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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Dear Dalynne:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">The language contained in</span>
<span style="color:#002060">RCW 11.36.010 (6) would indicate that the sole purpose of a Resident Agent is to accept service of "papers." Are you aware of any other purpose or powers conferred upon the Resident Agent?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Would you be willing to share your research on question #2?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Thanks for your responses here.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="color:#002060;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Mark B. Anderson<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com
<wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dalynne Singleton<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 04/02/2025 5:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] Two Quick Questions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:windowtext">Simple answers – yes #1 and no #2.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:windowtext">RCW 11.36.010</span>
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(6) A nonresident may be appointed to act as personal representative if the nonresident appoints an agent who is a resident of the county where such estate is being probated or who is an attorney of record of the estate, upon whom service of all papers may
be made; such appointment to be made in writing and filed by the clerk with other papers of such estate; and, unless bond has been waived as provided by RCW 11.28.185, such nonresident personal representative must file a bond to be approved by the court.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:windowtext">I did my research on #2 in a case awhile ago and realized that the answer was NO.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Anderson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 2, 2025 4:58 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Two Quick Questions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Does a Resident Agent really serve any purpose other than to serve as a “warm body” upon whom service may be made?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">May a Personal Representative grant a durable power of attorney to another person to exercise the powers of the PR?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Thanks. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="color:#002060">Mark B. Anderson<br>
</span></b><span style="color:#002060">ANDERSON LAW FIRM PLLC<br>
821 Dock Street, Suite 209, PMB 4-12<br>
Tacoma, Washington 98402<br>
+1 253-327-1750<br>
+1 253-327-1751 (fax)<br>
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