# RCW 11.98.009: RCW 11.98.009: Application of chapter

> Washington · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C98_S009

## Section

- **Citation:** RCW 11.98.009
- **Heading:** RCW 11.98.009: Application of chapter
- **Jurisdiction:** Washington
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Washington Code / Title 11 / Chapter 98 / Section 009

## Text

Except as provided in this section, this chapter applies to express trusts executed by the trustor after June 10, 1959, and does not apply to resulting trusts, constructive trusts, business trusts where certificates of beneficial interest are issued to the beneficiary, investment trusts, voting trusts, trusts in the nature of mortgages or pledges, liquidation trusts, or trusts for the sole purpose of paying dividends, interest, interest coupons, salaries, wages, pensions or profits, trusts created in deposits in any financial institution pursuant to *chapter 30.22 RCW, unless any such trust which is created in writing incorporates this chapter in whole or in part.

## Nearby sections

- [RCW 11.98.002 RCW 11.98.002: Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C98_S002.md)
- [RCW 11.98.005 RCW 11.98.005: Trust situs and governing law.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C98_S005.md)
- [RCW 11.98.008 RCW 11.98.008: Trust creation—Methods.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C98_S008.md)
- [RCW 11.98.009 RCW 11.98.009: Application of chapter.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C98_S009.md)
- [RCW 11.98.011 RCW 11.98.011: Trust creation—Requirements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C98_S011.md)
- [RCW 11.98.012 RCW 11.98.012: Trust creation—Other jurisdictions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C98_S012.md)
- [RCW 11.98.013 RCW 11.98.013: Trust creation—Allowable purposes.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C98_S013.md)
- [RCW 11.98.014 RCW 11.98.014: Trust creation—Oral trusts.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C98_S014.md)
- [RCW 11.98.015 RCW 11.98.015: Noncharitable trusts without ascertainable beneficiaries.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C98_S015.md)
- [RCW 11.98.016 RCW 11.98.016: Exercise of powers by co-trustees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C98_S016.md)
- [RCW 11.98.017 RCW 11.98.017: Trusteeship—Accepting and declining—Powers without acceptance.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C98_S017.md)
- [RCW 11.98.019 RCW 11.98.019: Relinquishment of powers by trustee.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C98_S019.md)
- [RCW 11.98.029 RCW 11.98.029: Resignation of trustee.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C98_S029.md)
- [RCW 11.98.039 RCW 11.98.039: Nonjudicial change of trustee—Judicial appointment or change of trustee—Liability and duties of successor fiduciary.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T11_C98_S039.md)

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