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This e-mail is, at most, a negotiation under ER 408.</font><br></font></span></p></font></font></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 17, 2026 at 10:11 AM Sara D. Longley <<a href="mailto:sara.longley@practus.com">sara.longley@practus.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-3958315685747043790">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello listmates,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My clients opened a matter for a nonprobate Notice to Creditors under RCW 11.42 for a gentleman (with no surviving spouse) who arranged his estate so no probate was needed to transfer his assets. The Notice Agent was duly appointed and
the Nonprobate Notice to Creditors was published and mailed to DSHS, and the four-month claim period has expired with no claims filed. No readily ascertainable creditors were identified, as the decedent’s finances were managed by the Notice Agent prior to
his death and all his bills were paid when received.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The statute is silent on how to close the court matter. What do we need to do? Does it just close on its own, or is there a Declaration of some sort that we need to file? Do we need to wait the full two years before the Notice Agent
resigns, just in case a creditor appears and asserts they were reasonably ascertainable and should have received direct notice?<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Assuming somebody on the list has done this before, what have you done to finalize the matter and get your Notice Agent off the hook after the claim period has expired?
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sara<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0.1pt;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt"><br></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><font color="#02a2c4"><strong>Sara D. Longley</strong></font> <a href="https://www.practus.com/vcard/Sara_Longley.vcf" title="Download VCARD for Sara D. Longley" style="color:rgb(218,98,30);text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.practus.com/vcard/Files/enev.gif" alt="" width="16" height="12" border="0"></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:15px"><font color="#02a2c4">Associate</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-top:6px"><img src="https://www.practus.com/vcard/Files/practus.png" alt="Practus Logo" align="left" width="173"></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right:5px;padding-top:6px"><img src="https://www.practus.com/vcard/Files/phone.png" alt="Phone" align="left"></td><td style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:2px"><font color="#124E65">(360) 378-4450 (Main Office)</font></td></tr><tr><td><img src="https://www.practus.com/vcard/Files/phone.png" alt="Phone" align="left"></td><td style="padding-bottom:2px"><font color="#124E65">(360) 468-7230 (Direct Dial)</font></td></tr><tr><td><img src="https://www.practus.com/vcard/Files/email.png" alt="Email" valign="center" align="left"></td><td style="padding-bottom:2px"><a href="mailto:sara.longley@practus.com" id="m_-3958315685747043790emaillink" title="Email Sara D. Longley" style="color:rgb(18,78,101);text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">sara.longley@practus.com</a></td></tr><tr><td><img src="https://www.practus.com/vcard/Files/bio.png" alt="Biography" valign="center" align="left"></td><td style="padding-bottom:2px"><a href="https://practus.com/attorney/sara-d-longley/" title="View Biography for Sara D. Longley" style="color:rgb(218,98,30);text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">My Bio</a> | <font color="#DA621E"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/saradlongley/" title="View LinkedIn for Sara D. Longley" style="color:rgb(218,98,30);text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">Connect on LinkedIn</a></font></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
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