RCW 11.11.003Purposes.The purposes of this chapter are to:(1) Enhance and facilitate the power of testators to control the disposition of assets that pass outside their wills;(2) Provide simple procedures for resolution of disputes regarding entitlement to such assets; and(3) Protect any financial institution or other third party having possession of or control over such an asset and transferring it to a beneficiary duly designated by the testator, unless that third party has been provided notice of a testamentary disposition as required in this chapter.[ 1998 c 292 s 102.]
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