RCW 11.42.150
Appointment of personal representative—Cessation of notice agent powers and authority—Notice not affected—Personal representative's powers—Petition for reimbursement for allowance and payment of claims by notice agent.
(1) The powers and authority of a notice agent immediately cease, and the office of notice agent becomes vacant, upon appointment of a personal representative for the estate of the decedent. Except as provided in RCW 11.42.140(2), the cessation of the powers and authority does not affect the filing and publication of notice to creditors and does not affect actual notice to creditors given by the notice agent.
(2) As set forth in RCW 11.40.160, a personal representative may adopt, ratify, nullify, or reject any actions of the notice agent.
(3) If a personal representative is appointed and the personal representative does not nullify the allowance of a claim that the notice agent allowed and paid, the person or persons whose assets were used to pay the claim may petition for reimbursement from the estate to the extent the payment was not in accordance with chapter 11.10 RCW.
[ 1997 c 252 § 40; 1994 c 221 § 44.]
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.