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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.88 - Confidentiality of Financial Institution Compliance Review Information. › 7.88.030 - Compliance review document confidentiality—Exceptions.

RCW 7.88.030
Compliance review document confidentiality—Exceptions.
RCW 7.88.020 does not:
(1) Limit the discovery or admissibility in any civil action of any documents that are not compliance review documents;
(2) Limit the discovery or admissibility of the testimony as to the identity of relevant witnesses or the identification of any relevant documents other than compliance review documents;
(3) Apply if the financial institution or affiliate expressly waives the privilege in writing;
(4) Apply if a compliance review document or matters learned in connection with a compliance review are voluntarily disclosed, but only to the extent of that disclosure, to a nonaffiliated third party other than a federal or state regulatory agency or legal counsel for or independent auditors of the financial institution or affiliate; or
(5) Apply to any information required by statute, rule, or federal regulation to be maintained by or provided to a governmental agency while the information is in the possession of the agency, to the extent applicable law authorizes its disclosure.
[ 1997 c 435 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.88 - Confidentiality of Financial Institution Compliance Review Information. › 7.88.040 - Court review of application of privilege—Disclosure order.

RCW 7.88.040
Court review of application of privilege—Disclosure order.
In a proceeding in which the privilege provided by this chapter is asserted, a court of competent jurisdiction may determine after in camera review that the privilege does not apply to any or all of the documents for which the privilege is claimed, and if so, the court may order the materials disclosed but shall protect from disclosure any other material in or related to compliance review documents or to activities of compliance review personnel to which the privilege does apply.
[ 1997 c 435 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.88 - Confidentiality of Financial Institution Compliance Review Information. › 7.88.050 - Other privileges not limited, waived, or abrogated.

RCW 7.88.050
Other privileges not limited, waived, or abrogated.
This chapter does not limit, waive, or abrogate the scope or nature of any other statutory or common law privilege of this state or the United States, including the attorney-client privilege.
[ 1997 c 435 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.96 - Uniform Correction or Clarification of Defamation Act. › 7.96.010 - Intent.

RCW 7.96.010
Intent.
Since the United States supreme court recognized the First Amendment limitations on the common law tort of defamation and defamation-like torts, courts have struggled to achieve a balance between constitutionally protected guarantees of free expression and the need to protect citizens from reputational harm. Unlike personal injuries, harm to reputation can often be cured by means other than money damages. The correction or clarification of a published statement may restore a person's reputation more quickly and more thoroughly than a victorious lawsuit. The salutary effect of a correction or clarification is enhanced if it is published reasonably soon after a statement is made.
Chapter 294, Laws of 2013 seeks to provide strong incentives for individuals to promptly correct or clarify an alleged false statement as an alternative to costly litigation. The options created by chapter 294, Laws of 2013 provide an opportunity for a plaintiff who believes he or she has been harmed by a false statement to secure quick and complete vindication of his or her reputation. Chapter 294, Laws of 2013 provides publishers with a quick and cost-effective means of correcting or clarifying alleged mistakes and avoiding costly litigation.
[ 2013 c 294 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.96 - Uniform Correction or Clarification of Defamation Act. › 7.96.020 - Definition of "person."

RCW 7.96.020
Definition of "person."
The definition in this section applies throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
"Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, or other legal or commercial entity. The term does not include a government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality.
[ 2013 c 294 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.96 - Uniform Correction or Clarification of Defamation Act. › 7.96.030 - Scope.

RCW 7.96.030
Scope.
(1) This chapter applies to any claim for relief, however characterized, for damages arising out of harm caused by the false content of a publication that is published on or after July 28, 2013.
(2) This chapter applies to all publications, including writings, broadcasts, oral communications, electronic transmissions, or other forms of transmitting information.
[ 2013 c 294 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.96 - Uniform Correction or Clarification of Defamation Act. › 7.96.040 - Request for correction or clarification.

RCW 7.96.040
Request for correction or clarification.
(1) A person may maintain an action for defamation or another claim covered by this chapter only if:
(a) The person has made a timely and adequate request for correction or clarification from the defendant; or
(b) The defendant has made a correction or clarification.
(2) A request for correction or clarification is timely if made within the period of limitation for commencement of an action for defamation.
(3) A request for correction or clarification is adequate if it:
(a) Is made in writing and reasonably identifies the person making the request;
(b) Specifies with particularity the statement alleged to be false and defamatory or otherwise actionable and, to the extent known, the time and place of publication;
(c) Alleges the defamatory meaning of the statement;
(d) Specifies the circumstances giving rise to any defamatory meaning of the statement which arises from other than the express language of the publication; and
(e) States that the alleged defamatory meaning of the statement is false.
(4) In the absence of a previous adequate request, service of a summons and complaint stating a claim for defamation or another claim covered by this chapter and containing the information required in subsection (3) of this section constitutes an adequate request for correction or clarification.
(5) The period of limitation for commencement of a defamation action or another claim covered by this chapter is tolled during the period allowed in RCW 7.96.070(1) for responding to a request for correction or clarification.
[ 2013 c 294 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.96 - Uniform Correction or Clarification of Defamation Act. › 7.96.050 - Disclosure of evidence of falsity.

RCW 7.96.050
Disclosure of evidence of falsity.
(1) A person who has been requested to make a correction or clarification may ask the requester to disclose reasonably available information material to the falsity of the allegedly defamatory or otherwise actionable statement.
(2) If a correction or clarification is not made, a person who unreasonably fails to disclose the information after a request to do so may not recover damages for injury to reputation or presumed damages; however, the person may recover all other damages permitted by law.
[ 2013 c 294 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.96 - Uniform Correction or Clarification of Defamation Act. › 7.96.060 - Effect of correction or clarification.

RCW 7.96.060
Effect of correction or clarification.
If a timely and sufficient correction or clarification is made, a person may not recover damages for injury to reputation or presumed damages; however, the person may recover all other damages permitted by law.
[ 2013 c 294 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.96 - Uniform Correction or Clarification of Defamation Act. › 7.96.070 - Timelines and sufficiency of correction or clarification.

RCW 7.96.070
Timelines and sufficiency of correction or clarification.
(1) A correction or clarification is timely if it is published before, or within thirty days after, receipt of a request for correction or clarification or of the information in RCW 7.96.050(1), whichever is later, unless the period is extended by written agreement of the parties.
(2) A correction or clarification is sufficient if it:
(a) Is published with a prominence and in a manner and medium reasonably likely to reach substantially the same audience as the publication complained of;
(b) Refers to the statement being corrected or clarified and:
(i) Corrects the statement;
(ii) In the case of defamatory or false meaning arising from other than the express language of the publication, disclaims an intent to communicate that meaning or to assert its truth; or
(iii) In the case of a statement attributed to another person, identifies the person and disclaims an intent to assert the truth of the statement;
(c) In advance of the publication, is provided to the person who has made a request for correction or clarification; and
(d) Accompanies and is an equally prominent part of any electronic publication of the allegedly defamatory or otherwise actionable statement by the publisher.
(3) A correction or clarification is published in a medium reasonably likely to reach substantially the same audience as the publication complained of if it is published in a later issue, edition, or broadcast of the original publication.
(4) If a later issue, edition, or broadcast of the original publication will not be published within the time limits established for a timely correction or clarification, a correction or clarification is published in a manner and medium reasonably likely to reach substantially the same audience as the publication complained of if:
(a) It is timely published in a reasonably prominent manner:
(i) In another medium likely to reach an audience reasonably equivalent to the original publication; or
(ii) If the parties cannot agree on another medium, in the newspaper with the largest general circulation in the region in which the original publication was distributed;
(b) Reasonable steps are taken to correct undistributed copies of the original publication, if any; and
(c) It is published in the next practicable issue, edition, or broadcast, if any, of the original publication.
(5) A correction or clarification is timely and sufficient if the parties agree in writing that it is timely and sufficient.
[ 2013 c 294 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.96 - Uniform Correction or Clarification of Defamation Act. › 7.96.080 - Challenges to correction or clarification or to request for correction or clarification.

RCW 7.96.080
Challenges to correction or clarification or to request for correction or clarification.
(1) If a defendant in an action governed by this chapter intends to rely on a timely and sufficient correction or clarification, the defendant's intention to do so, and the correction or clarification relied upon, must be set forth in a notice served on the plaintiff within sixty days after service of the summons and complaint or ten days after the correction or clarification is made, whichever is later.
(2) If a defendant in an action governed by this chapter intends to challenge the adequacy or timeliness of a request for correction or clarification, the defendant must set forth the challenge in a motion to declare the request inadequate or untimely served within sixty days after service of the summons and complaint. The court shall rule on the motion at the earliest appropriate time before trial.
[ 2013 c 294 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.96 - Uniform Correction or Clarification of Defamation Act. › 7.96.090 - Offer to correct or clarify.

RCW 7.96.090
Offer to correct or clarify.
(1) If a timely correction or clarification is no longer possible, the publisher of an alleged defamatory or otherwise actionable statement may offer, at any time before trial, to make a correction or clarification. The offer must be made in writing to the person allegedly harmed by the publication and:
(a) Contain the publisher's offer to:
(i) Publish, at the person's request, a sufficient correction or clarification; and
(ii) Pay the person's reasonable expenses of litigation, including attorneys' fees, incurred before publication of the correction or clarification; and
(b) Be accompanied by a copy of the proposed correction or clarification and the plan for its publication.
(2) If the person accepts in writing an offer to correct or clarify made pursuant to subsection (1) of this section:
(a) The person is barred from commencing an action against the publisher based on the statement; or
(b) If an action has been commenced, the court shall dismiss the action against the defendant with prejudice after the defendant complies with the terms of the offer.
(3) A person who does not accept an offer made in conformance with subsection (1) of this section may not recover damages for injury to reputation or presumed damages in an action based on the statement; however, the person may recover all other damages permitted by law, together with reasonable expenses of litigation, including attorneys' fees, incurred before the offer, unless the person failed to make a good faith attempt to request a correction or clarification in accordance with RCW 7.96.040 or failed to disclose information in accordance with RCW 7.96.050.
(4) On request of either party, a court shall promptly determine the sufficiency of the offered correction or clarification.
[ 2013 c 294 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.96 - Uniform Correction or Clarification of Defamation Act. › 7.96.100 - Scope of protection.

RCW 7.96.100
Scope of protection.
A timely and sufficient correction or clarification made by a person responsible for a publication constitutes a correction or clarification made by all persons responsible for that publication other than a republisher. However, a correction or clarification that is sufficient only because of the operation of RCW 7.96.070(2)(b)(iii) does not constitute a correction or clarification made by the person to whom the statement is attributed.
[ 2013 c 294 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.96 - Uniform Correction or Clarification of Defamation Act. › 7.96.900 - Uniformity of application and construction.

RCW 7.96.900
Uniformity of application and construction.
This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.
[ 2013 c 294 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.96 - Uniform Correction or Clarification of Defamation Act. › 7.96.901 - Short title.

RCW 7.96.901
Short title.
This chapter may be known and cited as the uniform correction or clarification of defamation act.
[ 2013 c 294 § 12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.98 - Alien Victims of Crime. › 7.98.005 - Finding.

RCW 7.98.005
Finding.
The legislature finds that ensuring that all victims of crimes are able to access the protections available to them under law is in the best interest of victims, law enforcement, and the entire community. Immigrants are frequently reluctant to cooperate with or contact law enforcement when they are victims of crimes, and the protections available to immigrants under the law are designed to strengthen the ability of law enforcement agencies to detect, investigate, and prosecute cases of trafficking in persons, domestic violence, sexual assault, and other crimes while offering protection to such victims.
[ 2018 c 86 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.98 - Alien Victims of Crime. › 7.98.030 - Crime victim certification steering committee.

RCW 7.98.030
Crime victim certification steering committee.
The office of crime victims advocacy shall convene a crime victim certification steering committee within ninety days of June 7, 2018. The office of crime victims advocacy shall provide administrative support for the committee. The committee must include members representing immigrant communities, law enforcement, prosecutors, the criminal justice training commission, providers of services to survivors of crime victims including domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and other crimes, a representative from the department of labor and industries charged with enforcement of workplace standards, and may include other entities concerned with victim safety and effective collaboration between immigrant communities and local law enforcement entities. The members of the committee shall serve without compensation. Members are reimbursed for travel expenses as provided in RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060, subject to available resources and other limitations in chapter 43.03 RCW. The committee is responsible for the following:
(1) Monitoring compliance under this chapter;
(2) Developing and implementing training of law enforcement, prosecutors, victim advocates, state agency personnel, court personnel, and others about this chapter;
(3) Dissemination of information about this chapter to affected communities and the general public;
(4) Establishing mechanisms by which the public can report concerns and recommendations regarding implementation of this chapter;
(5) Identifying implementation issues and other trends, and providing recommendations to the governor and the legislature for addressing these issues;
(6) Other responsibilities relating to this chapter identified by the committee.
[ 2018 c 86 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.98 - Alien Victims of Crime. › 7.98.900 - Short title—2018 c 86.

RCW 7.98.900
Short title—2018 c 86.
This act may be known and cited as the safety and access for immigrant victims act.
[ 2018 c 86 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.100 - Foreclosure and Abandonment of Residential Real Property—Nuisance Abatement. › 7.100.010 - Applicability of chapter.

RCW 7.100.010
Applicability of chapter.
(1) This chapter applies only to residential real property consisting solely of a single-family residence, a residential condominium unit, or a residential cooperative unit.
(2) For purposes of this chapter:
(a) Property is "abandoned" when there are no signs of occupancy and at least three of the following indications of abandonment are visible from the exterior:
(i) The absence of furnishings and personal items consistent with residential habitation;
(ii) The gas, electric, or water utility services have been disconnected;
(iii) Statements by neighbors, passersby, delivery agents, or government employees that the property is vacant;
(iv) Multiple windows on the property are boarded up or closed off or are smashed through, broken, or unhinged, or multiple window panes are broken and unrepaired;
(v) Doors on the residence are substantially damaged, broken off, unhinged, or conspicuously open;
(vi) The property has been stripped of copper or other materials, or interior fixtures have been removed;
(vii) Law enforcement officials have received at least one report within the immediately preceding six months of trespassing or vandalism or other illegal activities by persons who enter unlawfully on the property;
(viii) The property has been declared unfit for occupancy and ordered to remain vacant and unoccupied pursuant to an order issued by a municipal or county authority or a court of competent jurisdiction;
(ix) Construction was initiated on the property and was discontinued before completion, leaving a building unsuitable for occupancy, and construction has not taken place for at least six months;
(x) Newspapers, circulars, flyers, or mail has accumulated on the property or the United States postal service has discontinued delivery to the property;
(xi) Rubbish, trash, debris, neglected vegetation, or natural overgrowth has accumulated on the property;
(xii) Hazardous, noxious, or unhealthy substances or materials have accumulated on the property;
(xiii) Other credible evidence exists indicating the intent to vacate and abandon the property.
(b) Property is in "mid-foreclosure" when, pursuant to chapter 61.24 RCW, a notice of default or notice of preforeclosure options has been issued or a notice of trustee's sale has been recorded in the office of the county auditor.
(c) Property is a "nuisance" when so determined by a county, city, or town pursuant to its authority under chapter 7.48 RCW or RCW 35.22.280, 35.23.440, 35.27.410, or 36.32.120.
[ 2018 c 306 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.100 - Foreclosure and Abandonment of Residential Real Property—Nuisance Abatement. › 7.100.020 - Notice to mortgage servicer of nuisance.

RCW 7.100.020
Notice to mortgage servicer of nuisance.
(1) A county, city, or town may notify a mortgage servicer that a property has been determined to be abandoned, in mid-foreclosure, and a nuisance.
(2) A notice issued pursuant to this section must:
(a) Be accompanied by an affidavit or a declaration made under penalty of perjury by a county, city, or town official that a property is abandoned, in mid-foreclosure, and a nuisance, and the affidavit or declaration must outline at least three indicators of abandonment and be supported with time and date stamped photographs, a finding that the property is a nuisance, and a copy of the notice of default, notice of preforeclosure options, or notice of trustee's sale; and
(b) Be sent to the mortgage servicer by certified mail.
[ 2018 c 306 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.100 - Foreclosure and Abandonment of Residential Real Property—Nuisance Abatement. › 7.100.030 - Request by mortgage servicer for determination of abandonment and nuisance.

RCW 7.100.030
Request by mortgage servicer for determination of abandonment and nuisance.
(1) A mortgage servicer may contact a county, city, or town regarding a property it believes to be abandoned, and a nuisance and request that a county, city, or town official visit the property and make a determination as to whether the residential real property is abandoned and a nuisance. When making such a request, the mortgage servicer must furnish a copy of a notice of default, notice of preforeclosure options, or notice of trustee's sale applicable to the property.
(2) A county, city, or town shall respond to such a request within fifteen calendar days of receipt and notify the mortgage servicer:
(a) That a county, city, or town official has visited the property and determined that the property is not abandoned, or not a nuisance;
(b) That a county, city, or town official has visited the property and determined that the property is abandoned, in mid-foreclosure, and a nuisance. In this case, the notification shall be accompanied by an affidavit or a declaration made under penalty of perjury by a county, city, or town official that a property is abandoned, mid-foreclosure, and a nuisance, and the affidavit or declaration must outline at least three indicators of abandonment and be supported with time and date stamped photographs, a finding that the property is a nuisance, and a copy of the notice of default or notice of trustee's sale supplied by the mortgage servicer; or
(c) That the county, city, or town does not have adequate resources or is otherwise unable to make the requested determination.
[ 2018 c 306 § 12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.100 - Foreclosure and Abandonment of Residential Real Property—Nuisance Abatement. › 7.100.050 - Failure of mortgage servicer to abate nuisance.

RCW 7.100.050
Failure of mortgage servicer to abate nuisance.
Except in circumstances governed by RCW 7.100.040 (6) and (7), if a mortgage servicer receives notice from a county, city, or town pursuant to RCW 7.100.020 or 7.100.030(2)(b) that a property is abandoned, in mid-foreclosure, and a nuisance, and the mortgage servicer does not abate the nuisance within the time prescribed by local ordinance, a county, city, or town may exercise its authority under chapter 7.48 RCW, RCW 35.22.280, 35.23.440, 35.27.410, 36.32.120, or any other applicable law to abate the nuisance and recover associated costs as set forth in RCW 7.100.070.
[ 2018 c 306 § 14.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.100 - Foreclosure and Abandonment of Residential Real Property—Nuisance Abatement. › 7.100.060 - Notice to grantee of trustee's deed or sheriff's deed of nuisance—Failure to abate.

RCW 7.100.060
Notice to grantee of trustee's deed or sheriff's deed of nuisance—Failure to abate.
(1) When a property has been the subject of foreclosure, a county, city or town may notify the grantee of the trustee's deed or sheriff's deed, via certified mail, that a property is a nuisance. Upon receipt of such a notice, the grantee of the trustee's deed or sheriff's deed shall respond within fifteen calendar days and provide one of the following responses:
(a) That the grantee of the trustee's deed or sheriff's deed will abate the nuisance within the time prescribed by local ordinance; or
(b) That the grantee of the trustee's deed or sheriff's deed does not have adequate resources to abate the nuisance within the time limits required by local ordinance.
(2) If the grantee of the trustee's deed or sheriff's deed is notified and does not abate the nuisance within the time prescribed by local ordinance, a county, city, or town may exercise its authority under chapter 7.48 RCW, RCW 35.22.280, 35.23.440, 35.27.410, 36.32.120, or any other applicable law to abate the nuisance and recover associated costs as set forth in RCW 7.100.070.
[ 2018 c 306 § 15.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.100 - Foreclosure and Abandonment of Residential Real Property—Nuisance Abatement. › 7.100.070 - Recovery of costs by county, city, or town—Assessment.

RCW 7.100.070
Recovery of costs by county, city, or town—Assessment.
Except in circumstances governed by RCW 7.100.040 (6) and (7), if, after issuance of a notice pursuant to RCW 7.100.020, 7.100.030(2)(b), or 7.100.060, a nuisance has not been abated within the time prescribed by local ordinance and the county, city, or town has exercised its authority under chapter 7.48 RCW, RCW 35.22.280, 35.23.440, 35.27.410, 36.32.120, or any other applicable law to abate the nuisance, the county, city, or town may recover its costs by levying an assessment on the real property on which the nuisance is situated to reimburse the county, city, or town for the costs of abatement, excluding any associated fines or penalties. This assessment constitutes a lien against the property, and is binding upon successors in title only from the date the lien is recorded in the county in which the real property is located. This assessment is of equal rank with state, county, and municipal taxes and is assessed against the real property upon which cost was incurred unless such amount is previously paid.
[ 2018 c 306 § 16.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.100 - Foreclosure and Abandonment of Residential Real Property—Nuisance Abatement. › 7.100.900 - Chapter supplemental to other law.

RCW 7.100.900
Chapter supplemental to other law.
The authority provided pursuant to this chapter is in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other authority provided by law.
[ 2018 c 306 § 17.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.105 - Civil Protection Orders. › 7.105.065 - Jurisdiction—Vulnerable adult protection orders.

RCW 7.105.065
Jurisdiction—Vulnerable adult protection orders.
The superior courts have jurisdiction over vulnerable adult protection order proceedings under this chapter.
[ 2021 c 215 § 7.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2022 c 268; 2021 c 215: See note following RCW 7.105.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.105 - Civil Protection Orders. › 7.105.070 - Jurisdiction—Extreme risk protection orders.

RCW 7.105.070
Jurisdiction—Extreme risk protection orders.
The superior courts have jurisdiction over extreme risk protection order proceedings under this chapter. The juvenile court may hear an extreme risk protection order proceeding under this chapter if the respondent is under the age of 18 years. Additionally, district courts have limited jurisdiction over the issuance and enforcement of temporary extreme risk protection orders issued under RCW 7.105.330. The district court shall set the full hearing in superior court and transfer the case. If the notice and order are not served on the respondent in time for the full hearing, the issuing court has concurrent jurisdiction with the superior court to extend the temporary extreme risk protection order. The superior court to which the case is being transferred shall determine whether to grant any request for a continuance.
[ 2022 c 268 § 3; 2021 c 215 § 8.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—2022 c 268: See note following RCW 7.105.010.
Effective date—2022 c 268; 2021 c 215: See note following RCW 7.105.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.105 - Civil Protection Orders. › 7.105.075 - Venue.

RCW 7.105.075
Venue.
An action for a protection order should be filed in the county where the petitioner resides. The petitioner may also file in:
(1) The county where an act giving rise to the petition for a protection order occurred;
(2) The county where a child to be protected by the order primarily resides;
(3) The county where the petitioner resided prior to relocating if relocation was due to the respondent's conduct; or
(4) The court nearest to the petitioner's residence or former residence under subsection (3) of this section.
[ 2022 c 268 § 4; 2021 c 215 § 9.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—2022 c 268: See note following RCW 7.105.010.
Effective date—2022 c 268; 2021 c 215: See note following RCW 7.105.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.105 - Civil Protection Orders. › 7.105.080 - Personal jurisdiction over nonresidents.

RCW 7.105.080
Personal jurisdiction over nonresidents.
(1) In a proceeding in which a petition for a protection order under this chapter is sought, a court of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual if:
(a) The individual is personally served with a petition within this state;
(b) The individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent, entering a general appearance, or filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any objection to consent to personal jurisdiction;
(c) The act or acts of the individual or the individual's agent giving rise to the petition or enforcement of a protection order occurred within this state;
(d)(i) The act or acts of the individual or the individual's agent giving rise to the petition or enforcement of a protection order occurred outside this state and are part of an ongoing pattern that has an adverse effect on the petitioner or a member of the petitioner's family or household and the petitioner resides in this state; or
(ii) As a result of the acts giving rise to the petition or enforcement of a protection order, the petitioner or a member of the petitioner's family or household has sought safety or protection in this state and currently resides in this state; or
(e) There is any other basis consistent with RCW 4.28.185 or with the Constitutions of this state and the United States.
(2) For jurisdiction to be exercised under subsection (1)(d) of this section, the individual must have communicated with the petitioner or a member of the petitioner's family, directly or indirectly, or made known a threat to the safety of the petitioner or member of the petitioner's family, while the petitioner or member of the petitioner's family resides in this state.
(3) For the purposes of this section:
(a) "Communicated" or "made known" includes the following means: In person, through publication, by mail, telephonically, through an electronic communication site or medium, by text, or through other social media. Communication on any electronic medium that is generally available to any individual residing in the state is sufficient to exercise jurisdiction under subsection (1)(d) of this section.
(b) An act or acts that "occurred within this state" include an oral or written statement made or published by a person outside of this state to any person in this state by means included in (a) of this subsection, or by means of interstate commerce or foreign commerce.
[ 2021 c 215 § 10.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2022 c 268; 2021 c 215: See note following RCW 7.105.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.105 - Civil Protection Orders. › 7.105.085 - Out-of-state child custody jurisdictional issues.

RCW 7.105.085
Out-of-state child custody jurisdictional issues.
Jurisdictional issues regarding out-of-state proceedings involving the custody or residential placement of any child of the parties are governed by the uniform child custody jurisdiction and enforcement act, chapter 26.27 RCW.
[ 2021 c 215 § 11.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2022 c 268; 2021 c 215: See note following RCW 7.105.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.105 - Civil Protection Orders. › 7.105.110 - Filing—Provisions applicable to specified orders.

RCW 7.105.110
Filing—Provisions applicable to specified orders.
The following apply only to the specific type of protection orders referenced in each subsection.
(1) The department of social and health services, in its discretion, may file a petition for a vulnerable adult protection order or a domestic violence protection order on behalf of, and with the consent of, any vulnerable adult. When the department has reason to believe a vulnerable adult lacks the ability or capacity to consent, the department, in its discretion, may seek relief on behalf of the vulnerable adult. Neither the department nor the state of Washington is liable for seeking or failing to seek relief on behalf of any persons under this section. The vulnerable adult shall not be held responsible for any violations of the order by the respondent.
(2)(a) If the petitioner for an extreme risk protection order is a law enforcement agency, the petitioner shall make a good faith effort to provide notice to an intimate partner or family or household member of the respondent and to any known third party who may be at risk of violence. The notice must state that the petitioner intends to petition the court for an extreme risk protection order or has already done so, and include referrals to appropriate resources, including behavioral health, domestic violence, and counseling resources. The petitioner must attest in the petition to having provided such notice, or attest to the steps that will be taken to provide such notice.
(b) Recognizing that an extreme risk protection order may need to be issued outside of normal business hours, courts shall allow law enforcement petitioners to petition after hours for a temporary extreme risk protection order using an on-call, after-hours judge, as is done for approval of after-hours search warrants.
[ 2021 c 215 § 15.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2022 c 268; 2021 c 215: See note following RCW 7.105.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.105 - Civil Protection Orders. › 7.105.120 - Filing—Court clerk duties.

RCW 7.105.120
Filing—Court clerk duties.
(1) All court clerks' offices shall make available the standardized forms, instructions, and informational brochures required by this chapter, and shall keep current specific program names and telephone numbers for community resources, including civil legal aid and volunteer lawyer programs. Any assistance or information provided by clerks under this chapter, or any assistance or information provided by any person, including court clerks, employees of the department of social and health services, and other court facilitators, to complete the forms provided by the court, does not constitute the practice of law, and clerks are not responsible for incorrect information contained in a petition.
(2) All court clerks shall accept and provide community resource lists as described in (a) and (b) of this subsection, which the court shall make available as part of, or in addition to, the informational brochures described in RCW 7.105.115.
(a) The court clerk shall accept an appropriate community resource list from a domestic violence program and from a sexual assault program serving the county in which the court is located. The community resource list must include the names, telephone numbers, and, as available, website links of domestic violence programs, sexual assault programs, and elder abuse programs serving the community in which the court is located, including law enforcement agencies, domestic violence agencies, sexual assault agencies, civil legal aid programs, elder abuse programs, interpreters, multicultural programs, and batterers' treatment programs. The list must be made available in print and online.
(b) The court clerk may create a community resource list of crisis intervention, behavioral health, interpreter, counseling, and other relevant resources serving the county in which the court is located. The clerk may also create a community resource list for respondents to include suicide prevention, treatment options, and resources for when children are involved in protection order cases. Any list must be made available in print and online.
(c) Courts may make the community resource lists specified in (a) and (b) of this subsection available as part of, or in addition to, the informational brochures described in subsection (1) of this section, and should accept from the programs that provided the resource lists translations of them into the languages spoken by the county's top five significant non-English-speaking populations.
(3) Court clerks should not make an assessment of the merits of a petitioner's petition for a protection order or refuse to accept for filing any petition that meets the basic procedural requirements.
[ 2022 c 268 § 8; 2021 c 215 § 17.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—2022 c 268: See note following RCW 7.105.010.
Effective date—2022 c 268; 2021 c 215: See note following RCW 7.105.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.105 - Civil Protection Orders. › 7.105.160 - Service—Materials.

RCW 7.105.160
Service—Materials.
The following materials must be served, depending on the type of relief sought.
(1) If the petitioner is seeking a hearing on a petition for a protection order, the respondent must be served with the petition for a protection order, any supporting declarations or other materials, the notice of hearing, any temporary protection order issued by the court, any temporary order to surrender and prohibit weapons issued by the court, and a blank confidential party information form as referred to in RCW 7.105.115(1). The respondent shall confirm with the court during his or her first appearance all necessary contact and identifying information, and file the form with the court.
(2) If the petitioner is seeking the renewal or reissuance of a protection order, the respondent must be served with the motion to renew or reissue the protection order, any supporting declarations or other materials, and the notice of hearing.
(3) If either party is seeking to modify or terminate a protection order, the other party must be served with the motion to modify or terminate the protection order, any supporting declarations or other materials, and the notice of hearing.
(4) For any other motion filed by a party with the court, the other party must be served with all materials the moving party submitted to the court and with any notice of hearing issued by the court related to the motion.
[ 2021 c 215 § 20.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2022 c 268; 2021 c 215: See note following RCW 7.105.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.105 - Civil Protection Orders. › 7.105.165 - Service—Timing.

RCW 7.105.165
Service—Timing.
(1) Unless waived by the nonmoving party, service must be completed on the nonmoving party not less than five judicial days before the hearing date. If service cannot be made, the court shall set a new hearing date and shall either require an additional attempt at obtaining service or permit service by other means authorized in this chapter. The court shall not require more than two attempts at obtaining service before permitting service by other means authorized in this chapter unless the moving party requests additional time to attempt service.
(2) Service is completed on the day the respondent is served personally, on the date of transmission for electronic service, on the 10th calendar day after mailing for service by mail, or on the date of the third publication when publication has been made for three consecutive weeks for service by publication.
(3) If the nonmoving party was served before the hearing, but less than five judicial days before the hearing, it is not necessary to re-serve materials that the nonmoving party already received, but any new notice of hearing and reissued order must be served on the nonmoving party. This additional service may be made by mail as an alternative to other authorized methods of service under this chapter. If done by mail, this additional service is considered completed on the third calendar day after mailing.
(4) Where electronic service was not complete because there was no verification of notice, and service by mail or publication has been authorized, copies must also be sent by electronic means to any known electronic addresses.
[ 2022 c 268 § 11; 2021 c 215 § 21.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—2022 c 268: See note following RCW 7.105.010.
Effective date—2022 c 268; 2021 c 215: See note following RCW 7.105.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.105 - Civil Protection Orders. › 7.105.175 - Service—Development of best practices.

RCW 7.105.175
Service—Development of best practices.
Courts and law enforcement agencies shall adopt rules, protocols, and pattern forms to standardize and implement best practices for service, including mechanisms and verification options for electronic service and electronic returns of service, as well as best practices for efficient transmission of court documents to law enforcement for entry into criminal justice databases and returns of service or property.
[ 2021 c 215 § 23.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2022 c 268; 2021 c 215: See note following RCW 7.105.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.105 - Civil Protection Orders. › 7.105.210 - Realignment of parties—Domestic violence and antiharassment protection order proceedings.

RCW 7.105.210
Realignment of parties—Domestic violence and antiharassment protection order proceedings.
In proceedings where the petitioner is seeking a domestic violence protection order or an antiharassment protection order, the court may realign the designation of the parties as "petitioner" and "respondent" where the court finds that the original petitioner is the abuser or harasser and the original respondent is the victim of domestic violence or unlawful harassment. The court may issue a temporary protection order in accordance with this chapter until the victim is able to prepare a petition for a protection order in accordance with this chapter.
[ 2021 c 215 § 26.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2022 c 268; 2021 c 215: See note following RCW 7.105.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions › Chapter 7.105 - Civil Protection Orders. › 7.105.215 - Hearings—Extreme risk protection orders.

RCW 7.105.215
Hearings—Extreme risk protection orders.
For extreme risk protection order hearings, the following also apply.
(1) The court may:
(a) Examine under oath the petitioner, the respondent, and any witnesses they may produce, or, in lieu of examination, consider sworn declarations of the petitioner, the respondent, and any witnesses they may produce; and
(b) Ensure that a reasonable search has been conducted for criminal history records and civil protection order history related to the respondent.
(2) During the hearing, the court shall consider whether a behavioral health evaluation is appropriate, and may order such evaluation if appropriate.
(3) In determining whether grounds for an extreme risk protection order exist, the court may consider any relevant evidence including, but not limited to, any of the following:
(a) A recent act or threat of violence by the respondent against self or others, whether or not such violence or threat of violence involves a firearm;
(b) A pattern of acts or threats of violence by the respondent within the past 12 months including, but not limited to, acts or threats of violence by the respondent against self or others;
(c) Any behaviors that present an imminent threat of harm to self or others;
(d) A violation by the respondent of a protection order or a no-contact order issued;
(e) A previous or existing extreme risk protection order issued against the respondent;
(f) A violation of a previous or existing extreme risk protection order issued against the respondent;
(g) A conviction of the respondent for a crime that constitutes domestic violence as defined in RCW 10.99.020;
(h) A conviction of the respondent under RCW 9A.36.080;
(i) The respondent's ownership of, access to, or intent to possess, firearms;
(j) The unlawful or reckless use, display, or brandishing of a firearm by the respondent;
(k) The history of use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force by the respondent against another person, or the respondent's history of stalking another person;
(l) Any prior arrest of the respondent for a felony offense or violent crime;
(m) Corroborated evidence of the abuse of controlled substances or alcohol by the respondent; and
(n) Evidence of recent acquisition of firearms by the respondent.
[ 2021 c 215 § 27.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2022 c 268; 2021 c 215: See note following RCW 7.105.900.