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Washington Initiative 208, Joint Property Tenancy with Right of Survivorship Measure (1960)
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| Type Initiated state statute |
Origin |
Washington Initiative 208 was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in Washington on November 8, 1960. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported allowing two or more people to become co-owners of any kind of property as joint tenants with rights of survivorship. |
A “no” vote opposed allowing two or more people to become co-owners of any kind of property as joint tenants with rights of survivorship. |
Election results
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647,529 | 60.05% | ||
| No | 430,698 | 39.95% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Initiative 208 was as follows:
| “ | AN ACT Relating to property; authorizing joint tenancies in real and personal property with common law incidents of survivorship and severability; allowing property rights of a deceased joint tenant to pass immediately upon death to the surviving joint tenant; prescribing methods and requirements for the creation of joint tenancies; providing that the transfer of property to surviving joint tenants shall not derogate from the rights of creditors; and repealing existing laws which abolished the right of survivorship as an incident of joint tenancies or tenancy by the entireties. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
In Washington, proponents needed to collect a number of signatures for an Initiative to the People.
See also
External links
Footnotes
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State of Washington Olympia (capital) |
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