RCW 63.30.790
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(1)An agreement under RCW 63.30.780 is void if a provision in the agreement applies to mineral proceeds for which compensation is to be paid to the other person based in whole or in part of the underlying minerals or mineral proceeds not then presumed abandoned.
(2)An agreement under RCW 63.30.780 that provides for compensation in an amount that exceeds five percent of the value of the property reasonably expected to be recovered, is unenforceable.
(3)An apparent owner or the administrator may assert that an agreement under RCW 63.30.780 is void on a ground other than it provides for payment of unconscionable compensation in an amount that exceeds five percent of the value of the property reasonably expected to be recovered.
(4)This section does not apply to an apparent owner's agreement with an attorney to pursue a claim for recovery of specifically identified property held by the administrator or to contest the administrator's denial of a claim for recovery of the property.
[ 2025 c 29 s 24 ; 2022 c 225 s 1302 .]