Washington Code 11.120.030 – Applicability
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(1) This chapter applies to:
Terms Used In Washington Code 11.120.030
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
- Personal representative: includes executor, administrator, special administrator, and conservator or limited conservator and special representative. See Washington Code 11.02.005
- Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
(a) A fiduciary acting under a will or power of attorney executed before, on, or after June 9, 2016;
(b) A personal representative acting for a decedent who died before, on, or after June 9, 2016;
(c) A guardian acting for an incapacitated person appointed before, on, or after June 9, 2016;
(d) A trustee acting under a trust created before, on, or after June 9, 2016; and
(e) A custodian if the user resides in this state or resided in this state at the time of the user’s death.
(2) This chapter does not apply to a digital asset of an employer used by an employee in the ordinary course of the employer’s business.
[ 2016 c 140 § 3.]