RCW 11.28.330
Notice of adjudication of testacy or intestacy and heirship—Contents—Service or mailing.
If no personal representative is appointed to administer the estate of a decedent, the person obtaining the adjudication of testacy, or intestacy and heirship, within thirty days shall personally serve or mail a true copy of the adjudication to each heir, legatee, and devisee of the decedent, which copy shall contain the name of the decedent's estate and the probate cause number, and shall:
(1) State the name and address of the applicant;
(2) State that on the . . . . day of . . . . . . , . . . ., the applicant obtained an order from the superior court of . . . . . . county, state of Washington, adjudicating that the decedent died intestate, or testate, whichever shall be the case;
(3) In the event the decedent died testate, enclose a copy of his or her will therewith, and state that the adjudication of testacy will become final and conclusive for all legal intents and purposes unless any heir, legatee, or devisee of the decedent shall contest said will within four months after the date the said will was adjudicated to be the last will and testament of the decedent;
(4) In the event that the decedent died intestate, set forth the names and addresses of the heirs of the decedent, their relationship to the decedent, the distributive shares of the estate of the decedent which they are entitled to receive, and that said adjudication of intestacy and heirship shall become final and conclusive for all legal intents and purposes, unless, within four months of the date of said adjudication of intestacy, a petition shall be filed seeking the admission of a will of the decedent for probate, or contesting the adjudication of heirship.
Notices provided for in this section may be served personally or sent by regular mail, and proof of such service or mailing shall be made by an affidavit filed in the cause;
(5) Mail a true copy of the adjudication, including the decedent's social security number and the name and address of the applicant, to the state of Washington department of social and health services office of financial recovery.
[ 2010 c 8 § 2023; 2004 c 193 § 1; 1974 ex.s. c 117 § 31.]
NOTES:
Application, construction—Severability—Effective date—1974 ex.s. c 117: See RCW 11.02.080 and notes following.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law
Chapter 11.28 - Letters Testamentary and of Administration.
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.
11.28.140 - 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.
11.28.190 - 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.
11.28.238 - 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.
11.28.280 - 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.