§ 11.40.010 Claims — Presentation — Other notice not affected
§ 11.40.020 Notice to creditors — Manner — Filings — Publication
§ 11.40.030 Notice to creditors — Form
§ 11.40.040 “Reasonably ascertainable” creditor — Definition — Reasonable diligence — Presumptions — Petition for order
§ 11.40.051 Claims against decedent — Time limits
§ 11.40.060 Claims involving liability or casualty insurance — Limitations — Exceptions to time limits
§ 11.40.070 Claims — Form — Manner of presentation — Waiver of defects
§ 11.40.080 Claims — Duty to allow or reject — Notice of petition to allow — Attorneys’ fees
§ 11.40.090 Allowance of claims — Notice — Automatic allowance — Petition for extension — Ranking of claims — Barred claims
§ 11.40.100 Rejection of claim — Time limits — Notice — Compromise of claim
§ 11.40.110 Action pending at decedent’s death — Personal representative as defendant
§ 11.40.120 Effect of judgment against personal representative
§ 11.40.130 Judgment against decedent — Execution barred upon decedent’s death — Presentation — Sale of property
§ 11.40.135 Secured claim — Creditor’s right
§ 11.40.140 Claim of personal representative — Presentation and petition — Filing
§ 11.40.150 Notice to creditors when personal representative resigns, dies, or is removed — Limit tolled by vacancy
§ 11.40.160 Personal representative as successor to notice agent — Notice not affected — Presumptions — Duties
§ 11.40.900 Construction — Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships — 2009 c 521
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Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 11.40 - Claims against estate

  • 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.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Issue: means all the lineal descendants of an individual. See Washington Code 11.02.005
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • 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
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.