Washington Code 68.32.080 – Joint tenants — Survivorship
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Upon the death of a joint tenant, the title to the plot or right of interment held in joint tenancy immediately vests in the survivors, subject to the vested right of interment of the deceased joint tenant.
[ 2005 c 365 § 98; 1943 c 247 § 95; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 3778-95.]
NOTES:
Co-owners, simultaneous death: RCW 11.05A.040.
Terms Used In Washington Code 68.32.080
- Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.