No action for the recovery of any real estate sold by an executor or administrator under the laws of this state shall be maintained by any heir or other person claiming under the deceased, unless it is commenced within five years next after the sale, and no action for any estate sold by a guardian shall be maintained by the ward, or by any person claiming under him or her, unless commenced within five years next after the termination of the guardianship, except that minors, and other persons under legal disability to sue at the time when the right of action first accrued, may commence such action at any time within three years after the removal of the disability.
RCW 4.16.070
Actions limited to five years.
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Head v. Kommandit-Gesellschaft MS San Alvaro Offen Reederei GmbH & Co. (2014)
Most recently applied in Head v. Kommandit-Gesellschaft MS San Alvaro Offen Reederei GmbH & Co. (February 2014)
2011 c 336 s 82; 1890 p 81 s 1; RRS s 158
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.