{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-11.95a.100","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 11.95A.100","heading":"Creation of power of appointment.","body":"(1) A power of appointment is created only if:\n(a) The instrument creating the power:\n(i) Is valid under applicable law; and\n(ii) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, transfers the appointive property; and\n(b) The terms of the instrument creating the power manifest the donor's intent to create in a powerholder a power of appointment over the appointive property exercisable in favor of a permissible appointee.\n(2) Subsection (1)(a)(ii) of this section does not apply to the creation of a power of appointment by the exercise of a power of appointment.\n(3) A power of appointment may not be created in a deceased individual.\n(4) Subject to an applicable rule against perpetuities, a power of appointment may be created in an unborn or unascertained powerholder.","path":["Title 11","Chapter 11.95A"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=11.95A.100","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:59:36Z","sha256":"8129a7907e7027febac1d6af40ecdd309de09ce6a392eb39174f7d96a1026824","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-11.95a.030","next":"us-wa/rcw-11.95a.110"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}