RCW 11.42.085
Property liable for claims—Payment limits.
(1) The decedent's nonprobate and probate assets that were subject to the satisfaction of the decedent's general liabilities immediately before the decedent's death are liable for claims. The decedent's probate assets may be liable, whether or not there is a probate administration of the decedent's estate.
(2) The notice agent may pay a claim allowed by the notice agent or a judgment on a claim first prosecuted against a notice agent only out of assets received as a result of the death of the decedent by the notice agent or by those appointing the notice agent, except as may be provided by agreement under RCW 11.96A.220 or by court order issued in a judicial proceeding under RCW 11.96A.080.
[ 1999 c 42 § 611; 1997 c 252 § 32.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1999 c 42: See RCW 11.96A.902.
Application—1997 c 252 §§ 1-73: See note following RCW 11.02.005.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law
Chapter 11.42 - Settlement of Creditor Claims for Estates Passing Without Probate.
11.42.010 - Notice agent—Qualifications.
11.42.020 - Notice to creditors—Manner—Filings—Publication.
11.42.030 - Notice to creditors—Form.
11.42.050 - Claims against decedent—Time limits.
11.42.060 - Claims involving liability or casualty insurance—Limitations—Exceptions to time limits.
11.42.070 - Claims—Form—Manner of presentation—Waiver of defects.
11.42.080 - Claims—Duty to allow or reject—Notice of petition to allow—Attorneys' fees.
11.42.085 - Property liable for claims—Payment limits.
11.42.090 - Allowance of claims—Notice—Payment order.
11.42.100 - Rejection of claim—Time limits—Notice—Time limit for suit—Compromise of claim.
11.42.110 - Effect of judgment against notice agent.
11.42.120 - Execution barred upon decedent's death—Presentation—Sale of property.
11.42.125 - Secured claim—Creditor's right.
11.42.130 - Claim of notice agent or beneficiary—Payment.
11.42.900 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.