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4.24.235 | Physicians—Immunity from liability regarding safety belts. | A licensed physician shall not be liable for civil damages resulting directly or indirectly from providing, or refusing to provide, a written verification that a person under that physician's care us [is] unable to wear an automotive safety belt.
[ 1986 c 152 s 2 .]
Safety belts, use required: RCW 46.61.688 . |
4.24.240 | Persons licensed to provide health care or related services, employees, hospitals, clinics, etc.—Professional review committee, society, examining, licensing or disciplinary board members, etc.—Immunity from civil suit. | (1)(a) A person licensed by this state to provide health care or related services including, but not limited to, an acupuncturist or acupuncture and Eastern medicine practitioner, a physician, osteopathic physician, dentist, nurse, optometrist, podiatric physician and surgeon, chiropractor, physical therapist, psycholo... |
4.24.250 | Health care provider filing charges or presenting evidence—Immunity—Information sharing. | (1) Any health care provider as defined in RCW 7.70.020 (1) and (2) who, in good faith, files charges or presents evidence against another member of their profession based on the claimed incompetency or gross misconduct of such person before a regularly constituted review committee or board of a professional society or... |
4.24.260 | Health professionals making reports, filing charges, or presenting evidence—Immunity. | Any member of a health profession listed under RCW 18.130.040 who, in good faith, makes a report, files charges, or presents evidence against another member of a health profession based on the claimed unprofessional conduct as provided in RCW 18.130.180 or inability to practice with reasonable skill and safety to consu... |
4.24.264 | Boards of directors or officers of nonprofit corporations—Liability—Limitations. | (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a member of the board of directors or an officer of any nonprofit corporation is not individually liable for any discretionary decision or failure to make a discretionary decision within his or her official capacity as director or officer unless the decision or ... |
4.24.290 | Action for damages based on professional negligence of hospitals or members of healing arts—Standard of proof—Evidence—Exception. | In any civil action for damages based on professional negligence against a hospital which is licensed by the state of Washington or against the personnel of any such hospital, or against a member of the healing arts including, but not limited to, an acupuncturist or acupuncture and Eastern medicine practitioner license... |
4.24.300 | Immunity from liability for certain types of medical care. | (1) Any person, including but not limited to a volunteer provider of emergency or medical services, who without compensation or the expectation of compensation renders emergency care at the scene of an emergency or who participates in transporting, not for compensation, therefrom an injured person or persons for emerge... |
4.24.310 | Persons rendering emergency care or transportation—Definitions. | For the purposes of RCW 4.24.300 the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) "Compensation" has its ordinary meaning but does not include: Nominal payments, reimbursement for expenses, or pension benefits; payments made to volunteer part-time and ... |
4.24.311 | Immunity from liability for certain care or assistance at scene of emergency or disaster. | (1) Any person who, without compensation or the expectation of compensation, renders nonmedical care or assistance at the scene of an emergency or disaster shall not be liable for civil damages resulting from any act or omission in the rendering of such care or assistance other than acts or omissions constituting gross... |
4.24.314 | Person causing hazardous materials incident—Responsibility for incident clean-up—Liability. | (1) Any person transporting hazardous materials shall clean up any hazardous materials incident that occurs during transportation, and shall take such additional action as may be reasonably necessary after consultation with the designated incident command agency in order to achieve compliance with all applicable federa... |
4.24.320 | Action by person damaged by malicious mischief to livestock or by owner damaged by theft of livestock—Treble damages, attorney's fees. | Any person whose livestock is damaged as a result of actions described in RCW 16.52.205 or any owner of livestock who suffers damage as a result of a willful, unauthorized act described in RCW 9A.56.080 , 9A.56.083 , or 16.52.320 may bring an action against the person or persons committing the act in a court of compete... |
4.24.330 | Action for damages caused by criminal street gang tagging and graffiti. | (1) An adult or emancipated minor who commits criminal street gang tagging and graffiti under RCW 9A.48.105 by causing physical damage to the property of another is liable in addition to actual damages, for a penalty to the owner in the amount of the value of the damaged property not to exceed one thousand dollars, plu... |
4.24.340 | Liability of merchants and other parties for creating a property crime database—Information sharing. | Merchants and other parties who create a database of individuals who have been: Apprehended in the process of committing a property crime; assessed a civil fine or penalty for committing a property crime; or convicted of a property crime are not subject to civil fines or penalties for sharing information from the datab... |
4.24.345 | Unlawfully summoning a law enforcement officer—Civil action. | (1) A person may bring a civil action for damages against any person who knowingly causes a law enforcement officer to arrive at a location to contact another person with the intent to: (a) Infringe on the other person's rights under the Washington state or United States Constitutions; (b) Unlawfully discriminate again... |
4.24.350 | Actions for damages that are false, unfounded, malicious, without probable cause, or part of conspiracy—Action, claim, or counterclaim by judicial officer, prosecuting authority, or law enforcement officer for malicious prosecution—Damages and costs—Attorneys' fees—Definitions. | (1) In any action for damages, whether based on tort or contract or otherwise, a claim or counterclaim for damages may be litigated in the principal action for malicious prosecution on the ground that the action was instituted with knowledge that the same was false, and unfounded, malicious and without probable cause i... |
4.24.355 | Action by person removed from premises pursuant to RCW9A.52.105—Damages, costs, attorneys' fees. | All persons removed from premises pursuant to RCW 9A.52.105 on the basis of false statements made by a declarant pursuant to RCW 9A.52.115 shall have a cause of action to recover from the declarant for actual damages, together with costs and reasonable attorneys' fees.
[ 2017 c 284 s 3 .] |
4.24.360 | Construction contract provision waiving, releasing, etc., rights of contractor, etc., to damages or adjustment for unreasonable delay caused by contractee, etc.—Declared void and unenforceable—Exceptions. | Any clause in a construction contract, as defined in RCW 4.24.370 , which purports to waive, release, or extinguish the rights of a contractor, subcontractor, or supplier to damages or an equitable adjustment arising out of unreasonable delay in performance which delay is caused by the acts or omissions of the contract... |
4.24.370 | Construction contract provision waiving, releasing, etc., rights of contractor, etc., to damages or adjustment for unreasonable delay caused by contractee, etc.—"Construction contract" defined. | "Construction contract" for purposes of RCW 4.24.360 means any contract or agreement for the construction, alteration, repair, addition to, subtraction from, improvement to, or maintenance of, any building, highway, road, railroad, excavation, or other structure, project, development, or improvement attached to real es... |
4.24.380 | Construction contract provision waiving, releasing, etc., rights of contractor, etc., to damages or adjustment for unreasonable delay caused by contractee, etc.—Prospective application of RCW4.24.360. | The provisions of RCW 4.24.360 shall apply to contracts or agreements entered into after September 1, 1979.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 264 s 3 .] |
4.24.400 | Building warden assisting others to evacuate building or attempting to control hazard—Immunity from liability. | No building warden, who acts in good faith, with or without compensation, shall be personally liable for civil damages arising from his or her negligent acts or omissions during the course of assigned duties in assisting others to evacuate industrial, commercial, governmental or multiunit residential buildings or in at... |
4.24.404 | Removal of vulnerable person or domestic animal from motor vehicle—Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 4.24.406 unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Domestic animal" means a dog, cat, or other animal that is domesticated and may be kept as a household pet. The term does not include livestock or other farm animals. (2) "Motor vehicle" has the same meanin... |
4.24.406 | Removal of vulnerable person or domestic animal from motor vehicle—Civil liability for vehicle damage. | A person who enters a motor vehicle, by force or otherwise, for the purpose of removing a vulnerable person or domestic animal is immune from civil liability for damage to the motor vehicle if the person: (1) Determines the motor vehicle is locked or there is otherwise no reasonable method for the vulnerable person or ... |
4.24.410 | Police dogs—Immunity. | (1) As used in this section: (a) "Police dog" means a dog used by a law enforcement agency specially trained for law enforcement work and under the control of a dog handler. (b) "Accelerant detection dog" means a dog used exclusively for accelerant detection by the state fire marshal or a fire department and under the ... |
4.24.420 | Action by person committing a felony—Defense—Law enforcement activities—Actions under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983. | (1) Except in an action arising out of law enforcement activities resulting in personal injury or death, it is a complete defense to any action for damages for personal injury or wrongful death that the person injured or killed was engaged in the commission of a felony at the time of the occurrence causing the injury o... |
4.24.430 | Actions by persons serving criminal sentence—Waiver of filing fees—Effect of previous claims dismissed on grounds claim was frivolous or malicious. | If a person serving a criminal sentence in a federal, state, local, or privately operated correctional facility seeks leave to proceed in state court without payment of filing fees in any civil action or appeal against the state, a state or local governmental agency or entity, or a state or local official, employee, or... |
4.24.450 | Liability of operators for nuclear incidents—Definitions. | Unless the context clearly requires otherwise the following definitions apply throughout RCW 4.24.460 : (1) "Nuclear incident" means any occurrence within this state causing, within or without this state, bodily injury, sickness, disease or death; loss or damage to property; or loss of use of property arising out of th... |
4.24.460 | Liability of operators for nuclear incidents—Presumption of operator negligence—Rebuttal—Recovery for negligence or against other parties not limited by section. | (1) Operators are liable for failure to exercise ordinary and reasonable care to protect persons and property subject to injury in nuclear incidents. In addition, operators are liable for operational expenses and emergency purchases incurred by local or state governments in responding to nuclear incidents. (2) If a nuc... |
4.24.470 | Liability of officials and members of governing body of public agency—Definitions. | (1) An appointed or elected official or member of the governing body of a public agency is immune from civil liability for damages for any discretionary decision or failure to make a discretionary decision within his or her official capacity, but liability shall remain on the public agency for the tortious conduct of ... |
4.24.480 | Liability of members of state hazardous materials planning committee and local emergency planning committees. | Any person who is appointed by the state emergency response commission under the authority of Sec. 301(c) of Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11001) to serve on the state hazardous materials planning committee or a local emergency planning committee who, in good fait... |
4.24.490 | Indemnification of state employees. | (1) The state shall indemnify and hold harmless its employees in the amount of any judgment obtained or fine levied against an employee in any state or federal court, or in the amount of the settlement of a claim, or shall pay the judgment, fine, or settlement, if the act or omission that gave rise to the civil or crim... |
4.24.495 | Liability of public employers for deducting or receiving agency or fair share fees from public employees—Findings and declaration—Definitions. | (1) The legislature finds and declares application of this section to pending claims and actions clarifies existing state law rather than changes it. Public employees who paid agency or fair share fees as a condition of public employment in accordance with state law and supreme court precedent before June 27, 2018, had... |
4.24.500 | Good faith communication to government agency—Legislative findings—Purpose. | Information provided by citizens concerning potential wrongdoing is vital to effective law enforcement and the efficient operation of government. The legislature finds that the threat of a civil action for damages can act as a deterrent to citizens who wish to report information to federal, state, or local agencies. Th... |
4.24.510 | Communication to government agency or self-regulatory organization—Immunity from civil liability. | A person who communicates a complaint or information to any branch or agency of federal, state, or local government, or to any self-regulatory organization that regulates persons involved in the securities or futures business and that has been delegated authority by a federal, state, or local government agency and is s... |
4.24.520 | Good faith communication to government agency—When agency or attorney general may defend against lawsuit—Costs and fees. | In order to protect the free flow of information from citizens to their government, an agency receiving a complaint or information under RCW 4.24.510 may intervene in and defend against any suit precipitated by the communication to the agency. In the event that a local governmental agency does not intervene in and defe... |
4.24.530 | Limitations on liability for equine activities—Definitions. | Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the definitions in this section apply to RCW 4.24.530 , 4.24.540 , and section 3, chapter 292, Laws of 1989. (1) "Equine" means a horse, pony, mule, donkey, or hinny. (2) "Equine activity" means: (a) Equine shows, fairs, competitions, performances, or parades that involve... |
4.24.540 | Limitations on liability for equine activities—Exceptions. | (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, an equine activity sponsor or an equine professional shall not be liable for an injury to or the death of a participant engaged in an equine activity, and, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, no participant nor participant's representative may ... |
4.24.545 | Electronic monitoring or 24/7 sobriety program participation—Limitation on liability. | Local governments, their subdivisions and employees, the department of corrections and its employees, and the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs and its employees are immune from civil liability for damages arising from incidents involving offenders who are placed on electronic monitoring or who are p... |
4.24.550 | Sex offenders and kidnapping offenders—Release of information to public—Website. | (1) In addition to the disclosure under subsection (5) of this section, public agencies are authorized to release information to the public regarding sex offenders and kidnapping offenders when the agency determines that disclosure of the information is relevant and necessary to protect the public and counteract the da... |
4.24.5501 | Sex offenders—Model policy—Work group. | (1) When funded, the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs shall convene a sex offender model policy work group to develop a model policy for law enforcement agencies and other criminal justice personnel. The model policy shall provide guidelines for sex offender registration, community notification, and... |
4.24.551 | Law enforcement response to secure community transition facility—Limitation on liability. | (1) Law enforcement shall respond to a call regarding a resident of a secure community transition facility as a high priority call. (2) No law enforcement officer responding reasonably and in good faith to a call regarding a resident of a secure community transition facility shall be held liable nor shall the city or c... |
4.24.555 | Release of information not restricted by pending appeal, petition, or writ. | An offender's pending appeal, petition for personal restraint, or writ of habeas corpus shall not restrict the agency's, official's, or employee's authority to release relevant information concerning an offender's prior criminal history. However, the agency must release the latest dispositions of the charges as provide... |
4.24.556 | Sex offender treatment providers—Affiliate sex offender treatment providers—Limited liability—Responsibilities. | (1) A certified sex offender treatment provider, or a certified affiliate sex offender treatment provider who has completed at least fifty percent of the required hours under the supervision of a certified sex offender treatment provider, acting in the course of his or her duties, providing treatment to a person who ha... |
4.24.558 | Limitations on liability for information sharing regarding persons under court orders for supervision or treatment. | Information shared and actions taken without gross negligence and in good faith compliance with RCW 71.05.445 , 72.09.585 , 71.05.157 , or 72.09.315 are not a basis for any private civil cause of action.
[ 2016 sp.s. c 29 s 401 ; 2004 c 166 s 21 .]
Effective dates — 2016 sp.s. c 29: See note following RCW 71.05.760 .
S... |
4.24.560 | Defense to action for injury caused by indoor air pollutants. | It is a defense in a civil action brought for damages for injury caused by indoor air pollutants in a residential structure on which construction was begun on or after July 1, 1991, that the builder or design professional complied in good faith, without negligence or misconduct, with: (1) Building product safety standa... |
4.24.570 | Acts against animals in research or educational facilities. | (1) Joint and several liability for damages shall apply to persons and organizations that commit an intentional tort by (a) taking, releasing, destroying, contaminating, or damaging any animal or animals kept in a research or educational facility, where the animal or animals are used or to be used for medical research ... |
4.24.575 | Acts against animals kept for agricultural or veterinary purposes. | (1) Joint and several liability for damages shall apply to persons and organizations that commit an intentional tort by taking, releasing, destroying or damaging any animal or animals kept by a person for agricultural production purposes or by a veterinarian for veterinary purposes; or by destroying or damaging any far... |
4.24.580 | Acts against animal facilities—Injunction. | Any individual having reason to believe that he or she may be injured by the commission of an intentional tort under RCW 4.24.570 or 4.24.575 may apply for injunctive relief to prevent the occurrence of the tort. Any individual who owns or is employed at a research or educational facility or an agricultural production ... |
4.24.590 | Liability of foster parents. | In actions for personal injury or property damage commenced by foster children or their parents against foster parents licensed pursuant to chapter 74.15 RCW, the liability of foster parents for the care and supervision of foster children shall be the same as the liability of biological and adoptive parents for the car... |
4.24.595 | Liability immunity—Emergent placement investigations of child abuse or neglect—Shelter care and other dependency orders. | (1) Governmental entities, and their officers, agents, employees, and volunteers, are not liable in tort for any of their acts or omissions in emergent placement investigations of child abuse or neglect under chapter 26.44 RCW including, but not limited to, any determination to leave a child with a parent, custodian, o... |
4.24.601 | Hazards to the public—Information—Legislative findings, policy, intent. | The legislature finds that public health and safety is promoted when the public has knowledge that enables members of the public to make informed choices about risks to their health and safety. Therefore, the legislature declares as a matter of public policy that the public has a right to information necessary to prote... |
4.24.611 | Product liability/hazardous substance claims—Public right to information—Confidentiality—Damages, costs, attorneys' fees—Repeal. | As used in RCW 4.24.601 and this section: (1)(a) "Product liability/hazardous substance claim" means a claim for damages for personal injury, wrongful death, or property damage caused by a product or hazardous or toxic substances, that is an alleged hazard to the public and that presents an alleged risk of similar inju... |
4.24.630 | Liability for damage to land and property—Damages—Costs—Attorneys' fees—Exceptions. | (1) Every person who goes onto the land of another and who removes timber, crops, minerals, or other similar valuable property from the land, or wrongfully causes waste or injury to the land, or wrongfully injures personal property or improvements to real estate on the land, is liable to the injured party for treble th... |
4.24.640 | Firearm safety program liability. | No person who owns, operates, is employed by, or volunteers at a program approved under RCW 77.32.155 shall be liable for any injury that occurs while the person who suffered the injury is participating in the course, unless the injury is the result of gross negligence.
[ 1994 sp.s. c 7 s 513 .]
Finding — Intent — Seve... |
4.24.660 | Liability of school districts under contracts with youth programs. | (1) A school district shall not be liable for an injury to or the death of a person due to action or inaction of persons employed by, or under contract with, a youth program if: (a) The action or inaction takes place on school property and during the delivery of services of the youth program; (b) The private nonprofit ... |
4.24.670 | Liability of volunteers of nonprofit or governmental entities. | (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a volunteer of a nonprofit organization or governmental entity shall not be personally liable for harm caused by an act or omission of the volunteer on behalf of the organization or entity if: (a) The volunteer was acting within the scope of the volunteer's resp... |
4.24.680 | Unlawful release of court and law enforcement employee information—Exception. | (1) A person shall not knowingly make available on the world wide web the personal information of a peace officer, corrections person, justice, judge, commissioner, public defender, or prosecutor if the dissemination of the personal information poses an imminent and serious threat to the peace officer's, corrections pe... |
4.24.690 | Unlawful release of court and law enforcement employee information—Court action to prevent. | (1) Whenever it appears that any person or organization is engaged in or about to engage in any act that constitutes or will constitute a violation of RCW 4.24.680 , the prosecuting attorney or any person harmed by an alleged violation of RCW 4.24.680 may initiate a civil proceeding in superior court to enjoin such vio... |
4.24.700 | Unlawful release of court and law enforcement employee information—Damages, fees, and costs. | Any person whose personal information is made available on the world wide web as described in RCW 4.24.680 (1) who suffers damages as a result of such conduct may bring an action against the person or organization who makes such information available, for actual damages sustained plus damages in an amount not to exceed... |
4.24.710 | Outdoor music festival, campground—Detention. | (1) In a civil action brought against the detainer by reason of a person having been detained on or in the immediate vicinity of the premises of an outdoor music festival or related campground for the purpose of investigation or questioning as to the lawfulness of the consumption or possession of alcohol or illegal dru... |
4.24.720 | Liability immunity—Amber alerts. | No cause of action shall be maintained for civil damages in any court of this state against any radio or television broadcasting station or cable television system, or the employees, officers, directors, managers, or agents of the radio or television broadcasting station or cable television system, based on the broadca... |
4.24.730 | Liability immunity—Disclosure of employee information to prospective employer. | (1) An employer who discloses information about a former or current employee to a prospective employer, or employment agency as defined by RCW 49.60.040 , at the specific request of that individual employer or employment agency, is presumed to be acting in good faith and is immune from civil and criminal liability for ... |
4.24.740 | Liability immunity—Bovine handling activities. | (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, an owner, operator, or manager of a bovine handling facility, and the owner of bovine handled at or processed through a bovine handling facility, are not liable for an injury to or the death of a person who knowingly and voluntarily participates in bovine handli... |
4.24.750 | Monitoring of persons charged with or convicted of misdemeanors—Decisions concerning release of criminal offenders—Findings. | The legislature finds that the provision of preconviction and postconviction misdemeanor probation and supervision services, and the monitoring of persons charged with or convicted of misdemeanors to ensure their compliance with preconviction or postconviction orders of the court, are essential to improving the safety ... |
4.24.760 | Limited jurisdiction courts—Limitation on liability for inadequate supervision or monitoring—Definitions. | (1) A limited jurisdiction court that provides misdemeanant supervision services is not liable for civil damages based on the inadequate supervision or monitoring of a misdemeanor defendant or probationer unless the inadequate supervision or monitoring constitutes gross negligence. (2) For the purposes of this section:... |
4.24.770 | Private employer not liable for injury to unauthorized third-party occupant of private employer's vehicle. | (1) A private employer is not liable for any injury received by a third-party occupant of a vehicle that is owned, leased, or rented by the employer if, at the time the injuries were inflicted, the third-party occupant was riding in or on the vehicle with an employee who had explicitly acknowledged in writing the emplo... |
4.24.780 | Liability of fire service protection agency in providing firefighting efforts outside of jurisdiction or emergency services. | Any fire service protection agency, as well as the firefighters therein, whether volunteer or paid, which takes part in firefighting efforts outside its jurisdiction or provides emergency care, rescue, assistance, or recovery services at the scene of an emergency, is not liable for civil damages resulting from any act ... |
4.24.785 | Delivery or installation of detection device by fire protection service agency—Liability for civil damages. | (1) Any fire protection service agency, as defined in RCW 52.12.160 , as well as the firefighters therein, whether volunteer or paid, that delivers to, or installs at, residential premises a device or batteries for such a device is not liable for civil damages resulting from any act or omission in the delivery or insta... |
4.24.790 | Electronic impersonation—Action for invasion of privacy. | (1) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (a) "Actual person" means a living individual. (b) "Blog" means a website that is created primarily for the writer to maintain an online personal journal with reflections, comments, or hyperlinks provided... |
4.24.792 | Unauthorized publication of personal identifying information. | (1) No person may publish an individual's personal identifying information when: (a) The publication is made without the express consent of the individual whose information is published; (b) The publication is made with: (i) Intent or knowledge that the personal identifying information will be used to harm the individu... |
4.24.800 | Liability immunity—Charitable donation of eyeglasses or hearing instruments. | (1) A charitable organization is not liable for any civil damages arising out of any act or omission, other than acts or omissions constituting gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct, associated with providing previously owned eyeglasses or hearing instruments to a person if: (a) The person is at least fourte... |
4.24.810 | Liability immunity—Credentialing or granting practice privileges to health care providers responding to emergencies. | (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, any health care provider credentialing or granting practice privileges to other health care providers to deliver health care in response to an emergency is immune from civil liability arising out of such credentialing or granting of practice privileges if: (a) T... |
4.24.820 | Nonrecognition of foreign order—Incompatibility with public policy. | (1) Washington's courts, administrative agencies, or any other Washington tribunal shall not recognize, base any ruling on, or enforce any order issued under foreign law, or by a foreign legal system, that is manifestly incompatible with public policy. (2) For purposes of this chapter, a foreign law, an order issued by... |
4.24.830 | Agritourism—Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Agritourism activity" means any activity carried out on a farm or ranch whose primary business activity is agriculture or ranching and that allows members of the general public, for recreational, entertainm... |
4.24.832 | Agritourism—Immunity. | (1)(a) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, an agritourism professional is not liable for injury, loss, damage, or death of a participant resulting exclusively from any of the inherent risks of agritourism activities. (b) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, no participant or participa... |
4.24.835 | Agritourism—Warning notice. | (1) Every agritourism professional must post and maintain signs that contain the warning notice specified in subsection (2) of this section. The sign must be placed in a clearly visible location at the entrance to the agritourism location and at the site of the agritourism activity. The warning notice must consist of a... |
4.24.840 | Effect of sexual harassment or sexual assault nondisclosure agreement on discovery and witness availability. | (1) In any civil judicial or administrative action relating to sexual harassment or sexual assault, a nondisclosure policy or agreement that purports to limit the ability of any person to produce evidence regarding past instances of sexual harassment or sexual assault by a party to the civil action does not affect disc... |
4.24.850 | Action by victim of false reporting—Liability to a public agency. | (1)(a) An individual who is a victim of an offense under RCW 9A.84.040 may bring a civil action against the person who committed the offense or against any person who knowingly benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participation in a venture that the person knew or should have known has engaged ... |
4.24.900 | Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521. | For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married person... |
4.28.020 | Jurisdiction acquired, when. | From the time of the commencement of the action by service of summons, or by the filing of a complaint, or as otherwise provided, the court is deemed to have acquired jurisdiction and to have control of all subsequent proceedings.
[ 1984 c 76 s 2 ; 1895 c 86 s 4 ; 1893 c 127 s 15 ; RRS s 238.] |
4.28.080 | Summons, how served. | Service made in the modes provided in this section is personal service. The summons shall be served by delivering a copy thereof, as follows: (1) If the action is against any county in this state, to the county auditor or, during normal office hours, to the deputy auditor, or in the case of a charter county, summons ma... |
4.28.100 | Service of summons by publication—When authorized. | When the defendant cannot be found within the state, and upon the filing of an affidavit of the plaintiff, his or her agent, or attorney, with the clerk of the court, stating that he or she believes that the defendant is not a resident of the state, or cannot be found therein, and that he or she has deposited a copy of... |
4.28.110 | Manner of publication and form of summons. | The publication shall be made in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the action is brought once a week for six consecutive weeks: PROVIDED, That publication of summons shall not be made until after the filing of the complaint, and the service of the summons shall be deemed complete at the expiration ... |
4.28.120 | Publication of notice in eminent domain proceedings. | If a party having or claiming a share or interest in or lien upon any property sought to be appropriated for public use be unknown, and such fact be made to appear by affidavit filed in the office of the clerk of the court, the notice required by law in such cases may be served by publication as in the case of nonresid... |
4.28.140 | Affidavit as to unknown heirs. | Upon presenting an affidavit to the court or judge, showing to his or her satisfaction that the heirs of such deceased person are proper parties to the action, and that their names and residences cannot with use of reasonable diligence be ascertained, such court or judge may grant an order that service of the summons i... |
4.28.150 | Title of cause—Unknown claimants—Service by publication. | In any action brought to determine any adverse claim, estate, lien, or interest in real property, or to quiet title to real property, the plaintiff may include as a defendant in such action, and insert in the title thereof, in addition to the names of such persons or parties as appear of record to have, and other perso... |
4.28.160 | Rights of unknown claimants and heirs—Effect of judgment—Lis pendens. | All such unknown heirs of deceased persons, and all such unknown persons or parties, so served by publication as in RCW 4.28.150 , provided, shall have the same rights as are provided by law in case of all other defendants upon whom service is made by publication, and the action shall proceed against such unknown heirs... |
4.28.180 | Personal service out-of-state. | Personal service of summons or other process may be made upon any party outside the state. If upon a citizen or resident of this state or upon a person who has submitted to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state, it shall have the force and effect of personal service within this state; otherwise it shall have the... |
4.28.185 | Personal service out-of-state—Acts submitting person to jurisdiction of courts—Saving. | (1) Any person, whether or not a citizen or resident of this state, who in person or through an agent does any of the acts in this section enumerated, thereby submits said person, and, if an individual, his or her personal representative, to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state as to any cause of action arising... |
4.28.200 | Right of one constructively served to appear and defend or reopen. | If the summons is not served personally on the defendant in the cases provided in RCW 4.28.110 and 4.28.180 , he or she or his or her representatives, on application and sufficient cause shown, at any time before judgment, shall be allowed to defend the action and, except in an action for divorce, the defendant or his ... |
4.28.210 | Appearance, what constitutes. | A defendant appears in an action when he or she answers, demurs, makes any application for an order therein, or gives the plaintiff written notice of his or her appearance. After appearance a defendant is entitled to notice of all subsequent proceedings; but when a defendant has not appeared, service of notice or paper... |
4.28.290 | Assessment of damages without answer. | A defendant who has appeared may, without answering, demand in writing an assessment of damages, of the amount which the plaintiff is entitled to recover, and thereupon such assessment shall be had or any such amount ascertained in such manner as the court on application may direct, and judgment entered by the clerk fo... |
4.28.320 | Lis pendens in actions affecting title to real estate. | At any time after an action affecting title to real property has been commenced, or after a writ of attachment with respect to real property has been issued in an action, or after a receiver has been appointed with respect to any real property, the plaintiff, the defendant, or such a receiver may file with the auditor ... |
4.28.325 | Lis pendens in actions in United States district courts affecting title to real estate. | In an action in a United States district court for any district in the state of Washington affecting the title to real property in the state of Washington, the plaintiff, at the time of filing the complaint, or at any time afterwards, or a defendant, when he or she sets up an affirmative cause of action in his or her a... |
4.28.328 | Lis pendens—Liability of claimants—Damages, costs, attorneys' fees. | (1) For purposes of this section: (a) "Lis pendens" means a lis pendens filed under RCW 4.28.320 or 4.28.325 or other instrument having the effect of clouding the title to real property, however named, including consensual commercial lien, common law lien, commercial contractual lien, or demand for performance of publi... |
4.28.330 | Notice to alien property custodian. | In any court or administrative action or proceeding within this state, involving property within this state or any interest therein, in which service of process is required to be made upon or notice thereof given to any person who is in a designated enemy country or enemy-occupied territory, in addition to the service ... |
4.28.340 | Notice to alien property custodian—Definitions. | For the purposes of RCW 4.28.330 through 4.28.350 : (1) "Person" includes any individual, partnership, association and corporation; (2) "Designated enemy country" means any foreign country as to which the United States has declared the existence of a state of war and any other country with which the United States is at... |
4.28.350 | Notice to alien property custodian—Duration. | RCW 4.28.330 and 4.28.340 shall remain in force only so long as a state of war shall exist between the United States and the designated enemy country involved in the action or proceeding described in RCW 4.28.330 .
[ 1943 c 62 s 3 ; Rem. Supp. 1943 s 254-3.] |
4.28.360 | Personal injury action—Complaint not to include statement of damages—Request for statement. | In any civil action for personal injuries, the complaint shall not contain a statement of the damages sought but shall contain a prayer for damages as shall be determined. A defendant in such action may at any time request a statement from the plaintiff setting forth separately the amounts of any special damages and ge... |
4.28.900 | Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521. | For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married person... |
4.32.070 | Objection may be taken by answer. | When any of the matters enumerated in *RCW 4.32.050 do not appear upon the face of the complaint, the objection may be taken by answer.
[Code 1881 s 79; 1877 p 18 s 79 ; 1854 p 139 s 42 ; RRS s 261.]
*Reviser's note: RCW 4.32.050 was repealed by 1984 c 76 s 11 . |
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