[WSBAPT] Intestate succession or escheat?

[Josh Grant]

I have a PC whose Dad died in 2011 and then his Dad’s wife died in 2012 leaving no children.  Neither H or W had a will.  There is/was a CP house.  PC wants to inherit the house.
I don’t think there are any heirs of the wife, like parents, siblings or nephews or nieces, & she never had children; but that would take an investigator to figure out.
But does it matter to PC?  Because his dad’s wife inherited  100% of the house by intestate succession instantly, if there are no heirs located or known, wouldn’t this escheat to the state?
This is not a valuable house and there are no funds to hire an investigator.
Joshua F. Grant

P. O. Box 619
Wilbur, WA 99185
509 647 5578
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