Washington Pet Trusts

Washington has a pet trust statute. Chapter 11.118 RCW makes a trust for the care of one or more animals valid, and it has been law since July 22, 2001. The trust runs until no animal named in it is still living, and the money inside it can be spent on the animals and almost nothing else.

Washington wrote this chapter itself. The state runs its own trust statute rather than the Uniform Trust Code, and RCW 11.98.920 gives that statute its name in one line: "This act shall be known as the 'Washington Trust Act.'" So the section number other states share for pet trusts does not exist here, and neither do several rules that travel with it. Three Washington differences change how you draft: the chapter defines an animal by its spine, it hands enforcement to whoever is holding the leash without asking you to name anybody, and it switches off the routine accounting a trustee would otherwise owe. Every rule below was read at the Revised Code of Washington on August 8, 2026, and each section is linked so you can check it. This page is general information. It is not legal advice. Have a licensed Washington attorney draft or review a trust meant to outlive you.

What Chapter 11.118 RCW Contains

Twelve sections, each of them short. Reading the list end to end takes about five minutes and answers most of what people ask.

RCW 11.118.005 states the problem the chapter solved in three sentences. Under the common law such trusts were unenforceable at law. The legislature intended that they be recognized as valid and enforceable in accordance with their terms. That sentence is the reason a Washington pet trust is a named arrangement rather than a workaround.

Washington Defines the Animal by Its Spine

RCW 11.118.010 is one line long: as used in this chapter, "animal" means a nonhuman animal with vertebrae.

That definition draws a hard edge. Dogs, cats, horses, birds, snakes, tortoises and fish sit inside it. A tarantula, a hermit crab, a honeybee colony and an octopus sit outside it, and so does a trust written for a person. Money set aside for an invertebrate is not an animal trust under this chapter, and the section that addresses a noncharitable purpose with no definite beneficiary is RCW 11.98.015, which opens by stepping aside only where chapter 11.118 RCW applies.

RCW 11.118.020 then does the naming work. The animals to be benefited may be individually identified, or identified in such other manner that they can be readily identified. A clause reading "each dog and cat I own at my death" satisfies that, which matters for anyone who fosters or rescues and cannot list names in advance. Read the chapter closely on one point people assume: it writes in no requirement that the animal be alive during your lifetime. The uniform section many states adopted carries that limit. Washington's does not.

The last sentence of RCW 11.118.020 sets the default ending. Unless the trust instrument or the chapter provides otherwise, the trust terminates when no animal designated as a beneficiary remains living.

Three People Can Enforce It, and One Is Whoever Holds the Leash

RCW 11.118.050 is the section to read twice, because Washington opens enforcement wider than most states do.

The intended use of the principal or income can be enforced by three kinds of person:

• A person you designate for that purpose in the trust instrument. The slot you fill when you draft.
• The person having custody of an animal that is a beneficiary of the trust. Your caregiver holds standing on the day the animal moves in, whether or not you named anyone.
• A person appointed by a court upon application to it by any person. The backstop when the first two fail.

The section adds a fourth move on top of those. A person with an interest in the welfare of the animal may petition for an order appointing or removing a person designated or appointed to enforce the trust. That reaches a neighbor, a rescue group or the animal's veterinarian, and it works both directions: they can ask the court to install an enforcer, and they can ask it to remove one who is not doing the job.

One sentence in RCW 11.118.050 arrived later than the rest and carries more weight than its length suggests. The enforcing person "is considered to be a permissible distributee, as defined in RCW 11.98.002." The history line shows it was added by 2013 c 272, twelve years after the chapter was enacted; the signed 2001 session law contains no such sentence.

Follow the definitions from there. RCW 11.98.002(1) defines a permissible distributee as a trust beneficiary currently eligible to receive distributions of trust income or principal. Subsection (2)(a) defines a qualified beneficiary as a trust beneficiary who is a permissible distributee. Qualified beneficiary is the status that carries information rights under RCW 11.98.072: the trustee must keep qualified beneficiaries reasonably informed about the administration of the trust and the material facts they need to protect their interests, must respond promptly to a request for information unless the request is unreasonable, and must give notice of the trust's existence, the trustor's identity, the trustee's contact details and the right to request information within sixty days of accepting the position. That sixty-day notice reaches irrevocable trusts created after December 31, 2011 and revocable trusts that became irrevocable after that date, so it covers anything you write now.

Two limits belong on that chain. RCW 11.98.072(5) lets the trustor waive or modify the sixty-day notice in the trust document or a separate writing delivered to the trustee. The duty to keep qualified beneficiaries reasonably informed is harder to switch off, because RCW 11.97.010 lists RCW 11.98.072(1) among the provisions that a trust's own terms do not override, and that same section says no trustee may be relieved of the duty to act in good faith and with honest judgment. How far the chain runs for someone whose only role is enforcement is a question for a Washington attorney. The practical answer is to write your reporting terms into the document so nobody has to argue it.

Nobody Files an Accounting Unless You Ask for One

This is the Washington rule most likely to surprise a family, and it points the opposite way from what people expect a trust to do.

RCW 11.118.060 reads in full: except as ordered by the court or required by the trust instrument, no filing, report, registration, or periodic accounting shall be required of the trust or the trustee.

RCW 11.118.100 carries all powers and duties conferred on a trustee under Washington law into an animal trust, except as otherwise provided in the trust instrument or in the chapter. RCW 11.118.060 is a provision in the chapter, so the ordinary rhythm of periodic accounting starts switched off.

Two consequences follow, and both are fixable at the drafting table:

1. Name the reports you want and how often. An annual statement of receipts, disbursements and remaining principal, delivered to your enforcer and your caregiver, costs nothing to require and gives the two people watching the animal something to read.
2. Say who receives them. RCW 11.118.060 makes the instrument the source of the duty, so an unnamed recipient gets nothing.

A trust with no reporting requirement is not unsupervised. Your enforcer can still go to court under RCW 11.118.050 and the court still has the powers in RCW 11.118.070. It means nobody looks at the money until somebody complains, and a quiet trust is exactly the one where a problem grows for years.

How Long It Can Run, and the Two Sections the Governor Vetoed

The animal's lifetime is the ordinary answer, from RCW 11.118.020. The outer boundary comes from the trust law next door.

RCW 11.118.090 applies RCW 11.98.130 through RCW 11.98.160 to trusts subject to the chapter. RCW 11.98.130 gives Washington a 150-year window: no provision of an instrument creating a trust is invalid under the rule against perpetuities during the one hundred fifty years following the effective date of the instrument. RCW 11.98.160 starts that clock at the trustor's signature for an irrevocable lifetime trust, and at death for a revocable lifetime trust or a testamentary one. RCW 11.98.150 says that if assets are still undistributed at the end of the 150 years, the superior court directs where they go, giving effect to the creator's general intent.

Washington writes no 21-year ceiling into this area at all. Even RCW 11.98.015(1), which governs noncharitable purpose trusts with no animal in them, borrows the RCW 11.98.130 period rather than the shorter limit many states use. A parrot, a tortoise or a horse can be covered for its whole life without running into a term cap.

The history behind that is worth ninety seconds, because it explains why the chapter is quiet on perpetuities. Substitute House Bill 2046 passed the House 80 to 3 and the Senate 36 to 12 in April 2001. Governor Gary Locke approved it on May 15, 2001 with sections 10 and 14 vetoed. Section 10 would have construed references to a "life or lives in being" in the perpetuities sections to mean the animal beneficiary. Section 14 would have delayed the act to October 1, 2001 and made section 10 or section 11 take effect depending on whether Senate Bill 5054 got there first. The veto message states the reason plainly: those issues had already been resolved by Senate Bill 5054, which the governor signed on April 18, 2001. That bill became chapter 60 of the Laws of 2001, captioned TRUSTS--RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES, and it is the source of the 150-year window in RCW 11.98.130. With the delayed effective date vetoed, the certification page of the signed session law records 7/22/01, and RCW 11.118.110 codifies July 22, 2001 as the date the chapter reaches.

The Chapter Has No Overfunding Trim, and One Power That Can Still End the Trust

Read all twelve sections and you will not find a court power to cut a pet trust for holding more than the animal needs. Compare RCW 11.98.015(3), which does carry that power for a noncharitable purpose trust: property may be applied only to its intended use, except to the extent the court determines that the value of the trust property exceeds the amount required, with the excess going to the trustor if then living and otherwise to the trustor's successors in interest. That section opens with "Except as otherwise provided in chapter 11.118 RCW," so it stands down where an animal trust is concerned.

That absence is not a blank check. RCW 11.118.070 lets a court name a trustee when none is designated or willing, remove an acting trustee and move the property, and make such other orders and determinations as shall be advisable to carry out the intent of the trustor and the purpose of the chapter. A number tied to a written care budget is still what defends itself.

Pressure from the other end is real and less well known. RCW 11.98.070(32) gives a trustee power to determine at any time that the corpus of a trust is insufficient to implement the trust's intent and, on that determination, to terminate the trust by distributing it to the current income beneficiary or beneficiaries or their legal representatives. The subsection carries two guardrails: the trustee making the call must be neither the grantor nor the beneficiary of the trust, and the trust may have no charitable beneficiary. RCW 11.118.100 carries that power into an animal trust unless your instrument says otherwise, and RCW 11.97.010 confirms a trustor may deny any of the powers conferred by chapter 11.98 RCW. If you do not want a trustee ending your pet trust on a solo judgment call, address it in the document.

RCW 11.118.030 is the fence around the money while the trust runs. Except as expressly provided in the trust instrument or in RCW 11.118.070, and except as needed to pay the trustee reasonable compensation and reimburse reasonable costs incurred on behalf of the trust, no part of the principal or income may be converted to the use of the trustee or to any use other than the trust's purpose or the benefit of the designated animals.

How Much to Fund

Fund for real costs. Take the yearly cost of care, multiply by the animal's expected remaining years, then add a cushion for the surgery you cannot predict.

Worked example for a medium-sized dog. Your numbers will differ.

A 5-year-old dog with 8 years ahead of it needs roughly $24,000 for base care, so landing near $28,000 to $32,000 with a surgery buffer is defensible. Write that arithmetic down and keep the page with the trust document. It is the record that answers a later question about the number, and it is also what your trustee uses to decide what an ordinary year should cost.

Trustee pay comes out of the same pot. RCW 11.118.030 permits reasonable compensation and reimbursement of reasonable costs, and RCW 11.98.070(26) measures reasonable compensation by the time, effort, skill and responsibility involved. For a trust of this size the ordinary answer is a family member or a friend who will serve for little or nothing.

Community Property Decides How Much You Can Put In

Washington is a community property state, and that changes the funding question for anyone who is married or in a state registered domestic partnership. Two limits in RCW 26.16.030 reach a pet trust directly.

• Subsection (1): neither person shall devise or bequeath by will more than one-half of the community property. A pet trust funded through your will is funded out of your half.
• Subsection (2): neither person shall give community property without the express or implied consent of the other. Funding a trust during your life with community money is a gift of community property, so your spouse or partner is part of the decision.

The cleaner route for a married couple is usually one plan rather than two competing ones. Work out which pot the money comes from before you pick a number, and read the Washington community property guide for how the two estates divide at death.

Where the Leftover Money Goes

Name a remainder taker. RCW 11.118.040 sets a three-step order for the unexpended property when the trust ends:

1. As directed in the instrument. Your document controls if it says anything.
2. Under the residuary clause of your will, if the trust was created in a nonresiduary clause of your will or a codicil and that document does not direct otherwise. The clause is read as though you died on the date the trust terminated.
3. To your heirs under RCW 11.04.015, as that section exists at the time the trust ends, if the first two steps produce no taker.

Families commonly name a relative, an animal shelter, a veterinary school or the caregiver who did the work. Naming the caregiver gives that person a reason to keep the animal well without spending past what it needs. Name nobody and the property drops back through your will or Washington's intestacy rules, which is the outcome the Washington intestate succession guide describes.

The Four Jobs in a Washington Pet Trust

• The trust property. Money or assets set aside for the animals and, under RCW 11.118.030, nothing else.
• The trustee. Holds the money and pays out for care.
• The caregiver. Lives with the animal, feeds it, walks it, drives it to the vet, and under RCW 11.118.050 already has standing to enforce the trust.
• The enforcer you designate. Named in the instrument, so the job is filled before anyone has to ask a judge to fill it.

One person can hold two of these. Splitting the trustee from the caregiver builds in a check, because the trustee then confirms the animal is actually being looked after before writing the next check. Washington's built-in custody standing makes that split cheaper than it is elsewhere: the caregiver keeps enforcement rights even when someone else controls the money.

Compare the two casual routes families reach for. Leaving your dog to your brother in your Washington will passes the animal and requires him to spend nothing on it. Leaving him $5,000 with a request to use it for the dog makes the $5,000 his, because an outright gift creates no continuing duty. A chapter 11.118 RCW trust keeps the money inside the trust and limits what it can be spent on.

Washington removes the technical objection that sinks a homemade arrangement. RCW 11.98.011(1)(c) normally wants a definite beneficiary, and an animal cannot hold one. Subsection (1)(c)(ii) writes the exception into the statute: a trust for the care of an animal, as provided in chapter 11.118 RCW, satisfies the requirement. The rest of RCW 11.98.011 still applies, so you need capacity, an intention to create the trust, a trustee with duties to perform, and you cannot be the sole trustee and sole beneficiary.

RCW 11.118.080 then leans your way in a dispute. The governing instrument is "liberally construed to provide the protections of this chapter," and language in a trust for an animal is presumed not to be merely precatory or honorary unless clear and cogent evidence shows that was your intent. Extrinsic evidence is admissible in determining what you meant. That presumption is the difference between a court reading your paragraph as a binding trust and reading it as a wish.

Where a Washington Pet Trust Dispute Is Heard

RCW 11.96A.040(2) gives the superior court of every county original subject matter jurisdiction over trusts and all matters relating to trusts, and subsection (4) says that jurisdiction applies without regard to venue.

Venue for a lifetime trust comes from RCW 11.96A.050(1)(b): the county where a qualified beneficiary resides, the county where a trustee resides or has a place of business, or the county where trust real property sits. For a testamentary pet trust under a will probated in Washington, subsection (1)(a) adds the county administering the probate. The Washington superior courts page lists the address and phone number for each county.

Court is not the only exit. RCW 11.96A.220 lets all parties to a trust matter resolve it by a written agreement signed by everyone, which is binding and conclusive on all interested persons, subject to the judicial approval step in RCW 11.96A.240 where a special representative acted for someone. A disagreement between your trustee and your caregiver about a treatment plan is exactly the kind of thing that ends there rather than in a courtroom.

How to Set One Up

1. Ask the caregiver first. Confirm the person wants the job, has the room, and can hold the commitment for the animal's remaining years. Name at least one successor caregiver, because your first pick may move, fall ill or die before your pet does.
2. Name a trustee and a successor trustee. RCW 11.118.070 lets a court name one when you leave the slot empty, and naming your own keeps the decision out of a courtroom.
3. Designate an enforcer under RCW 11.118.050. Pick someone other than the trustee and the caregiver: a friend, a relative, a rescue organization or your attorney.
4. Write the reporting schedule in. RCW 11.118.060 gives you nothing by default. Say what report goes to whom and how often.
5. Write real care instructions. Food brand and amount, exercise routine, current veterinarian, medications, behavior quirks, and your wishes on end-of-life decisions. A stranger should be able to run the animal's day from the page.
6. Fund it during your life where you can. A trust funded now also answers you being hospitalized, not only you dying.
7. Name the remainder taker, so RCW 11.118.040 never has to reach step three.

Three Ways to Hold It

• A standalone pet trust. A separate document built around the animals and funded during your lifetime, so it covers incapacity as well as death. The most thorough option.
• Provisions inside a larger trust. Where you already hold a Washington revocable living trust, you can fold it into a living trust and keep the plan in one document, editable as animals come and go.
• A testamentary pet trust. Created by your will and funded after death through the estate. It costs less today, and the money is not available until the estate opens, which can leave the animal in limbo for months. It also does nothing at all if you are incapacitated rather than deceased. The Washington probate guide covers what opening an estate involves, and how to avoid probate in Washington covers the lifetime alternatives.

A pet trust pairs with your Washington power of attorney. Give your agent authority to spend on the animals and make veterinary calls while you cannot. Court-run guardianship in Washington is the heavier fallback when you plan nothing.

Common Mistakes

1. Assuming an accounting happens on its own. RCW 11.118.060 switches it off. Write the reporting schedule into the instrument or nobody owes one.
2. Leaving the designated enforcer slot blank. Your caregiver has custody standing under RCW 11.118.050, which is useful, and it is not the same as an independent person watching the money.
3. Writing the trust for an animal the chapter does not reach. RCW 11.118.010 means vertebrates. An invertebrate needs a different section and a different conversation.
4. Funding from community property without the other half of the couple. RCW 26.16.030 limits both the lifetime gift and the will.
5. Overfunding without a written budget. Chapter 11.118 RCW carries no trim provision, and RCW 11.118.070 still lets a court act. The budget is what makes the number look like care rather than a wish.
6. Leaving the trustee's RCW 11.98.070(32) termination power untouched when you did not intend a trustee to be able to wind the trust up alone.
7. Assuming a will provision does the same job. A will can pass the animal. It cannot compel anyone to spend a dollar on it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are pet trusts legal in Washington?

Yes. Chapter 11.118 RCW makes a trust for the care of one or more animals valid, and RCW 11.118.005 says the legislature passed it because such trusts were unenforceable at common law. The chapter came from Substitute House Bill 2046, chapter 327 of the Laws of 2001, whose signed session law is captioned TRUSTS--ANIMALS and records an effective date of 7/22/01. RCW 11.118.110 reaches trusts created on or after July 22, 2001, and trusts already in existence that the trustor could revoke on that date.

What animals can a Washington pet trust cover?

RCW 11.118.010 gives the chapter one definition: animal means a nonhuman animal with vertebrae. Dogs, cats, horses, parrots, snakes, tortoises and fish are inside it. A tarantula, a hermit crab and an octopus are not. RCW 11.118.020 lets you name the animals individually or identify them in some other manner that lets them be readily identified, so a clause covering each dog you own at your death works. The chapter sets no requirement that the animal be alive during your lifetime.

Who can enforce a Washington pet trust?

RCW 11.118.050 names three routes. A person you designate in the trust instrument can enforce it, the person having custody of the animal can enforce it without being named, and a court can appoint someone on application by any person. A person with an interest in the welfare of the animal may also petition for an order appointing or removing an enforcer. The custody route is the one Washington adds: your caregiver already holds standing on the day the animal moves in.

Does a Washington pet trust trustee have to file an accounting?

Not by default. RCW 11.118.060 says that except as ordered by the court or required by the trust instrument, no filing, report, registration or periodic accounting shall be required of the trust or the trustee. RCW 11.118.100 carries general Washington trustee powers and duties into an animal trust except as otherwise provided in the trust instrument or in the chapter, and RCW 11.118.060 is that provision in the chapter. If you want reports, write the reporting schedule into the document.

How long can a Washington pet trust last?

Under RCW 11.118.020 the trust terminates when no animal designated as a beneficiary remains living, unless the instrument or the chapter says otherwise. RCW 11.118.090 then applies RCW 11.98.130 through RCW 11.98.160 to it, and RCW 11.98.130 is Washington's 150-year rule against perpetuities. Washington writes no 21-year ceiling for animal trusts anywhere in this area, so a macaw or a horse can be covered for its whole life.

Can a Washington court cut a pet trust it thinks is overfunded?

Chapter 11.118 RCW contains no section letting a court reduce a trust for holding more than the animal needs. That power sits in RCW 11.98.015(3), which governs noncharitable purpose trusts and opens by stepping aside where chapter 11.118 RCW applies. RCW 11.118.070 still lets a court make such other orders and determinations as shall be advisable to carry out the trustor's intent and the purpose of the chapter, so a written care budget remains what defends the number you picked.

What happens to the money left over when a Washington pet trust ends?

RCW 11.118.040 sets a three-step order. The trustee transfers the unexpended property as directed in the instrument first. If the trust was created in a nonresiduary clause of the trustor's will or codicil and that document does not direct otherwise, it passes under the residuary clause, read as though the testator died on the date the trust terminated. If neither step produces a taker, it goes to the trustor's heirs under RCW 11.04.015 as that section exists when the trust ends.

Related Guides

• Washington Estate Planning Basics
• Washington Revocable Living Trust
• Washington Power of Attorney
• Washington Will Requirements
• Washington Community Property
• Washington Guardianship Planning
• Washington Probate Guide

Sources:

• Title: Chapter 11.118 RCW, TRUSTS, ANIMALS. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.118
• Title: RCW 11.118.005, Purpose, Intent. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: 2001 c 327 s 1. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.118.005
• Title: RCW 11.118.010, Definition. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: 2001 c 327 s 2. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.118.010
• Title: RCW 11.118.020, Validity of animal trust. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: 2001 c 327 s 3. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.118.020
• Title: RCW 11.118.030, Use of trust principal or income. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: 2001 c 327 s 4. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.118.030
• Title: RCW 11.118.040, Termination of trust. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: 2001 c 327 s 5. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.118.040
• Title: RCW 11.118.050, Enforcement of trust provisions. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: 2013 c 272 s 27; 2001 c 327 s 6. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.118.050
• Title: RCW 11.118.060, Accounting requirements. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: 2001 c 327 s 7. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.118.060
• Title: RCW 11.118.070, Appointment and removal of trustee. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: 2001 c 327 s 8. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.118.070
• Title: RCW 11.118.080, Construction of trust language. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: 2001 c 327 s 9. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.118.080
• Title: RCW 11.118.090, Application of rule against perpetuities, Effective date of trust. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: 2001 c 327 s 11. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.118.090
• Title: RCW 11.118.100, Trustee powers. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: 2001 c 327 s 12. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.118.100
• Title: RCW 11.118.110, Application of chapter. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: 2001 c 327 s 13. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.118.110
• Title: Chapter 327, Laws of 2001, Substitute House Bill 2046, TRUSTS--ANIMALS. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Approved May 15, 2001 with sections 10 and 14 vetoed; effective date 7/22/01. URL: https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2001-02/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/2046-S.SL.pdf
• Title: Chapter 60, Laws of 2001, Senate Bill 5054, TRUSTS--RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Effective date 7/22/01. URL: https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2001-02/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/5054.SL.pdf
• Title: RCW 11.98.002, Definitions. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: 2013 c 272 s 8. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.98.002
• Title: RCW 11.98.011, Trust creation, Requirements. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: 2011 c 327 s 16. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.98.011
• Title: RCW 11.98.015, Noncharitable trusts without ascertainable beneficiaries. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: 2013 c 272 s 22; 2011 c 327 s 20. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.98.015
• Title: RCW 11.98.920, Short title. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: 1985 c 30 s 62; prior 1959 c 124 s 12. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.98.920
• Title: RCW 11.98.070, Power of trustee. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.98.070
• Title: RCW 11.98.072, Trustee, Notification requirements. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: 2013 c 272 s 16. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.98.072
• Title: RCW 11.98.130, Rule against perpetuities. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: 2001 c 60 s 1; 1985 c 30 s 55. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.98.130
• Title: RCW 11.98.150, Distribution of assets after one hundred fifty-year period. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: 2001 c 60 s 3; 1985 c 30 s 57. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.98.150
• Title: RCW 11.98.160, Effective date of irrevocable inter vivos trust, Effective date of revocable inter vivos or testamentary trust. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: 1989 c 14 s 2; 1985 c 30 s 58. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.98.160
• Title: RCW 11.97.010, Power of trustor, Trust provisions control. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: 2021 c 140 s 3611; 2013 c 272 s 7. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.97.010
• Title: RCW 11.96A.040, Original jurisdiction in probate and trust matters, Powers of court. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: 2001 c 203 s 9; 1999 c 42 s 201. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.96A.040
• Title: RCW 11.96A.050, Venue in proceedings involving probate or trust matters. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: 2026 c 204 s 12; 2020 c 312 s 713. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.96A.050
• Title: RCW 11.96A.220, Binding agreement. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.96A.220
• Title: RCW 11.04.015, Descent and distribution of real and personal estate. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.04.015
• Title: RCW 26.16.030, Community property defined, Management and control. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: 2008 c 6 s 604. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=26.16.030

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