§ 11.28.010 Letters to executors — Refusal to serve — Disqualification
§ 11.28.020 Objections to appointment
§ 11.28.030 Community property — Who entitled to letters — Waiver
§ 11.28.040 Procedure during minority or absence of executor
§ 11.28.050 Powers of remaining executors on removal of associate
§ 11.28.060 Administration with will annexed on death of executor
§ 11.28.070 Authority of administrator with will annexed
§ 11.28.085 Records and certification of letters — Record of bonds
§ 11.28.090 Execution and form of letters testamentary
§ 11.28.100 Form of letters with will annexed
§ 11.28.110 Application for letters of administration or adjudication of intestacy and heirship
§ 11.28.120 Persons entitled to letters
§ 11.28.131 Hearing on petition — Appointment — Issuance of letters — Notice to surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner
§ 11.28.140 Form of letters of administration
§ 11.28.150 Revocation of letters by discovery of will
§ 11.28.160 Cancellation of letters of administration
§ 11.28.170 Oath of personal representative
§ 11.28.185 Bond or other security of personal representative — When not required — Waiver — Corporate trustee — Additional bond — Reduction — Other security
§ 11.28.190 Examination of sureties — Additional security — Costs
§ 11.28.210 New or additional bond
§ 11.28.220 Persons disqualified as sureties
§ 11.28.230 Bond not void for want of form — Successive recoveries
§ 11.28.235 Limitation of action against sureties
§ 11.28.237 Notice of appointment as personal representative, pendency of probate — Proof by affidavit
§ 11.28.238 Notice of appointment as personal representative — Notice to department of revenue
§ 11.28.240 Request for special notice of proceedings in probate — Prohibitions
§ 11.28.250 Revocation of letters — Causes
§ 11.28.260 Revocation of letters — Proceedings in court or chambers
§ 11.28.270 Powers of remaining personal representatives if letters to associates revoked or surrendered or upon disqualification
§ 11.28.280 Successor personal representative
§ 11.28.290 Accounting on death, resignation, or revocation of letters
§ 11.28.300 Proceedings against delinquent personal representative
§ 11.28.330 Notice of adjudication of testacy or intestacy and heirship — Contents — Service or mailing
§ 11.28.340 Order of adjudication of testacy or intestacy and heirship — Entry — Time limitation — Deemed final decree of distribution, when — Purpose — Finality of adjudications
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Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 11.28 - Letters testamentary and of administration

  • Administrator: means a personal representative of the estate of a decedent and the term may be used in lieu of "personal representative" wherever required by context. See Washington Code 11.02.005
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attorney-at-law: A person who is legally qualified and licensed to practice law, and to represent and act for clients in legal proceedings.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Executor: means a personal representative of the estate of a decedent appointed by will and the term may be used in lieu of "personal representative" wherever required by context. See Washington Code 11.02.005
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • 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.
  • Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person.
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Issue: means all the lineal descendants of an individual. See Washington Code 11.02.005
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • 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 property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal representative: includes executor, administrator, special administrator, and conservator or limited conservator and special representative. See Washington Code 11.02.005
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • 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
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Testate: To die leaving a will.
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
  • Trustee: means an original, added, or successor trustee and includes the state, or any agency thereof, when it is acting as the trustee of a trust to which chapter 11. See Washington Code 11.02.005
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.