RCW 64.16.005
This is the official text of RCW 64.16.005, part of Washington’s Revised Code of Washington — the complete compiled statutory law of Washington, organized into 90+ numbered titles by subject. This particular section falls under Title 64, “Real Property and Conveyances.”
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RCW 64.16.005: Aliens' rights and interests in lands same as native citizens'.
Official statutory text
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Any alien may acquire and hold lands, or any right thereto, or interest therein, by purchase, devise, or descent; and he or she may convey, mortgage, and devise the same, and if he or she shall die intestate, the same shall descend to his or her heirs, and in all cases such lands shall be held, conveyed, mortgaged, or devised, or shall descend in like manner and with like effect as if such alien were a native citizen of this state or of the United States.
Any alien may acquire and hold lands, or any right thereto, or interest therein, by purchase, devise, or descent; and he or she may convey, mortgage, and devise the same, and if he or she shall die intestate, the same shall descend to his or her heirs, and in all cases such lands shall be held, conveyed, mortgaged, or devised, or shall descend in like manner and with like effect as if such alien were a native citizen of this state or of the United States.
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