Rules of classification.
RCW 11.95A.140
in effect(1) In this section, "adverse party" means a person with a substantial beneficial interest in property which would be affected adversely by a powerholder's exercise or nonexercise of a power of appointment in favor of the powerholder, the powerholder's estate, a creditor of the powerholder, or a creditor of the powerholder's estate. (2) If a powerholder may exercise a power of appointment only with the consent or joinder of an adverse party, the power is nongeneral. (3) If the permissible appointees of a power of appointment are not defined and limited, the power is exclusionary.
(1) In this section, "adverse party" means a person with a substantial beneficial interest in property which would be affected adversely by a powerholder's exercise or nonexercise of a power of appointment in favor of the powerholder, the powerholder's estate, a creditor of the powerholder, or a creditor of the powerholder's estate.
(2) If a powerholder may exercise a power of appointment only with the consent or joinder of an adverse party, the power is nongeneral.
(3) If the permissible appointees of a power of appointment are not defined and limited, the power is exclusionary.
Source: WA Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.95A&full=trueFetched: 6/28/2026