If the owner is married or in a state registered domestic partnership, the homestead may consist of the community or jointly owned property of the spouses or the domestic partners or the separate property of either spouse or either domestic partner: PROVIDED, That the same premises may not be claimed separately by the spouses or domestic partners with the effect of increasing the net value of the homestead available to the marital community or state registered domestic partnership beyond the amount specified in RCW 6.13.030 as now or hereafter amended. When the owner is not married or not in a state registered domestic partnership, the homestead may consist of any of his or her property.
RCW 6.13.020
Homestead—What may constitute.
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case In re the Bankruptcy Petition of Wieber (2015)
Most recently applied in In re the Bankruptcy Petition of Wieber (April 2015)
2008 c 6 s 633; 1987 c 442 s 202; 1981 c 329 s 8; 1977 ex.s. c 98 s 1; 1973 1st ex.s. c 154 s 6; 1895 c 64 s 2; RRS s 530
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.