# RCW 11.80.090: RCW 11.80.090: Hearing—Distribution—Bond of distributees

> Washington · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C80_S090

## Section

- **Citation:** RCW 11.80.090
- **Heading:** RCW 11.80.090: Hearing—Distribution—Bond of distributees
- **Jurisdiction:** Washington
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Washington Code / Title 11 / Chapter 80 / Section 090

## Text

If it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court upon the hearing of the application for provisional distribution that the absentee has been absent and his or her whereabouts unknown for the space of five years, or there are strong presumptions that he or she is dead, the court shall enter an order directing that the property in the hands of the trustee shall be provisionally distributed to the presumptive heirs, or to the devisees and legatees under the will, as the case may be, upon condition that such heirs, devisees, and legatees respectively give and file in the court bonds with good and sufficient surety to be approved by the court, conditioned for the return of or accounting for the property provisionally distributed in case the absentee shall return and demand the same, which bonds shall be respectively in twice the amount of the value of the personal property distributed, and in ten times the amount of estimated annual rents, issues, and profits of any real property so provisionally distributed.

## 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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