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ASSET
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EXEMPTION DESCRIPTION
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LAW SECTION
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Homestead
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Real property or mobile home to $40,000 ( no limit if seeking to discharge
debt based on failure to pay a state income tax assessed on retirement
benefits received while a resident of Washington, 6.15.030)
Must file homestead declaration before sale of home if
property unimproved or home unoccupied
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6.13.010,6.13.030
6.15.040
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Personal Property
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Appliances, furniture, household goods & home yard
equipment to $2700 total (no limit on any property located within
Washington if seeking to discharge debt based on failure to pay a state
income tax assessed on retirement benefits received while a resident of
Washington, 6.15.025)
Books to $1500
Burial plots sold by nonprofit cemetery association
Clothing, no more than $1000 in furs, jewelry,
ornaments
Food and fuel for comfortable maintenance
Keepsakes & pictures
1 motor vehicle for each individual to $2500 total (2 motor vehicles
as community property of spouses two motor vehicles to $5000 total)
Professionally prescribed health
aids
Personal bodily injury payments-
not to exceed $16,150; or payment
for loss of future earnings to the
extent reasonably necessary
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6.15.010(3) (a)
6.15.010(2)
68.20.120
6.15.010(1)
6.15.010(3) (a)
6.15.010(2)
6.15.010(3) ( c)
6.15.010(3)(e)
6.15.010(3)(f)
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Insuranc
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Annuity contract proceeds to $250 per month
Disability proceeds, avails or benefits
Fire insurance proceeds for destroyed exemption
Fraternal benefit society benefits
Group life insurance policy or proceeds
Life insurance proceeds or avails if beneficiary is
not the insured
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48.18.430
48.18.400
6.15.030
48.36A.180
48.18.420
48.18.410
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Miscellaneous
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Property of business partnership
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25.04.250
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Pensions
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City employees
ERISA-qualified benefits
IRAs
Public employees
State patrol officers
Volunteer firefighters
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41.28.200
6.15.020
6.15.020
41.40.380
43.43.310
41.24.240
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Public Benefits
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Child welfare
Crime victims’ compensation
General assistance
Industrial insurance (workers’ compensation)
Old-age assistance
Unemployment compensation
Child Support
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74.13.070
7.68.070, 51.32.040
74.04.280
51.32.040
74.08.210
50.40.020
6.15.010(3)(d)
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Tools of Trade
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Farm trucks, stock, tools, seed, equipment &
supplies of farmer to $5000 total
Library, office furniture, office equipment &
supplies of physician, surgeon, clergy or other professional to $5000
total
Tools & materials used in another’s trade to
$5000
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6.15.010(4) (a)
6.15.010(4) (b)
6.15.010(4) ( c)
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Wages
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Minimum 75% of earned but unpaid wages; bankruptcy
judge may authorize more for low-income debtors
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6.27.150
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Wild Card
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$2000 of any personal property (no more than $200 in cash, bank deposits,
bonds, stocks & securities)
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6.15.010(3) (b)
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