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Avoid Probate Court A Living Trust is the most efficient way to pass assets to your heirs after your death. As we discussed above, putting your assets in a Trust bypasses Probate, saving your loved ones the costs associated with it. Probate Court fees can total up to 3 percent of your asset's value.

Summary of Registration Requirements Within four months of its inception, a charitable trust must file the Application for Registration as a Charitable Trust, a copy of the trust instrument, and a $25 dollar filing fee made payable to the Secretary of State.

The key disadvantages of placing a house in a trust include the following: Extra paperwork: Moving property in a trust requires the house owner to transfer the asset's legal title. This involves preparing and signing an additional deed, and some people may consider this cumbersome.

The price of creating a living trust in Washington depends on how you go about making it. The first option is to use an online service and draw the trust up yourself. This will cost a few hundred dollars at most. The other option is to hire an attorney, which could cost more than $1,000.

To transfer real property into your Trust, a new deed reflecting the name of the Trust must be executed, notarized and recorded with the County Recorder in the County where the property is located. Care must be taken that the exact legal description in the existing deed appears on the new deed.

When you as the grantor establish a living trust in Washington, you place your assets into the trust's ownership, but they continue to be managed and available for your use during your life. The more assets you place in the trust, the more beneficial it will be.