# RCW 11.80.070: RCW 11.80.070: Period of trusteeship

> Washington · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C80_S070

## Section

- **Citation:** RCW 11.80.070
- **Heading:** RCW 11.80.070: Period of trusteeship
- **Jurisdiction:** Washington
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Washington Code / Title 11 / Chapter 80 / Section 070

## Text

Such trusteeship shall continue until such time as the owner of such property shall return or shall appoint a duly authorized agent or attorney-in-fact to care for such property, or until such time as the property shall be provisionally distributed to the presumptive heirs, or to the devisees and legatees of the absentee as hereinafter provided, or until such time as the property shall escheat to the state as hereinafter provided.

## 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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