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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Can you send a cashier's check for $1.00 and if no Receipt is returned submit your Notice of Filing and Declaration of Completion and wait 30 days as Eric suggested?</span></div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">If a cashier's check is not cashed after it expires (7 years or however long the bank says), then the bank automatically sends the expired cashiers check to unclaimed property. If you or the PR keep a copy of the cashier's check so that you know the check #, etc. you can periodically check with the bank to see if it has been cashed (if you are curious.) Once the check expires and is sent to unclaimed property, only the payee can apply to get it from unclaimed property. Before that, the maker can ask to have it reissued (If beneficiary pops up and says "here I am, I never got my $1.00.)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Andrekita Silva</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Law Office of F. Andrekita Silva</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">1325 Fourth Avenue, Suite 940</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Seattle, Washington 98101-2509</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">206-224-8288</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:ak@seattle-silvalaw.com">ak@seattle-silvalaw.com</a></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">On 2026/02/03 12:40, Craig Gourley wrote:</span>
<blockquote type="cite" style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid; margin: 0"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Maybe after a letter turn it over to the State unclaimed property </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">From: <a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>> On Behalf Of Eric Nelsen</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Sent: Tuesday, February 3, 2026 11:08 AM</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">To: WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Subject: Re: [WSBAPT] One Dollar to Estranged Son? </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I would talk to the client about options: </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Mail a $1 bill to the address and file proof of mailing. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Mail a letter that says “contact me at any time in the next X</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">months and I’ll send you $1” and then close. Client accepts</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">potential liability to the estranged son in the amount of $1 until the</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">statute of limitations runs out. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Either way, since you can’t get a receipt and waiver, you’ll have</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">to do the Notice of Filing of Dec of Completion and wait out the 30</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">days. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Sincerely, </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Eric </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Eric C. Nelsen </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Sayre Law Offices, PLLC </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">1417 31st Ave South </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Seattle WA 98144-3909 </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">206-625-0092 </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:eric@sayrelawoffices.com">eric@sayrelawoffices.com</a> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">From: <a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>> On Behalf Of Brent Williams-Ruth</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Sent: Tuesday, February 3, 2026 10:58 AM</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">To: WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com">WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Subject: [WSBAPT] One Dollar to Estranged Son? </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Listmates - </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">A Decedent in a probate has a bequest of $1.00 to an estranged son. I</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">sent the Notice of Pendency four months ago at the start, it was not</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">returned as undeliverable. The address it was sent to was a long shot</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">address that was last known to be their address 35 years ago. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Suggestions on how to efficiently distribute $1.00 to someone that I</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">don't have actual contact with and presume that I will not be able to</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">get a Receipt of Heir from. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you! </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Brent </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Brent Williams-Ruth (pronouns: he/him)</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">_Attorney-At-Law_ </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Law Offices of Brent Williams-Ruth, a division of BWR Consulting, PLLC</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Physical Address: 500 S 336th Street, Suite 214; Federal Way, WA 98003</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mailing Address: PO BOX 3319; Federal Way, WA 98063 </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Office/Scheduling Phone: (253) 285-7751 </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">For All Meetings & Scheduling: <a href="mailto:info@williams-ruthlaw.com">info@williams-ruthlaw.com</a> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">e-mail / website [<a href="http://www.williams-ruthlaw.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">1</a>] / facebook [<a href="http://www.facebook.com/bwrlaw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">2</a>] / </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Links:</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">------</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">[1] <a href="http://www.williams-ruthlaw.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.williams-ruthlaw.com/</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">[2] <a href="http://www.facebook.com/bwrlaw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.facebook.com/bwrlaw</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">***Disclaimer: Please note that RPPT listserv participation is not restricted to practicing attorneys and may include non-practicing attorneys, law students, professionals working in related fields, and others.***</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">_______________________________________________</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">WSBAPT mailing list</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com">WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbapt" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbapt</a></span></blockquote>
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