedent.
If any person, before the granting of letters testamentary or of administration, shall embezzle or alienate any of the moneys, goods, chattels, or effects of any deceased person, he or she shall stand chargeable, and be liable to the personal representative of the estate, in the value of the property so embezzled or alienated, together with any damage occasioned thereby, to be recovered for the benefit of the estate.
[ 2010 c 8 § 2035; 1965 c 145 § 11.48.060. Prior: 1917 c 156 § 101; RRS § 1471; prior: Code 1881 § 1455; 1854 p 278 § 67.]
NOTES:
Larceny: RCW 9A.56.100.
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