Estate Settlement Cost

Washington source record

Every source behind the Washington guide

3 statutes, quoted verbatim and checked against 10 named conditions that must appear in the live government text. Open the record, read the words the legislature actually used, and confirm the current rule for yourself.

Last full re-fetch August 8, 2026

What each source establishes

The Washington guide rests on three rules: which simplified procedure exists and what it limits, what the court charges, and how the person administering the estate may be paid. Each is quoted below in the statute’s own words rather than summarised.

Simplified-procedure rule

RCW 11.62.010

Washington State Legislature · Publisher states no version on this page · Verified August 7, 2026

(c) That the value of the decedent's entire estate subject to probate, not including the surviving spouse's or surviving domestic partner's community property interest in any assets which are subject to probate in the decedent's estate, wherever located, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed one hundred thousand dollars; (d) That forty days have elapsed since the death of the decedent;

What was published from this source

  • smallEstate.threshold = 100000
  • smallEstate.waitingDays = 40
  • smallEstate.valueBasis = net-of-liens

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • $100,000 ceiling
  • 40-day wait
  • less liens and encumbrances
  • surviving spouse community-property interest excluded from the count

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Court cost rule

RCW 36.18.020(2)(f)

Washington State Legislature · Publisher states no version on this page · Verified August 7, 2026

(f) In probate proceedings, the party instituting such proceedings, shall pay at the time of filing the first document therein, a fee of $200.

What was published from this source

  • filingFee.amount = 290 (200 base + 40 + 50 mandatory surcharges)
  • components = 200 base, 40 subsection (5)(c) surcharge, 50 subsection (6) surcharge

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • $200 probate base fee, in the probate clause itself
  • $40 surcharge applies to all fees except (2)(b), (d), (h)
  • $50 surcharge lists subsection (2)(f) expressly

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Executor compensation rule

RCW 11.48.210

Washington State Legislature · Publisher states no version on this page · Verified August 7, 2026

The personal representative, when no compensation is provided in the will, when he or she renounces all claim to the compensation provided in the will, or when he or she administers an intestate estate, shall be allowed such compensation for his or her services as the court shall deem just and reasonable.

What was published from this source

  • executorCompensation.kind = reasonable

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • just and reasonable standard
  • personal representative subject
  • court sets the amount

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What Washington courts publish

The statutes on this page state the rule. These are the documents the court itself publishes. Every link is probed before release, and any link that stops resolving fails the build rather than staying on the page.

Limits on court material

  • Washington publishes no statewide pattern form for the RCW 11.62.010 successor affidavit. The affidavit content is set by the statute itself, and the superior court clerk in the county of filing states local requirements.

How to check this yourself

  1. Open the citation link. It goes to the publishing government body, not to a summary.
  2. Search the page for the quoted sentence. It is reproduced here exactly, so a text search should land on it.
  3. Compare the figures. If the statute has changed since the verification date above, the statute governs and this page is wrong.
  4. Report the difference. Naming the citation and the language you see maps onto a specific condition in the list above, which makes the correction verifiable.

Scope of these records

These sources cover the cost and route questions this site answers. They do not cover intestate succession shares, spousal and family allowances, creditor priority, tax filing obligations, real-property transfer mechanics, or contested proceedings. Where an answer would require one of those, the site says so rather than estimating.

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