{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-11.125.290","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 11.125.290","heading":"Agent authority—Stocks, bonds, and financial instruments.","body":"Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to stocks, bonds, and financial instruments authorizes the agent to:\n(1) Buy, sell, and exchange stocks, bonds, and financial instruments;\n(2) Establish, continue, modify, or terminate an account with respect to stocks, bonds, and financial instruments;\n(3) Pledge stocks, bonds, and financial instruments as security to borrow, pay, renew, or extend the time of payment of a debt of the principal;\n(4) Receive certificates and other evidences of ownership with respect to stocks, bonds, and financial instruments;\n(5) Exercise voting rights with respect to stocks, bonds, and financial instruments in person or by proxy, enter into voting trusts, and consent to limitations on the right to vote;\n(6) Buy, sell, exchange, assign, settle, and exercise commodity futures contracts and call or put options on stocks or stock indexes traded on a regulated option exchange; and\n(7) Establish, continue, modify, and terminate option accounts.","path":["Title 11","Chapter 11.125"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=11.125.290","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T01:01:08Z","sha256":"60fe93cb07ad3ade8d627c03cf114fd9c3ad31cc3c989f10834c2d9670ee42e3","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-11.125.280","next":"us-wa/rcw-11.125.300"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}