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RCWs > Title 6 > Chapter 6.15

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Chapter 6.15 RCW

PERSONAL PROPERTY EXEMPTIONS

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RCW Sections

6.15.010	Exempt property.
6.15.020	Pension money exempt -- Exceptions -- Transfer of spouse's interest in employee benefit plan.
6.15.025	Exemption of pension or retirement plan benefits from execution for judgment for out-of-state income tax.
6.15.030	Insurance money on exempt property exempt.
6.15.040	Separate property of spouse exempt.
6.15.050	Exemptions under RCW 6.15.010 -- Limitations on exemptions.
6.15.060	Manner of claiming exemptions -- Appraisement -- Appraiser's fee.
6.15.070	Procedure if value of property claimed exempt exceeds exemptible value.
6.15.900	Construction -- Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships -- 2009 c 521.

Notes:

Exemptions from execution, etc., generally:
   cemetery grounds: RCW 68.20.120 and 68.24.220.
   child support obligations and earnings of nonobligated spouse or domestic partner: RCW 26.16.200.
   crime victims' compensation: RCW 7.68.070 and 51.32.040.
   earnings, amount of exempt from garnishment of employer: RCW 6.27.150.
   homesteads: Chapter 6.13 RCW.
   incompetents' property: RCW 11.92.060.
   industrial insurance benefits: RCW 51.32.040.
   insurance, proceeds of annuity, disability, life and group life: RCW 48.18.400 through 48.18.430.
   property exempt from seizure: RCW 6.32.250.
   public assistance, benefits, money of recipients in institutions: RCW 74.08.210, 74.13.070.
   public retirement, insurance benefits
         city employees, statewide system: RCW 41.44.240.
         first-class cities, personnel and police: RCW 41.28.200, 41.20.180.
         fraternal benefit society benefits: RCW 48.36A.180.
         judges: RCW 2.10.180, 2.12.090.
         law enforcement officers and firefighters: RCW 41.26.053.
         state employees: RCW 41.40.052.
         teachers: RCW 41.32.055.
         volunteer firefighters: RCW 41.24.240.
         Washington state patrol: RCW 43.43.310.
   unemployment compensation benefits: RCW 50.40.020.
   work release participants, earnings of: RCW 72.65.060.