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WA Rev Code § 5.40.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 5 - Evidence|Chapter 5.40 - Proof—General Provisions.|5.40.050 - Breach of duty—Evidence of negligence—Negligence per se.

RCW 5.40.050 Breach of duty—Evidence of negligence—Negligence per se.A breach of a duty imposed by statute, ordinance, or administrative rule shall not be considered negligence per se, but may be considered by the trier of fact as evidence of negligence; however, any breach of duty as provided by statute, ordinance, or administrative rule relating to: (1) Electrical fire safety, (2) the use of smoke alarms, (3) sterilization of needles and instruments used by persons engaged in the practice of body art, body piercing, tattooing, or electrology, or other precaution against the spread of disease, as required under RCW 70.54.350, or (4) driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug, shall be considered negligence per se.[ 2009 c 412 § 20; 2001 c 194 § 5; 1986 c 305 § 901.]NOTES:Effective date—2009 c 412 §§ 1-21: See RCW 18.300.901.Short title—Implementation—2009 c 412: See RCW 18.300.900 and 18.300.902.Preamble—Report to legislature—Applicability—Severability—1986 c 305: See notes following RCW 4.16.160.Definition of body art, body piercing, and tattooing: RCW 18.300.010.
WA Rev Code § 5.40.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 5 - Evidence|Chapter 5.40 - Proof—General Provisions.|5.40.060 - Defense to personal injury or wrongful death action—Intoxicating liquor or any drug.

RCW 5.40.060 Defense to personal injury or wrongful death action—Intoxicating liquor or any drug.(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, it is a complete defense to an action for damages for personal injury or wrongful death that the person injured or killed was under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug at the time of the occurrence causing the injury or death and that such condition was a proximate cause of the injury or death and the trier of fact finds such person to have been more than fifty percent at fault. The standard for determining whether a person was under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs shall be the same standard established for criminal convictions under RCW 46.61.502, and evidence that a person was under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs under the standard established by RCW 46.61.502 shall be conclusive proof that such person was under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.(2) In an action for damages for personal injury or wrongful death that is brought against the driver of a motor vehicle who was under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug at the time of the occurrence causing the injury or death and whose condition was a proximate cause of the injury or death, subsection (1) of this section does not create a defense against the action notwithstanding that the person injured or killed was also under the influence so long as such person's condition was not a proximate cause of the occurrence causing the injury or death.[ 1994 c 275 § 30; 1987 c 212 § 1001; 1986 c 305 § 902.]NOTES:Retroactive application—1994 c 275 § 30: "Section 30 of this act is remedial in nature and shall apply retroactively." [ 1994 c 275 § 31.]Short title—Effective date—1994 c 275: See notes following RCW 46.04.015.Preamble—Report to legislature—Applicability—Severability—1986 c 305: See notes following RCW 4.16.160.
WA Rev Code § 5.44.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 5 - Evidence|Chapter 5.44 - Proof—Public Documents.|5.44.010 - Court records and proceedings—When admissible.

RCW 5.44.010 Court records and proceedings—When admissible.The records and proceedings of any court of the United States, or any state or territory, or any federally recognized Indian tribe, are admissible in evidence in all cases in this state when duly certified by the attestation of the clerk, prothonotary or other officer having charge of the records of such court, with the seal of such court annexed.[ 2019 c 39 § 1; 1997 c 358 § 7; Code 1881 § 430; 1877 p 94 § 432; 1869 p 115 § 426; 1854 p 195 § 334; RRS § 1254.]NOTES:Rules of court: Cf. CR 44(a)(1).
WA Rev Code § 5.44.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 5 - Evidence|Chapter 5.44 - Proof—Public Documents.|5.44.020 - Foreign judgments for debt—Faith to be accorded.

RCW 5.44.020 Foreign judgments for debt—Faith to be accorded.Judgment for debt rendered in any other state or any territory against any person or persons residents of this state at the time of the rendition of such judgment, shall not be of any higher character as evidence of indebtedness than the original claim or demand upon which such judgment is rendered, unless such judgment shall be rendered upon personal service of summons, notice or other due process against the defendant therein.[ 1891 c 31 § 1; Code 1881 § 739; 1877 p 150 § 744; 1869 p 171 § 681; 1866 p 88 § 1; RRS § 1255.]NOTES:Rules of court: Cf. CR 44(a)(2).Uniform enforcement of foreign judgments act: Chapter 6.36 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 5.44.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 5 - Evidence|Chapter 5.44 - Proof—Public Documents.|5.44.030 - Defenses available in suit on foreign judgment.

RCW 5.44.030 Defenses available in suit on foreign judgment.The same defense to suits on judgments rendered without such personal service may be made by the judgment debtor, which might have been set up in the original proceeding.[Code 1881 § 740; 1877 p 150 § 745; 1869 p 171 § 682; 1866 p 88 § 2; RRS § 1256.]
WA Rev Code § 5.44.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 5 - Evidence|Chapter 5.44 - Proof—Public Documents.|5.44.040 - Certified copies of public records as evidence.

RCW 5.44.040 Certified copies of public records as evidence.Copies of all records and documents on record or on file in the offices of the various departments of the United States and of this state or any other state or territory of the United States or any federally recognized Indian tribe, when duly certified by the respective officers having by law the custody thereof, under their respective seals where such officers have official seals, must be admitted in evidence in the courts of this state.[ 2019 c 39 § 2; 1991 c 59 § 1; 1891 c 19 § 16; Code 1881 § 432; 1854 p 195 § 336; RRS § 1257.]NOTES:Rules of court: Cf. ER 803; CR 44(a)(1).
WA Rev Code § 5.44.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 5 - Evidence|Chapter 5.44 - Proof—Public Documents.|5.44.050 - Foreign statutes as evidence.

RCW 5.44.050 Foreign statutes as evidence.Printed copies of the statute laws of any state, territory, foreign government, or federally recognized Indian tribe[,] if purporting to have been published under the authority of the respective governments, or if commonly admitted and read as evidence in their courts, must be admitted in all courts in this state, and on all other occasions as presumptive evidence of such laws.[ 2019 c 39 § 3; Code 1881 § 435; 1877 p 95 § 437; 1869 p 116 § 431; 1854 p 196 § 339; RRS § 1259.]NOTES:Uniform judicial notice of foreign laws act: Chapter 5.24 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 5.44.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 5 - Evidence|Chapter 5.44 - Proof—Public Documents.|5.44.060 - Certified copies of recorded instruments as evidence.

RCW 5.44.060 Certified copies of recorded instruments as evidence.Whenever any deed, conveyance, bond, mortgage or other writing, shall have been recorded or filed in pursuance of law, copies of record of such deed, conveyance, bond or other writing, duly certified by the officer having the lawful custody thereof, with the seal of the office annexed, if there be such seal, if there be no such seal, then with the official certificate of such officer, shall be received in evidence to all intents and purposes as the originals themselves.[Code 1881 § 431; 1877 p 95 § 433; 1869 p 115 § 427; 1854 p 195 § 335; RRS § 1260.]NOTES:Deeds as evidence: RCW 84.64.180, 84.64.190.Instruments to be recorded or filed: RCW 65.04.030.Record of will as evidence: RCW 11.20.060.
WA Rev Code § 5.44.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 5 - Evidence|Chapter 5.44 - Proof—Public Documents.|5.44.070 - Certified copies of instruments, or transcripts of county commissioners' proceedings.

RCW 5.44.070 Certified copies of instruments, or transcripts of county commissioners' proceedings.Copies of all deeds or other instruments of writing, maps, documents and papers which by law are to be filed or recorded in the office of said county auditor, and all transcripts or exemplifications of the records of the proceedings of the board of county commissioners certified by said auditor under official seal, shall be admitted as prima facie evidence in all the courts of this state.[Code 1881 § 2737; 1869 p 315 § 27; RRS § 10612.]NOTES:Certified copy of plat as evidence: RCW 58.10.020.Legislative authority proceedings to be published: RCW 36.22.020.
WA Rev Code § 5.44.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 5 - Evidence|Chapter 5.44 - Proof—Public Documents.|5.44.080 - City or town ordinances as evidence.

RCW 5.44.080 City or town ordinances as evidence.All ordinances passed by the legislative body of any city or town shall be recorded in a book to be kept for that purpose by the city or town clerk, and when so recorded the record thereof so made shall be received in any court of the state as prima facie evidence of the due passage of such ordinance as recorded. When the ordinances of any city or town are printed by authority of such municipal corporation, the printed copies thereof shall be received as prima facie evidence that such ordinances as printed and published were duly passed.[ 1955 c 6 § 1; Code 1881 § 2062; RRS § 1260 1/2.]
WA Rev Code § 5.44.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 5 - Evidence|Chapter 5.44 - Proof—Public Documents.|5.44.090 - Copy of instrument restoring civil rights as evidence.

RCW 5.44.090 Copy of instrument restoring civil rights as evidence.The secretary of state and the clerk of the superior court, shall, upon demand and the payment of the fee required by law, issue a certified copy of any such instrument restoring civil rights filed in their respective offices, and every such certified copy shall be received in evidence as proof of the fact therein stated, in any court and by all election officers.[ 1931 c 19 § 4; 1929 c 26 § 5; RRS § 10253.]NOTES:Restoration of civil rights: Chapter 9.96 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 5.44.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 5 - Evidence|Chapter 5.44 - Proof—Public Documents.|5.44.130 - Seal, how affixed.

RCW 5.44.130 Seal, how affixed.A seal of court or public office, when required to any writ, process, or proceeding to authenticate a copy of any record or document, may be affixed by making an inked, printed, or embossed impression directly on the document and shall be considered valid.[ 2006 c 198 § 1; Code 1881 § 434; 1877 p 95 § 436; 1869 p 116 § 430; 1854 p 196 § 338; RRS § 1258.]NOTES:Private seals abolished: RCW 64.04.090.Seals of courts and municipalities: State Constitution Art. 27 § 9.Superior court seal: RCW 2.08.050.Supreme court seal: Rules of court: SAR 1.Telegraphic message, description of seal: RCW 5.52.060.
WA Rev Code § 5.44.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 5 - Evidence|Chapter 5.44 - Proof—Public Documents.|5.44.140 - Proceedings for determination of family relationships—Presumption.

RCW 5.44.140 Proceedings for determination of family relationships—Presumption.In any proceeding regarding the determination of a family relationship, including but not limited to the parent and child relationship and the marriage relationship, a determination of family relationships regarding any person or persons who immigrated to the United States from a foreign country which was made or accepted by the United States citizenship and immigration services at the time of that person or persons' entry into the United States creates a rebuttable presumption that the determination is valid and that the family relationship under foreign law is as made or accepted at the time of entry. Except as provided in RCW 26.26A.115(2), the presumption may be overcome by a preponderance of evidence showing that a living person other than the person named by the United States citizenship and immigration services is in the relationship in question.[ 2019 c 46 § 5002; 2002 c 302 § 701; 1990 c 175 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 5.44.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 5 - Evidence|Chapter 5.44 - Proof—Public Documents.|5.44.900 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

RCW 5.44.900 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 persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.[ 2009 c 521 § 12.]
WA Rev Code § 5.45.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 5 - Evidence|Chapter 5.45 - Uniform Business Records as Evidence Act.|5.45.010 - "Business" defined.

RCW 5.45.010 "Business" defined.The term "business" shall include every kind of business, profession, occupation, calling or operation of institutions, whether carried on for profit or not.[ 1947 c 53 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 1263-1. Formerly RCW 5.44.100.]
WA Rev Code § 5.45.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 5 - Evidence|Chapter 5.45 - Uniform Business Records as Evidence Act.|5.45.020 - Business records as evidence.

RCW 5.45.020 Business records as evidence.A record of an act, condition or event, shall in so far as relevant, be competent evidence if the custodian or other qualified witness testifies to its identity and the mode of its preparation, and if it was made in the regular course of business, at or near the time of the act, condition or event, and if, in the opinion of the court, the sources of information, method and time of preparation were such as to justify its admission.[ 1947 c 53 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 1263-2. Formerly RCW 5.44.110.]
WA Rev Code § 5.45.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 5 - Evidence|Chapter 5.45 - Uniform Business Records as Evidence Act.|5.45.900 - Construction—1947 c 53.

RCW 5.45.900 Construction—1947 c 53.This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.[ 1947 c 53 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 1263-3. Formerly RCW 5.44.120.]
WA Rev Code § 5.45.910 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 5 - Evidence|Chapter 5.45 - Uniform Business Records as Evidence Act.|5.45.910 - Short title.

RCW 5.45.910 Short title.This chapter may be cited as The Uniform Business Records as Evidence Act.[ 1947 c 53 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 1263-4.]
WA Rev Code § 5.46.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 5 - Evidence|Chapter 5.46 - Uniform Photographic Copies of Business and Public Records as Evidence Act.|5.46.010 - Copies of business and public records as evidence.

RCW 5.46.010 Copies of business and public records as evidence.If any business, institution, member of a profession or calling or any department or agency of government, in the regular course of business or activity has kept or recorded any memorandum, writing, entry, print, representation or combination thereof, of any act, transaction, occurrence or event, and in the regular course of business has caused any or all of the same to be recorded, copied or reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic, optical imaging, or other process which accurately reproduces or forms a durable medium for so reproducing the original, the original may be destroyed in the regular course of business unless the same is an asset or is representative of title to an asset held in a custodial or fiduciary capacity or unless its preservation is required by law. Such reproduction, when satisfactorily identified, is as admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding whether the original is in existence or not and an enlargement or facsimile of such reproduction is likewise admissible in evidence if the original reproduction is in existence and available for inspection under direction of court. The introduction of a reproduced record, enlargement or facsimile, does not preclude admission of the original.[ 1994 c 19 § 1; 1959 c 125 § 1; 1953 c 273 § 1. Formerly RCW 5.44.125.]NOTES:Photostatic or photographic copies of public or business records admissible in evidence: RCW 40.20.030.
WA Rev Code § 5.46.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 5 - Evidence|Chapter 5.46 - Uniform Photographic Copies of Business and Public Records as Evidence Act.|5.46.900 - Construction—1953 c 273.

RCW 5.46.900 Construction—1953 c 273.This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose of making uniform the law of those states which enact it.[ 1953 c 273 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 5.46.910 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 5 - Evidence|Chapter 5.46 - Uniform Photographic Copies of Business and Public Records as Evidence Act.|5.46.910 - Short title.

RCW 5.46.910 Short title.This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform Photographic Copies of Business and Public Records as Evidence Act."[ 1953 c 273 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 5.46.920 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 5 - Evidence|Chapter 5.46 - Uniform Photographic Copies of Business and Public Records as Evidence Act.|5.46.920 - Repeal of inconsistent provisions.

RCW 5.46.920 Repeal of inconsistent provisions.All acts or parts of acts which are inconsistent with the provisions of this act are repealed.[ 1953 c 273 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 5.48.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 5 - Evidence|Chapter 5.48 - Proof—Replacement of Lost Records.|5.48.010 - Substitution of copy authorized.

RCW 5.48.010 Substitution of copy authorized.Whenever a pleading, process, return, verdict, bill of exceptions, order, entry, stipulation or other act, file or proceeding in any action or proceeding pending in any court of this state shall have been lost or destroyed by fire or otherwise, or is withheld by any person, such court may, upon the application of any party to such action or proceeding, order a copy or substantial copy thereof to be substituted.[ 1890 p 337 § 1; RRS § 1270.]
WA Rev Code § 5.48.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 5 - Evidence|Chapter 5.48 - Proof—Replacement of Lost Records.|5.48.020 - Methods to replace lost court records.

RCW 5.48.020 Methods to replace lost court records.Whenever the record required by law of the proceedings, judgment or decree in any action or other proceeding of any court in this state in which a final judgment has been rendered, or any part thereof, is lost or destroyed by fire or otherwise, such court may, upon the application of any party interested therein, grant an order authorizing such record or parts thereof to be supplied or replaced—(1) by a certified copy of such original record, or part thereof, when the same can be obtained;(2) by a duly certified copy of the record in the supreme court or court of appeals of such original record of any action or proceeding that may have been removed to the supreme court or court of appeals and remains recorded or filed in said courts;(3) by the original pleadings, entries, papers and files in such action or proceeding when the same can be obtained;(4) by an agreement in writing signed by all the parties to such action or proceeding, their representatives or attorneys, that a substituted copy of such original record is substantially correct.[ 1971 c 81 § 25; 1890 p 338 § 2; RRS § 1271.]
WA Rev Code § 5.48.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 5 - Evidence|Chapter 5.48 - Proof—Replacement of Lost Records.|5.48.030 - Action to replace—Procedure.

RCW 5.48.030 Action to replace—Procedure.Whenever the record required by law, or any part thereof, of the proceedings or judgment or decree in any action or other proceeding of any court in this state in which the final judgment has been rendered, is lost or destroyed by fire or otherwise, and such loss cannot be supplied or replaced as provided in RCW 5.48.020, any person or party interested therein may make a written application to the court to which said record belongs, setting forth the substance of the record so lost or destroyed, which application shall be verified in the manner provided for the verification of pleadings in a civil action, and thereupon summons shall issue and actual service, or service by publication, shall be made upon all persons interested in or affected by said original judgment or final entry in the manner provided by law for the commencement of civil actions, provided the parties may waive the issuing or service of summons and enter their appearance to such application; and upon the hearing of such application without further pleadings, if the court finds that such record has been lost or destroyed and that it is enabled by the evidence produced to find the substance or effect thereof material to the preservation of the rights of the parties thereto, it shall make an order allowing a record, which record shall recite the substance and effect of said lost or destroyed record, or part thereof, and the same shall thereupon be recorded in said court, and shall have the same effect as the original record would have if the same had not been lost or destroyed, so far as it concerns the rights of the parties so making the application, or persons or parties so served with summons, or entering their appearance, or persons claiming under them by a title acquired subsequently to the filing of the application.[ 1890 p 338 § 3; RRS § 1272.]
WA Rev Code § 5.48.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 5 - Evidence|Chapter 5.48 - Proof—Replacement of Lost Records.|5.48.040 - Hearing on application—Evidence.

RCW 5.48.040 Hearing on application—Evidence.Upon the hearing of the application provided in RCW 5.48.030, the court may admit in evidence oral testimony and any complete or partial abstract of such record, docket entries or indices, and any other written evidence of the contents or effect of such records and published reports concerning such actions or proceedings, when the court is of opinion that such abstracts, writings and publications were fairly and honestly made before the loss of such records occurred.[ 1890 p 339 § 4; RRS § 1273.]
WA Rev Code § 5.48.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 5 - Evidence|Chapter 5.48 - Proof—Replacement of Lost Records.|5.48.050 - Time for appeal extended.

RCW 5.48.050 Time for appeal extended.Whenever a lost or destroyed judgment or order is one to which either party has a right to a proceeding in error or of appeal, the time intervening between the filing of the application mentioned in RCW 5.48.030 and the final order of the court thereon shall be excluded in computing the time within which such proceeding or appeal may be taken as provided by law.[ 1890 p 339 § 5; RRS § 1274.]NOTES:Rules of court: Cf. RAP 5.2, 18.22.
WA Rev Code § 5.48.051 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 5 - Evidence|Chapter 5.48 - Proof—Replacement of Lost Records.|5.48.051 - Costs to be taxed.

RCW 5.48.051 Costs to be taxed.The costs to be taxed, upon an application to restore a lost or destroyed record, shall be the same as are provided for like service in civil actions, and may be adjudged against either or any party to such proceeding or application, or may, in the discretion of the court, be apportioned between such parties.[ 1890 p 339 § 6; RRS § 1275. Formerly RCW 5.48.070, part.]