Whenever any part of such burying ground shall have been designated and appropriated by the owners as the burying place of any particular person or family, the same shall not be liable to be taken or disposed of by any warrant, execution, tax, or debt whatever; nor shall the same be liable to be sold to satisfy the demands of creditors whenever the estate of the owner shall be insolvent.
RCW 68.24.220
Burying place exempt from execution.
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 7 Wash. App. 695 - Metropolitan Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Greenacres Memorial Ass'n (1972)
Most recently applied in 7 Wash. App. 695 - Metropolitan Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Greenacres Memorial Ass'n (October 1972)
2005 c 365 s 86; 1857 p 28 s 2; RRS s 3760.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.