RCW 11.11.003
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The purposes of this chapter are to:
(1)Enhance and facilitate the power of testators to control the disposition of assets that pass outside their wills;
(2)Provide simple procedures for resolution of disputes regarding entitlement to such assets; and
(3)Protect any financial institution or other third party having possession of or control over such an asset and transferring it to a beneficiary duly designated by the testator, unless that third party has been provided notice of a testamentary disposition as required in this chapter.
[ 1998 c 292 s 102 .]