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Home » US Law » 2022 Revised Code of Washington » Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law » Chapters » Chapter 11.95A - Uniform Powers of Appointment Act. » ARTICLE 3 EXERCISE OF POWER OF APPOINTMENT » 11.95A.300 – Disposition of unappointed property—Released or unexercised nongeneral power.

RCW 11.95A.300

Disposition of unappointed property—Released or unexercised nongeneral power.

To the extent a powerholder releases, ineffectively exercises, or fails to exercise a nongeneral power of appointment:

(1) The gift-in-default clause controls the disposition of the unappointed property; or

(2) If there is no gift-in-default clause or to the extent the clause is ineffective, the unappointed property:

(a) Passes to the permissible appointees if:

(i) The permissible appointees are defined and limited; and

(ii) The terms of the instrument creating the power do not manifest a contrary intent; or

(b) If there is no taker under (a) of this subsection, passes under a reversionary interest to the donor or the donor’s transferee or successor in interest.

[ 2021 c 140 § 3311.]