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If the decedent died without a Will, a petition is filed to appoint a personal representative to administer the estate and the assets of the decedent pass by way of the intestate succession laws of the State of Washington. The court issues letters of administration in the case of a probate without a Will.

Washington law DOES REQUIRE any last Will of a deceased Washington Resident to be filed promptly following death. Regardless of whether or not the deceased person's estate is probated, the Will should be filed within 40 Days of the person's death in the county they resided in at the time of death.

491, every will shall be in writing signed by the testator or by some other person under the testator's direction in the testator's presence or electronic presence, and shall be attested by two or more competent witnesses, by subscribing their names to the will, or by signing an affidavit that complies with RCW 11.20.

Complete a Will Repository Cover Sheet, bring the completed sheet and the original will into the Superior Court Clerk's Office. The fee to file a Will into the repository is $20. If you add information, such as a Codicil, you must pay another $20 fee.

RCW 11.20. 010 requires the Will to be filed whether or not it will be offered for probate and provides for damages upon the failure to do so. Washington law does not require a Will to be probated ? only to be filed promptly after a Decedent's death.

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