# Washington — State small estate affidavit and simplified probate thresholds

For Washington, personal property threshold is $100,000; real property threshold is N/A; waiting period (days) is 40; will restriction is with or without will; inflation adjustment is none, recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.

- **State:** Washington _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Personal property threshold:** $100,000 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Real property threshold:** N/A _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Waiting period (days):** 40 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Will restriction:** with or without will _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Inflation adjustment:** none _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Exclusions:** surviving spouse's or domestic partner's community property interest; liens and encumbrances _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute citation:** Wash. Rev. Code § 11.62.010 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (c) That the value of the decedent's entire estate subject to probate, not including the surviving spouse's or surviving domestic partner's community property interest in any assets which are subject to probate in the decedent's estate, wherever located, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed one hundred thousand dollars; (d) That forty days have elapsed since the death of the decedent;

## Source

- https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=11.62.010

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18.
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