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RCW 11.12.040

Revocation of will—How effected—Effect on codicils.

Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case 44 Wash. 2d 277 - In Re Gherra's Estate (1954)

Most recently applied in In Re Estate of Bowers (April 2006)

2021 c 140 s 1014; 1994 c 221 s 12; 1965 c 145 s 11.12.040

How often courts cite this section

195419601970198019902000200620
citing decisions per year

Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

(1) A will, or any part thereof, can be revoked:

(a) By a subsequent will that revokes, or partially revokes, the prior will expressly or by inconsistency; or

(b) By being burnt, torn, canceled, obliterated, destroyed, or a physical act, with the intent and for the purpose of revoking the same, by the testator or by another person in the presence and by the direction of the testator. If such act is done by any person other than the testator, the direction of the testator and the facts of such injury or destruction must be proved by two witnesses.

(2) Revocation of a will in its entirety revokes its codicils, unless revocation of a codicil would be contrary to the testator's intent.

Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.