RCW 11.42.120
Execution barred upon decedent's death—Presentation—Sale of property.
If a judgment was entered against the decedent during the decedent's lifetime, an execution may not issue on the judgment after the death of the decedent. If a notice agent is acting, the judgment must be presented in the manner provided in RCW 11.42.070, but if the judgment is a lien on any property of the decedent, the property may be sold for the satisfaction of the judgment and the officer making the sale shall account to the notice agent for any surplus.
[ 1997 c 252 § 36; 1994 c 221 § 42.]
NOTES:
Application—1997 c 252 §§ 1-73: See note following RCW 11.02.005.
Effective dates—1994 c 221: See note following RCW 11.100.035.
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.