The department may collect the estate tax imposed under RCW 83.100.040, including interest and penalties, and shall represent this state in all matters pertaining to the same, either before courts or in any other manner. At any time after the Washington return is due, the department may file its findings regarding the amount of the tax computed as provided in RCW 83.100.040, the person required to file the Washington return under RCW 83.100.050, and all persons having an interest in property subject to the tax with the clerk of the superior court in the matter of the estate of the decedent or, if no probate or administration proceedings have been commenced in any court of this state, of the superior court for the county in which the decedent was a resident, if the resident was a domiciliary, or, if the decedent was a nondomiciliary, of any superior court which has jurisdiction over the property. Such a court first acquiring jurisdiction shall retain jurisdiction to the exclusion of every other court.
RCW 83.100.150
Collection of tax—Findings filed in court.
Known as the Estate and Transfer Tax Act
The act spans §§ 83–83 (30 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Clemency v. Department of Revenue (2012)
Most recently applied in Clemency v. Department of Revenue (October 2012)
2005 c 516 s 12; 1988 c 64 s 14; 1981 2nd ex.s. c 7 s 83.100.150 (Initiative Measure No. 402, approved November 3, 1981).
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.