Washington Financial Planning Exemptions

• Retirement Accounts Exemption: 100%
• Homestead Exemption: The greater of:
  (a) $125,000;
  (b) The county median sale price of a single-family home in the preceding calendar year; or
  (c) Where the homestead is subject to execution, attachment, or seizure by or under any legal process whatever to satisfy a judgment in favor of any state for failure to pay that state's income tax on benefits received while a resident of the state of Washington from a pension or other retirement plan, no dollar limit.
• Life Insurance Exemption: 100%
• Annuity (Non-IRA/ERISA) Cash Value Exemption: $3,000/month

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Homestead Exemption Amount as of 10/3/25

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