RCW 11.104B.410
Disbursements—Disbursement from principal.
(1) Subject to RCW 11.104B.440, and except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.104B.500(3)(b), a fiduciary shall disburse from principal:
(a) The balance of the disbursements described in RCW 11.104B.400 (1) and (3) after application of RCW 11.104B.400(2);
(b) The fiduciary's compensation calculated on principal as a fee for acceptance, distribution, or termination;
(c) A payment of an expense to prepare for or execute a sale or other disposition of property;
(d) A payment on the principal of a trust debt;
(e) A payment of an expense of an accounting, judicial or nonjudicial proceeding, or other matter that involves primarily principal, including a proceeding to construe the terms of the trust or protect property;
(f) A payment of a premium for insurance, including title insurance, not described in RCW 11.104B.400(4), of which the fiduciary is the owner and beneficiary;
(g) A payment of an estate or inheritance tax or other tax imposed because of the death of a decedent, including penalties, apportioned to the trust; and
(h) A payment:
(i) Related to environmental matters, including:
(A) Reclamation;
(B) Assessing environmental conditions;
(C) Remedying and removing environmental contamination;
(D) Monitoring remedial activities and the release of substances;
(E) Preventing future releases of substances;
(F) Collecting amounts from persons liable or potentially liable for the costs of activities described in (h)(i)(A) through (E) of this subsection (1);
(G) Penalties imposed under environmental laws or regulations;
(H) Other actions to comply with environmental laws or regulations;
(I) Statutory or common law claims by third parties; and
(J) Defending claims based on environmental matters; and
(ii) For a premium for insurance for matters described in (h)(i) of this subsection (1).
(2) If a principal asset is encumbered with an obligation that requires income from the asset to be paid directly to a creditor, the fiduciary shall transfer from principal to income an amount equal to the income paid to the creditor in reduction of the principal balance of the obligation.
[ 2021 c 140 § 2502.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law
Chapter 11.104B - Uniform Fiduciary Income and Principal Act.
11.104B.050 - Fiduciary duties—General principles.
11.104B.070 - Fiduciary duties—Power to adjust.
11.104B.100 - Unitrusts—Definitions.
11.104B.110 - Unitrusts—Application—Duties and remedies.
11.104B.120 - Unitrusts—Authority of fiduciary.
11.104B.130 - Unitrusts—Notice.
11.104B.140 - Unitrusts—Unitrust policies.
11.104B.150 - Unitrusts—Unitrust rates.
11.104B.160 - Unitrusts—Applicable value.
11.104B.170 - Unitrusts—Period.
11.104B.180 - Unitrust—Special tax benefits—Other rules.
11.104B.200 - Receipts from entities—Character.
11.104B.210 - Receipts from entities—Distributions from trusts and estates.
11.104B.220 - Receipts from entities—Businesses and other activities conducted by fiduciary.
11.104B.230 - Receipts not normally apportioned—Principal receipts.
11.104B.240 - Receipts not normally apportioned—Rental property.
11.104B.250 - Receipts not normally apportioned—Receipt on obligation to be paid in money.
11.104B.260 - Receipts not normally apportioned—Insurance policies and contracts.
11.104B.270 - Receipts normally apportioned—Insubstantial allocation not required.
11.104B.280 - Receipts normally apportioned—Deferred compensation, annuities, and similar payments.
11.104B.290 - Receipts normally apportioned—Liquidating assets.
11.104B.300 - Receipts normally apportioned—Minerals, water, and other natural resources.
11.104B.310 - Receipts normally apportioned—Timber.
11.104B.320 - Receipts normally apportioned—Marital deduction property not productive of income.
11.104B.330 - Receipts normally apportioned—Derivatives and options.
11.104B.340 - Receipts normally apportioned—Asset-backed securities.
11.104B.350 - Receipts normally apportioned—Other financial instruments and arrangements.
11.104B.400 - Disbursements—Disbursement from income.
11.104B.410 - Disbursements—Disbursement from principal.
11.104B.420 - Disbursements—Transfer from income to principal for depreciation.
11.104B.430 - Disbursements—Reimbursement of income from principal.
11.104B.440 - Disbursements—Reimbursement of principal from income.
11.104B.450 - Disbursements—Income taxes.
11.104B.460 - Disbursements—Adjustment between income and principal because of taxes.
11.104B.500 - Death or termination of interest—Determination and distribution of net income.
11.104B.510 - Death or termination of interest—Distribution to successor beneficiary.
11.104B.550 - Death or termination of interest—When right to income begins and ends.
11.104B.570 - Death or termination of interest—Apportionment when income interest ends.
11.104B.900 - Uniformity of application and construction.
11.104B.901 - Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.
11.104B.903 - Application of chapter 11.96A RCW.
11.104B.904 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.