Washington Probate Without a Lawyer

Washington does not require a lawyer to open a probate. RCW 2.48.190 provides that any person may appear and conduct his or her own case, and no section of Title 11 RCW conditions appointment as personal representative on having counsel. What decides whether a self-filed estate goes smoothly here is nonintervention powers, a $290 court fee, and a run of dates nobody reminds you about.

The harder truth sits one step further in. Washington publishes no statewide probate forms, so filing without a lawyer means drafting documents rather than filling in blanks. This page covers what the statute demands, what the counter costs, the dates a self-filer carries alone, and the points where the courts themselves say their help stops. It is general information about Washington procedure, not advice about whether any particular estate should be handled without counsel. Read it alongside the full Washington probate process rather than in place of it, and take anything specific to one estate to a licensed Washington attorney.

Washington Law Lets You Appear for Yourself

The self-representation right is a proviso inside the state bar statute. RCW 2.48.190 bars unlicensed practice and then adds: "That any person may appear and conduct his or her own case in any action or proceeding brought by or against him or her." The Supreme Court's GR 24 points the same way from the other side. It defines the practice of law as applying legal principles and judgment "with regard to the circumstances or objectives of another entity or person(s)," so work you do on your own behalf falls outside the definition by its own terms.

Title 11 backs that up in the places where a lawyer would show up if one were required.

• RCW 11.28.110(1) has the petition for letters of administration "signed and verified by oath of the applicant or his or her attorney." Either signature works.
• RCW 11.28.237(1) has the notice of appointment served by "the personal representative of the estate of a decedent, or an attorney performing services for the estate at the instance of the personal representative."
• RCW 11.28.120 ranks who is entitled to letters, starting with the surviving spouse or state registered domestic partner, and never mentions counsel at any rung.

One limit deserves a straight answer rather than a comforting one. GR 24(a)(3) treats "representation of another entity or person(s) in a court" as the practice of law, and an estate with several beneficiaries is not obviously your own case in the sense RCW 2.48.190 uses. Where you are the only person interested, the question does not arise the same way. Where other people share in the estate, ask the superior court in your county or a Washington attorney before you assume the answer, because the answer is theirs to give and not this page's.

There Is No Washington Probate Form to Download

Washington runs a large statewide pattern form library and publishes nothing in it for probate. The Washington Courts forms index listed 90 categories on August 8, 2026, and a full-text search of that index for probate, decedent, estate, will, executor or administration returns nothing. Guardianship and conservatorship forms exist under chapter 11.130 RCW. Decedents' estates have no equivalent.

The Administrative Office of the Courts writes the consequence into its own handout for self-represented filers, in a parenthesis that is easy to read past: "Obtain the correct forms (if they exist) on-line or from the Clerk." For probate they do not exist, so the petition, the oath, the order appointing you, the letters and the closing declaration all get drafted to match your county's local rules. The Washington probate forms page covers why there is no statewide probate form set and what each county publishes instead.

Three documents are an exception, and all three live in the code rather than the forms library. Each is printed in full, caption and signature block included, so a self-filer is not starting from a blank page on any of them. None carries a form number, because the statute is the form.

One statewide form set does touch a probate filing. Category 87 of the forms index, GR 34 Request for Waiver of Civil Filing Fees and Surcharges, publishes WPF GR 34.0100 Motion and Declaration for Waiver of Civil Fees and Surcharges, WPF GR 34.0200 for a filing by a qualified legal services provider, WPF GR 34.0300 Financial Statement, and WPF GR 34.0500 Order Re Waiver.

What a Self-Filed Washington Probate Costs

The fee to open a probate is statewide and statutory, so no county sets its own price.

The $50 surcharge is recent. Second Substitute House Bill 1207 became Chapter 357, Laws of 2025, and its certification of enrollment prints an effective date of July 27, 2025. Anything still quoting $240 to open a Washington probate was written before that bill took effect.

Certified copies of letters are the line item that surprises people. Banks, brokerages, county auditors and the Department of Licensing each want their own, so a Washington estate commonly pays several $5 charges rather than one.

The fee waiver runs through the court rule, not the statute that looks right. RCW 36.18.022 lets a court waive filing fees "provided for under RCW 36.18.016 (2)(b) and 36.18.020 (2) (a) and (b)." The probate fee is at RCW 36.18.020(2)(f), which that list leaves out. Citing it for a probate fee waiver is a wrong-section error. GR 34 is the operative authority: any individual may seek a waiver of filing fees or surcharges on the basis of indigent status, ex parte, in writing or orally, on the mandatory pattern form, and the rule says outright that there is no locally imposed fee for making an application. The rule's own Comment names the RCW 36.18.020(5) surcharges as waivable.

GR 34(a)(3) sets four ways to establish indigent status: current assistance under a needs-based, means-tested program such as TANF, state general assistance, SSI, poverty-related veteran's benefits or the Food Stamp Program; household income at or below 125 percent of the federal poverty guideline; income above that guideline with recurring living expenses that leave you unable to pay; or other compelling circumstances. GR 34(b) adds that the waiver does not hold up the underlying petition, and that the original petition may accompany the fee waiver application.

One cross-reference in that rule no longer lands. GR 34(a)(3)(C) cites RCW 10.101.010(4)(d) for the living-expenses definition, and the code reviser has since alphabetized that section under RCW 1.08.015(2)(k). Subsection (4) now defines "indigent and able to contribute." The definition the rule wants sits at RCW 10.101.010(2)(d), which reads: the average monthly amount spent for reasonable payments toward living costs such as shelter, food, utilities, health care, transportation, clothing, loan payments, support payments and court-imposed obligations. That subsection is the one the financial statement's living-expenses line refers to.

You Choose the County, and That Changes One Thing

Washington venue is not residence based, which trips up anyone working from another state's guidance. RCW 11.96A.050(4) places venue for the probate of wills and the administration of a decedent's property "in any county in the state of Washington that the petitioner selects." The one exception is a petitioner seeking the catch-all appointment at RCW 11.28.120(3), who must file in the county where the decedent resided, or where a nonresident's estate sits.

Choice is not permanent. Any party may ask to move the case, and a request made within four months of the mailing of the RCW 11.28.237 notice must be granted except for good cause shown. A later request is discretionary. Once letters issue, subsection (5) keeps every later order, settlement and trial in the county that granted them.

The catch runs through the creditor notice. RCW 11.40.020(2) says that when a Washington resident's estate is opened outside the county of residence, the notice to creditors must be published in a legal newspaper in the county of residence and filed with the court where the case sits. Filing near your own home rather than the decedent's splits publication from filing, which is workable and easy to get wrong. Find the right counter in the Washington probate court directory.

Nonintervention Powers Are What Make This Affordable

Most states supervise an estate order by order. Washington asks the court once, near the front of the case, and then steps back. RCW 11.68.011(2) requires the court to find the estate solvent, counting probate and nonprobate assets, and to find one of three routes met, unless the will says the powers should not be granted. RCW 11.68.090(2)(a) then lets the personal representative act "without an order of the court and without notice to, direction from, approval by, confirmation by, or intervention of any court."

For a self-filer the arithmetic is simple. With the powers, most of the estate happens outside the courthouse. Without them, the estate runs on the chapter 11.76 RCW track, where reports and a decree of distribution put you back in front of a judge repeatedly.

Closing follows the same design. Under RCW 11.68.110 the personal representative files a declaration of completion of probate, mails notice of it within five days, and waits 30 days. If no party petitions in that window, the filing carries the legal effect of a decree of distribution, the fees stated in the declaration are deemed reasonable and approved, and the personal representative and any bond are discharged. The request for these powers is made in the opening petition rather than later, which is why the solvent-estate shortcut covers the same ground from the other side.

One appointment route is fenced off from all of this. A person the court appoints under RCW 11.28.120(3), after 90 days in which nobody else petitioned, is ineligible for nonintervention powers, must post bond commensurate with the major probate assets identified under RCW 11.28.110(1)(d), and may take no compensation from anyone other than the estate without a court order.

The Dates You Carry Alone

The creditor bar applies whether or not the estate publishes. RCW 11.40.051 opens with the words "Whether or not notice is provided under RCW 11.40.020," so skipping publication does not leave the estate exposed forever. It swaps a four-month window for a 24-month one measured from the date of death, and it leaves a reasonably ascertainable creditor two years to appear. The bar reaches both probate and nonprobate assets. The Washington probate deadline map carries the rest.

The two 30-day reports are new and unsettled. RCW 11.76.010 as amended by 2026 c 204 requires a verified report confirming notice to third parties within 30 days of appointment and a verified report of any estate financial account within 30 days of opening it, with sworn testimony compelled within 14 days and revocation of letters available for repeated failure to file. RCW 11.68.090(2)(b) says a personal representative with nonintervention powers "has no duty to follow the procedures of RCW 11.76.010 through 11.76.080 or chapter 11.56 RCW," and the 2026 act amended 11.76.010 without touching that sentence. Both texts stand as printed, and no Washington source reconciles them. Which track a given file runs on, and whether the carve-out reaches the gap between appointment and the order granting powers, are open questions this page cannot settle. They belong with the superior court where the estate is filed or with a licensed Washington attorney.

Counter Rules That Trip First-Time Filers

The Administrative Office of the Courts publishes a three-page information sheet for self-represented persons in superior court civil proceedings. Its practical rules apply to a probate filing the same as to any other civil matter.

• The clerk takes originals with original signatures. Copies are conformed for service and for the filer's own records.
• Bench copies for the judge are required in most counties, and they are due by noon the day before the hearing.
• Documents are completed in ink or typed. The sheet says no pencils, twice.
• A signature does not have to be made in front of the clerk. Signing ahead of time is fine.
• A matter goes on the calendar with a Note for Hearing document, never over the phone. Many counties also require advance confirmation that the filer will attend.
• The case number carries forward. Every later filing needs it.

Electronic filing exists and is optional for you. GR 30(b)(4) lets a court adopt a local rule mandating electronic filing by attorneys, requires any such rule to permit paper filing on a showing of good cause, and states that electronic filing should not serve as a barrier to access. GR 30(b)(2) bars electronic filing of a document required by law to be in non-electronic media, and the rule's Comment names original wills first among the examples. The will goes to the counter on paper.

One number on that AOC sheet has fallen behind the statute. It prints non-certified copies at 50 cents a page for paper records and 25 cents a page for imaged records. RCW 36.18.016(4)(c) now carries a single rate, 50 cents a page for a copy without a seal, and the section has no 25-cent line anywhere in it as of August 8, 2026. The clerk's posted schedule is what governs at the counter. RCW 36.18.080 makes posting that schedule a per-county duty, which is also why Washington publishes no statewide judiciary fee schedule.

Where the Court's Help Stops

Three sentences on the AOC sheet draw the line, and they are worth quoting rather than paraphrasing.

Court staff are not attorneys and are restricted by law from giving legal advice.

Clerk's Office staff cannot tell you if your paperwork is filled out correctly.

You will only be able to see or talk to a judge about your case when you appear before the judge in court.

GR 24 says what is left over. Subsection (b)(10) permits a clerk or court employee to serve in a neutral capacity providing information to the public pursuant to Supreme Court Order, and subsection (d) preserves anyone's ability to provide information of a general nature about the law and legal procedures. Process questions are answerable at the counter. A read of your petition is not.

Courthouse facilitators are the other thing people expect and do not get. The AOC sheet describes facilitator services as available "for help with some family law matters such as divorce (dissolutions), paternity and non-parental custody." Probate is not among them, and GR 24(b)(2) treats serving as a courthouse facilitator as a role created by court rule rather than a general help desk.

For legal help outside the courthouse, the same sheet prints CLEAR, the Northwest Justice Project intake line, at 1-888-201-1014. The Washington State Bar Association's Find Legal Help page is the other statewide entry point, and it lists the county bar referral services that exist.

When to Stop and Hire Someone

• The estate cannot pay its debts. RCW 11.68.011(2) makes solvency a precondition of nonintervention powers, and RCW 11.68.080 turns insolvency discovered later into the personal representative's own duty to report. An insolvent Washington estate runs on the chapter 11.56 RCW machinery that nonintervention was designed to skip.
• Someone contests the will. RCW 11.24.010 gives an interested person four months from the probate or rejection of the will, treats a contest as commenced on filing rather than service, and then requires personal service on the personal representative within 90 days of filing or the action is deemed never commenced.
• You want to be paid. RCW 11.48.210 allows "such compensation for his or her services as the court shall deem just and reasonable," with no percentage and no schedule to work from. SPR 98.12W requires the amount claimed to be set out definitely and clearly in the application, and every interested party to be given notice of the amount, before any compensation is allowed.
• A Washington estate tax return is due. RCW 83.100.050(1) requires a Washington return when the gross estate equals or exceeds the applicable exclusion, and RCW 83.100.020(1)(a)(x) sets that exclusion at $3,000,000 for a death on or after July 1, 2026. The filing test measures the gross estate, so a return can be required with no tax owed.
• You were appointed under RCW 11.28.120(3). That route carries no nonintervention powers, a bond tied to the major probate assets, a bar on buying estate assets outside RCW 11.48.020, and a two-petition-a-year cap.

Whether a Probate Is Needed at All

The cheapest self-filed probate is the one that never opens. RCW 11.62.010 lets a successor collect a decedent's personal property by sworn affidavit 40 days after death, where the estate subject to probate, less liens and less the surviving spouse's or domestic partner's community property interest, does not exceed $100,000. Nothing is filed with the County Clerk and no fee is paid. It moves no real estate. Whether you need probate at all is the question that comes before any petition.

Where a probate does open, 2026 c 204 added work to the front of the job. RCW 11.28.110(1) now requires an intestate petition to set out the details of the applicant's reasonable search for heirs, and a general description of the major probate assets including real property, motor vehicles and any known property or interest estimated in good faith to exceed $10,000, along with the details of the search that found them. Subsection (3) relieves a surviving spouse or next of kin of describing the assets, and still requires the search to be described. That work happens before the petition is signed, not after.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need a lawyer for probate in Washington?

No. RCW 2.48.190 carries a proviso that any person may appear and conduct his or her own case in any action or proceeding brought by or against him or her, and nothing in Title 11 RCW conditions appointment as personal representative on having counsel. RCW 11.28.110(1) has the petition signed and verified by the applicant or the applicant's attorney, and RCW 11.28.237(1) has the notice of appointment served by the personal representative or an attorney acting at the personal representative's request. Both read the same way: counsel is optional.

Are there Washington probate forms I can download?

No statewide set exists. The Washington Courts forms index published 90 categories on August 8, 2026, and not one is named for probate, decedents, estates or wills. Two documents are printed in the statute itself rather than in the forms library: the Probate Notice to Creditors at RCW 11.40.030, and the two personal representative declarations at RCW 11.76.010(1) and (2) that 2026 c 204 added. Everything else is drafted to match your county's local rules.

What does it cost to file a Washington probate yourself?

$290 to open the case. RCW 36.18.020(2)(f) sets a $200 fee on the first document in a probate proceeding, RCW 36.18.020(5)(c) adds a $40 judicial stabilization surcharge, and RCW 36.18.020(6) adds a $50 surcharge that 2025 c 357 created effective July 27, 2025. Any page still quoting $240 predates that act. A certificate of qualification with a certified copy of letters costs $5 under RCW 36.18.016(9).

Can I get the Washington probate filing fee waived?

Through GR 34, not through RCW 36.18.022. That statute waives only the fees at RCW 36.18.016(2)(b) and RCW 36.18.020(2)(a) and (b), and the probate fee sits at RCW 36.18.020(2)(f), which is not on the list. GR 34 lets any individual seek a waiver of filing fees or surcharges on the basis of indigent status, using the mandatory pattern form the Administrative Office of the Courts publishes as WPF GR 34.0100, and there is no local fee for making the application.

Which county do I file a Washington probate in?

Any county you select. RCW 11.96A.050(4) puts venue for the probate of wills and the administration of a decedent's property in any county in the state that the petitioner selects. One exception: a petitioner seeking the catch-all appointment at RCW 11.28.120(3) must file where the decedent resided. A party may ask to move the case, and a request made within four months of the mailing of the RCW 11.28.237 notice must be granted except for good cause shown.

Can a Washington county clerk help me fill out probate paperwork?

No. The Administrative Office of the Courts prints the boundary on its own information sheet for self-represented persons in superior court: court staff are not attorneys and are restricted by law from giving legal advice, and Clerk's Office staff cannot tell you if your paperwork is filled out correctly. GR 24(b)(10) and GR 24(d) allow a clerk to provide information of a general nature about the law and legal procedures. Information about process is available. A reading of your documents is not.

Related Guides

• Washington Probate Guide
• Washington Nonintervention Powers
• Washington Probate Forms
• Washington Small Estate Affidavit
• Washington Creditor Claims
• Washington Executor Duties
• Washington Probate Deadlines
• Washington Probate Court Directory

This page describes Washington statutes and court rules as they read on the date above, and it is general information rather than advice about one estate. Whether you may appear for an estate in which other people share, which appointment route fits your facts, whether the RCW 11.76.010 reports reach a file that has nonintervention powers, and whether a county's local rules ask for something this page does not mention are all questions that turn on facts a statute cannot settle from a distance. Those belong with the superior court in the county where the estate is filed or with a licensed Washington attorney.

Sources:

• Title: RCW 2.48.190, Qualifications on admission to practice. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=2.48.190
• Title: GR 24, Definition of the Practice of Law. Publisher: Washington Courts. Publication Date: September 1, 2025. URL: https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/GR/GA_GR_24_00_00.pdf
• Title: GR 34, Waiver of Court and Clerk's Fees and Charges in Civil Matters on the Basis of Indigency. Publisher: Washington Courts. Publication Date: January 1, 2023. URL: https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/GR/GA_GR_34_00_00.pdf
• Title: GR 30, Electronic Filing and Service. Publisher: Washington Courts. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/GR/GA_GR_30_00_00.pdf
• Title: SPR 98.12W, Estates Generally - Fees. Publisher: Washington Courts. Publication Date: September 1, 1989. URL: https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/SPR/SUP_SPR_98_12W_00.pdf
• Title: Self-Represented Persons in Superior Court Civil Proceedings, Pro Se Litigant Information. Publisher: Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://www.courts.wa.gov/programs_orgs/pos_bja/ptc/documents/SuperiorCourtProSeLitigantInformation.pdf
• Title: Court Forms. Publisher: Washington Courts. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://www.courts.wa.gov/forms/
• Title: GR 34 Request for Waiver of Civil Filing Fees and Surcharges. Publisher: Washington Courts. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://www.courts.wa.gov/forms/?fa=forms.contribute&formID=87
• Title: Self Help Resources. Publisher: Washington Courts. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://www.courts.wa.gov/newsinfo/index.cfm?fa=newsinfo.displayContent&theFile=content/selfhelp
• Title: Find Legal Help. Publisher: Washington State Bar Association. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://www.wsba.org/for-the-public/find-legal-help
• Title: RCW 11.20.010, Duty of custodian of will - Liability. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.20.010
• Title: RCW 11.20.020, Application for probate - Hearing - Order - Proof - Record of testimony - Affidavits of attesting witnesses. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.20.020
• Title: RCW 10.101.010, Definitions. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=10.101.010
• Title: RCW 11.24.010, Contest of probate or rejection - Limitation of action - Issues. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.24.010
• Title: RCW 11.28.110, Application for letters of administration or adjudication of intestacy and heirship. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.28.110
• Title: RCW 11.28.120, Persons entitled to letters. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.28.120
• Title: RCW 11.28.170, Oath of personal representative. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.28.170
• Title: RCW 11.28.185, Bond or other security of personal representative - When not required - Waiver - Corporate trustee - Additional bond - Reduction - Other security. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.28.185
• Title: RCW 11.28.237, Notice of appointment as personal representative, pendency of probate - Proof by affidavit. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.28.237
• Title: RCW 11.40.020, Notice to creditors - Manner - Filings - Publication. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.40.020
• Title: RCW 11.40.030, Notice to creditors - Form. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.40.030
• Title: RCW 11.40.051, Claims against decedent - Time limits. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.40.051
• Title: RCW 11.48.210, Compensation - Attorney's fees. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.48.210
• Title: RCW 11.62.010, Disposition of personal property, debts by affidavit, proof of death - Contents of affidavit - Procedure - Securities. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.62.010
• Title: RCW 11.68.011, Settlement without court intervention - Petition - Conditions - Exceptions. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.68.011
• Title: RCW 11.68.090, Nonintervention powers - Powers, duties, restrictions, and liabilities - Effect of will provisions. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.68.090
• Title: RCW 11.68.110, Declaration of completion of probate - Contents - Notice - Discharge of personal representative - Waiver of notice. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.68.110
• Title: RCW 11.76.010, Reports of personal representative - Forms - Contents - Failure to timely report. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.76.010
• Title: RCW 11.96A.050, Venue in proceedings involving probate or trust matters. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.96A.050
• Title: RCW 36.18.016, Various fees collected - Not subject to division. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=36.18.016
• Title: RCW 36.18.020, Clerk's fees, surcharges. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=36.18.020
• Title: RCW 36.18.022, Filing fees may be waived - When. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=36.18.022
• Title: RCW 36.18.080, Fee schedule to be kept posted. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=36.18.080
• Title: RCW 83.100.020, Definitions. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=83.100.020
• Title: RCW 83.100.050, Tax returns - Filing dates - Extensions - Extensions during state of emergency - Exemption. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=83.100.050
• Title: Second Substitute House Bill 1207, Chapter 357, Laws of 2025, Superior Court Clerk Fees Modification. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: May 20, 2025. URL: https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/1207-S2.SL.pdf
• Title: Engrossed House Bill 2445, Chapter 204, Laws of 2026, Probate - Various Provisions. Publisher: Washington State Legislature. Publication Date: March 25, 2026. URL: https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/2445.SL.pdf

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