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    <b>Heather --- OK, I'll bite:</b><b><br>
    </b><b><br>
    </b><b>11.40.150 says:</b><br>
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        float: none;">(1) If a personal representative has given notice
        under RCW<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a
        href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.40.020"
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        float: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and
        then resigns, dies, or is removed, the successor personal
        representative shall:</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
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        display: inline !important; float: none;">     (a) Publish
        notice of the vacancy and succession for two successive weeks in
        the legal newspaper in which notice was published under RCW<span
          class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a
        href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.40.020"
        style="color: rgb(43, 103, 77); font-family: Arial, Helvetica,
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        float: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>if the
        vacancy occurred within twenty-four months after the decedent's
        date of death; and</span></blockquote>
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    <b>So, isn't the issue whether the vacancy occurred within two years
      after D's death, which is not discernible from your Email?  Yes,
      your Email says that the PR died within  six weeks of the
      expiration of the four-month claims period</b><b>, which certainly
      suggests, but does not determine, that the vacancy occurred within
      two years of the D's death</b><b>.</b><b>  Maybe I'm being too
      literal?</b><b>  Shoot, for the $100 or so that it usually costs
      to publish a notice of vacancy, I just do it & put it behind
      me.</b><br>
    <br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/25/2014 2:43 PM, Heather deVrieze
      wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Re-posting, in
            hopes of getting an answer (and/or form) from those of you
            who frequently are or represent successor PRs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Heather<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
                <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>
                [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>]
                <b>On Behalf Of </b>Heather deVrieze<br>
                <b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 24, 2014 12:16 PM<br>
                <b>To:</b> '<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>'<br>
                <b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Publishing Notice of Vacancy
                & Succession in Probate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">I have dealt with the death or resignation
          of a Personal Representative during the 4 month creditor claim
          period, and RCW 11.40.150 seems to spell out clear directions
          for the successor Personal Representative to publish notice in
          the same paper that the original notice was published.<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">In my instant case, the Personal
          Representative died six weeks after the expiration of the 4
          month claim period. A successor has now been appointed. No
          creditor claims were filed. Is the notice described in
          11.40.150 nevertheless required?<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">Heather<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Vladimir
            Script";color:#1F497D">Heather S. de Vrieze</span><b><span
              style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#1F497D"><br>
            </span></b><i><span
              style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D">Attorney-at-Law<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Nyala;color:#44524E">3909
            California Avenue SW<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Nyala;color:#44524E">Seattle,
            WA 98116-3705                         
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Nyala;color:#44524E">(206)938-5500
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              style="color:red">For your advance planning, our offices
              will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, NOV 27TH and on
              Friday, the 28th.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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