RCW 6.15.010 Exempt property. (Effective until July 1, 2025.) (1) Except as provided in RCW 6.15.050, the following personal property is exempt from execution, attachment, and garnishment: (a) All wearing apparel of every individual and family, but not to exceed three thousand five hundred dollars in value in furs, jewelry, and personal ornaments for any […]
RCW 6.15.020 Pension money exempt—Exceptions—Transfer of spouse’s interest in employee benefit plan. (1) It is the policy of the state of Washington to ensure the well-being of its citizens by protecting retirement income to which they are or may become entitled. For that purpose generally and pursuant to the authority granted to the state of […]
RCW 6.15.025 Exemption of pension or retirement plan benefits from execution for judgment for out-of-state income tax. Where a judgment is in favor of any state for failure to pay that state’s income tax on benefits received while a resident of the state of Washington from a pension or other retirement plan, all property in […]
RCW 6.15.030 Insurance money on exempt property exempt. If property, which by the laws of this state is exempt from execution, attachment, or garnishment, is insured and the same is lost, stolen, or destroyed, then the insurance money coming to or belonging to the person thus insured, to an amount equal to the exempt property […]
RCW 6.15.040 Separate property of spouse exempt. All real and personal property belonging to any married person at the time of his or her marriage, and all which he or she may have acquired subsequently to such marriage, or to which he or she shall hereafter become entitled in his or her own right, and […]
RCW 6.15.050 Exemptions under RCW 6.15.010—Limitations on exemptions. (1) Wages, salary, or other compensation regularly paid for personal services rendered by the debtor claiming the exemption shall not be claimed as exempt under RCW 6.15.010, but the same may be claimed as exempt in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding to the same extent as allowed […]
RCW 6.15.060 Manner of claiming exemptions—Appraisement—Appraiser’s fee. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, property claimed exempt under RCW 6.15.010 shall be selected by the individual entitled to the exemption, or by the husband or wife entitled to a community exemption, in the manner described in subsection (3) of this section. (2) […]
RCW 6.15.070 Procedure if value of property claimed exempt exceeds exemptible value. If from an appraisal it appears that the value of the property claimed exempt, exclusive of liens and encumbrances, exceeds the exemptible value and the property is indivisible, the property shall be put up for sale on execution, but at the sale no […]
RCW 6.15.900 Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships […]
