# RCW 11.04.250: RCW 11.04.250: When real estate vests—Rights of heirs

> Washington · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C04_S250

## Section

- **Citation:** RCW 11.04.250
- **Heading:** RCW 11.04.250: When real estate vests—Rights of heirs
- **Jurisdiction:** Washington
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Washington Code / Title 11 / Chapter 04 / Section 250

## Text

When a person dies seized of lands, tenements or hereditaments, or any right thereto or entitled to any interest therein in fee or for the life of another, his or her title shall vest immediately in his or her heirs or devisees, subject to his or her debts, family allowance, expenses of administration, and any other charges for which such real estate is liable under existing laws. No administration of the estate of such decedent, and no decree of distribution or other finding or order of any court shall be necessary in any case to vest such title in the heirs or devisees, but the same shall vest in the heirs or devisees instantly upon the death of such decedent: PROVIDED, That no person shall be deemed a devisee until the will has been probated. The title and right to possession of such lands, tenements, or hereditaments so vested in such heirs or devisees, together with the rents, issues, and profits thereof, shall be good and valid against all persons claiming adversely to the claims of any such heirs, or devisees, excepting only the personal representative when appointed, and persons lawfully claiming under such personal representative; and any one or more of such heirs or devisees, or their grantees, jointly or severally, may sue for and recover their respective shares or interests in any such lands, tenements, or hereditaments and the rents, issues, and profits thereof, whether letters testamentary or of administration be granted or not, from any person except the personal representative and those lawfully claiming under such personal representative.

## Nearby sections

- [RCW 11.04.015 RCW 11.04.015: Descent and distribution of real and personal estate.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C04_S015.md)
- [RCW 11.04.035 RCW 11.04.035: Kindred of the half blood.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C04_S035.md)
- [RCW 11.04.041 RCW 11.04.041: Advancements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C04_S041.md)
- [RCW 11.04.060 RCW 11.04.060: Tenancy in dower and by curtesy abolished.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C04_S060.md)
- [RCW 11.04.071 RCW 11.04.071: Survivorship as incident of tenancy by the entireties abolished.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C04_S071.md)
- [RCW 11.04.081 RCW 11.04.081: Inheritance by and from any child not dependent upon marriage of parents.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C04_S081.md)
- [RCW 11.04.085 RCW 11.04.085: Inheritance by adopted child.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C04_S085.md)
- [RCW 11.04.095 RCW 11.04.095: Inheritance from stepparent avoids escheat.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C04_S095.md)
- [RCW 11.04.230 RCW 11.04.230: United States savings bond—Effect of death of co-owner.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C04_S230.md)
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- [RCW 11.04.250 RCW 11.04.250: When real estate vests—Rights of heirs.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C04_S250.md)
- [RCW 11.04.290 RCW 11.04.290: Vesting of title.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C04_S290.md)

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