Washington Revised Code Title 63. Personal Property § 63.30.420. Public sale of property

(1) Except as otherwise provided in RCW 63.30.430, the administrator may sell the property (a) not earlier than two years after receipt of property stored in a safe deposit box and presumed abandoned; and (b) not earlier than three years after receipt of all other property presumed abandoned.

(2) Before selling property under subsection (1) of this section, the administrator shall give notice to the public of:

(3) A sale under subsection (1) of this section must be to the highest bidder:

(4) The administrator may decline the highest bid at a sale under this section and reoffer the property for sale if the administrator determines the highest bid is insufficient.

(5) The administrator must publish at least one notice of the sale, at least three weeks but not more than five weeks before the sale, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the property is sold.