No person is liable to an action as executor of his or her own wrong for having taken, received, or interfered with the property of a deceased person, but is responsible to the personal representatives of such deceased person for the value of all property so taken or received, and for all injury caused by his or her interference with the estate of the deceased.
RCW 11.48.180
Liability of executor de son tort.
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 6 Wash. App. 954 - Jacobson v. Lawrence (1972)
Most recently applied in 6 Wash. App. 954 - Jacobson v. Lawrence (May 1972)
2010 c 8 s 2041; 1965 c 145 s 11.48.180
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.