# RCW 11.80.040: RCW 11.80.040: Sale of property—Application of proceeds and income

> Washington · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C80_S040

## Section

- **Citation:** RCW 11.80.040
- **Heading:** RCW 11.80.040: Sale of property—Application of proceeds and income
- **Jurisdiction:** Washington
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Washington Code / Title 11 / Chapter 80 / Section 040

## Text

If necessary to pay debts against the absentee which have been duly approved and allowed in the same form and manner as provided for the approving and allowing of claims against the estate of a deceased person or for such other purpose as the court may deem proper for the preservation of the estate, the trustee may sell, lease, or mortgage real or personal property of the estate under order of the court so to do, which order shall specify the particular property affected and the method, whether by public sale, private sale, or by negotiation, and the terms thereof, and the trustee shall hold the proceeds of such sale, after deducting the necessary expenses thereof, subject to the order of the court. The trustee is authorized and empowered to, by order of the court, expend the proceeds received from the sale of such property, and also the rents, issues, and profits accruing therefrom in the care, maintenance, and upkeep of the property, so long as the trusteeship shall continue, and the trustee shall receive out of such property such compensation for his or her services and those of his or her attorney as may be fixed by the court. The notices and procedures in conducting sales, leases, and mortgages hereunder shall be as provided in chapter 11.56 RCW.

## Nearby sections

- [RCW 11.80.010 RCW 11.80.010: Petition—Notice—Hearing—Appointment of trustee.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C80_S010.md)
- [RCW 11.80.020 RCW 11.80.020: Inventory and appraisement—Bond of trustee.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C80_S020.md)
- [RCW 11.80.030 RCW 11.80.030: Reports of trustee.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C80_S030.md)
- [RCW 11.80.040 RCW 11.80.040: Sale of property—Application of proceeds and income.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C80_S040.md)
- [RCW 11.80.050 RCW 11.80.050: Allowance for support of dependents—Sale of property.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C80_S050.md)
- [RCW 11.80.055 RCW 11.80.055: Continuation of absentee's business—Performance of absentee's contracts.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C80_S055.md)
- [RCW 11.80.060 RCW 11.80.060: Removal or resignation of trustee—Final account.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C80_S060.md)
- [RCW 11.80.070 RCW 11.80.070: Period of trusteeship.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C80_S070.md)
- [RCW 11.80.080 RCW 11.80.080: Provisional distribution—Notice of hearing—Will.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C80_S080.md)
- [RCW 11.80.090 RCW 11.80.090: Hearing—Distribution—Bond of distributees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C80_S090.md)
- [RCW 11.80.100 RCW 11.80.100: Final distribution—Notice of hearing—Decree.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C80_S100.md)
- [RCW 11.80.110 RCW 11.80.110: Escheat for want of presumptive heirs.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C80_S110.md)
- [RCW 11.80.120 RCW 11.80.120: Personnel missing in action, interned, or captured construed as "absentee."](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C80_S120.md)
- [RCW 11.80.130 RCW 11.80.130: Summary procedure without full trustee proceeding—When permitted—Application for order—Form.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C80_S130.md)

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