# RCW 11.80.100: RCW 11.80.100: Final distribution—Notice of hearing—Decree

> Washington · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T64_C80_S100

## Section

- **Citation:** RCW 11.80.100
- **Heading:** RCW 11.80.100: Final distribution—Notice of hearing—Decree
- **Jurisdiction:** Washington
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Washington Code / Title 64 / Chapter 80 / Section 100

## Text

Whenever the owner of such property shall have been absent from the county for a space of seven years and his or her whereabouts are unknown and cannot with reasonable diligence be ascertained, his or her presumptive heirs at law or the legatees and devisees under the will, as the case may be, to whom the property has been provisionally distributed, may apply to the court for a decree of final distribution of such property and satisfaction, discharge and exoneration of the bonds given upon provisional distribution. Notice of hearing of such application shall be given in the same manner as notice of hearing of application for the appointment of trustee and for provisional distribution and if at the final hearing it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court that the owner of the property has been absent and unheard of for the space of seven years and his or her whereabouts are unknown, the court shall exonerate the bonds given on provisional distribution and enter a decree of final distribution, distributing the property to the presumptive heirs at law of the absentee or to his or her devisees and legatees, as the case may be.

## 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_T64_C80_S010.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_T64_C80_S050.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_T64_C80_S060.md)
- [RCW 11.80.090 RCW 11.80.090: Hearing—Distribution—Bond of distributees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T64_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_T64_C80_S100.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_T64_C80_S120.md)
- [RCW 64.80.020 RCW 64.80.020: Authorized—Prohibited use.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T64_C80_S020.md)
- [RCW 64.80.030 RCW 64.80.030: Revocable.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T64_C80_S030.md)
- [RCW 64.80.040 RCW 64.80.040: Nontestamentary.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T64_C80_S040.md)
- [RCW 64.80.070 RCW 64.80.070: Notice, delivery, acceptance, consideration not required.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T64_C80_S070.md)
- [RCW 64.80.080 RCW 64.80.080: Revocation, when authorized or prohibited.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T64_C80_S080.md)
- [RCW 64.80.110 RCW 64.80.110: Disclaimer of interest.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T64_C80_S110.md)
- [RCW 64.80.900 RCW 64.80.900: Short title.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T64_C80_S900.md)
- [RCW 64.80.901 RCW 64.80.901: Application.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T64_C80_S901.md)

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