Most people have clear ideas of their end-of-life preferences. But does your family or physician know? 

The Washington State Living Will Registry allows you to store your living will documents in a secure, online database. A living will gives you the power to record your medical decisions in the event you’re unable to communicate and gives your physician vital information about your treatment wishes. Only authorized health care providers may access and view your documents in the registry. The registry also stores your emergency contact information so that family and next of kin can be contacted.

People of all ages should have a living will. Give peace of mind to family members who may be unsure about your end-of-life treatment wishes by documenting your living will decisions today.

The Washington State Living Will Registry includes:

• Health Care Directive
• Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
• Mental Health Advance Directive
• Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment

The registry is:

• FREE to Washington State residents.
• Accessible online.
• Convenient and easy.

What do you want to do?

• Register and file my documents
• Retrieve filed documents

Are you a health care provider?

• Apply for registry access

The Living Will Registry is managed by the Washington State Department of Health. The department exclusively selected the U.S. Living Will Registry company to maintain our Washington State Living Will Registry. The company is located in Westfield, New Jersey and has been providing national registry services to individuals and health care providers across the United States. Private information exchanged with this company's web site is encrypted before transmission using a VeriSign SSL certificate.