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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.64 - Entry of Judgments. › 4.64.030 - Entry of judgment—Form of judgment summary.

RCW 4.64.030
Entry of judgment—Form of judgment summary.
(1) The clerk shall enter all judgments in the execution docket, subject to the direction of the court and shall specify clearly the amount to be recovered, the relief granted, or other determination of the action.
(2)(a) On the first page of each judgment which provides for the payment of money, including foreign judgments, judgments in rem, mandates of judgments, and judgments on garnishments, the following shall be succinctly summarized: The judgment creditor and the name of his or her attorney, the judgment debtor, the amount of the judgment, the interest owed to the date of the judgment, and the total of the taxable costs and attorney fees, if known at the time of the entry of the judgment, and in the entry of a foreign judgment, the filing and expiration dates of the judgment under the laws of the original jurisdiction.
(b) If the judgment provides for the award of any right, title, or interest in real property, the first page must also include an abbreviated legal description of the property in which the right, title, or interest was awarded by the judgment, including lot, block, plat, or section, township, and range, and reference to the judgment page number where the full legal description is included, if applicable; or the assessor's property tax parcel or account number, consistent with RCW 65.04.045(1) (f) and (g).
(c) If the judgment provides for damages arising from the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle as specified in RCW 46.29.270, the first page of the judgment summary must clearly state that the judgment is awarded pursuant to RCW 46.29.270 and that the clerk must give notice to the department of licensing as outlined in *RCW 46.29.310.
(3) If the attorney fees and costs are not included in the judgment, they shall be summarized in the cost bill when filed. The clerk may not enter a judgment, and a judgment does not take effect, until the judgment has a summary in compliance with this section. The clerk is not liable for an incorrect summary.
[ 2003 c 43 § 1; 2000 c 41 § 1; 1999 c 296 § 1; 1997 c 358 § 5; 1995 c 149 § 1; 1994 c 185 § 2; 1987 c 442 § 1107; 1984 c 128 § 6; 1983 c 28 § 2; Code 1881 § 305; 1877 p 62 § 309; 1869 p 75 § 307; RRS § 435.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: Cf. CR 58(a), CR 58(b), CR 78(e).
*Reviser's note: RCW 46.29.310 was amended by 2016 c 93 § 5, requiring that the judgment creditor, rather than the clerk of the court, provide notice to the department of licensing.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.64 - Entry of Judgments. › 4.64.060 - Execution docket—Index of record.

RCW 4.64.060
Execution docket—Index of record.
Every county clerk shall keep in the clerk's office a record, to be called the execution docket, which shall be a public record and open during the usual business hours to all persons desirous of inspecting it. The record must be indexed both directly and inversely, and include all judgments, abstracts, and transcripts of judgments in the clerk's office. The index must refer to each party against whom the judgment is rendered or whose property is affected by the judgment.
[ 1997 c 358 § 6; 1987 c 442 § 1105; 1967 ex.s. c 34 § 1; Code 1881 § 307; 1877 p 62 § 311; 1869 p 75 § 309; 1854 p 173 § 234; RRS § 444.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.64 - Entry of Judgments. › 4.64.080 - Entries in execution docket.

RCW 4.64.080
Entries in execution docket.
When entering a judgment in the execution docket, the clerk shall leave space on the same page, if practicable, in which the clerk shall enter, in the order in which they occur, all the proceedings subsequent to the judgment in the case until its final satisfaction, including when and to what county an execution is issued, when returned, and the return or the substance thereof. When the execution is levied on personal property which is returned unsold, the entry shall be: "levied (noting the date) on property not sold." When any sheriff shall furnish the clerk with a copy of any levy upon real estate on any judgment the minutes of which are entered in the execution docket, the entry shall be: "levied upon real estate," noting the date. When any execution issued to any other county is returned levied upon real estate in such county, the entry in the docket shall be, "levied on real estate of . . . . . ., in . . . . . . county," noting the date, county, and defendants whose estate is levied upon. When any money is paid, the amount and time when paid shall be entered. When a judgment is appealed, modified, discharged, or in any manner satisfied, the facts in respect thereto shall be entered. The parties interested may also assign or discharge such judgment on such execution docket. When the judgment is fully satisfied in any way, the clerk shall write the word "satisfied," in large letters across the face of the record of such judgment in the execution docket.
[ 1987 c 442 § 1108; 1957 c 7 § 6; 1923 c 130 § 2; Code 1881 § 310; 1877 p 63 § 314; 1869 p 76 § 312; 1854 p 174 § 237; RRS § 448.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.64 - Entry of Judgments. › 4.64.090 - Abstract of judgment.

RCW 4.64.090
Abstract of judgment.
The abstract of a judgment shall contain (1) the name of the party, or parties, in whose favor the judgment was rendered; (2) the name of the party, or parties, against whom the judgment was rendered; (3) the date of the rendition of the judgment; (4) the amount for which the judgment was rendered, and in the following manner, viz: Principal $. . . .; interest $. . . .; costs $. . . .; total $. . . . .
[ 1987 c 442 § 1113; 1957 c 7 § 8. Prior: 1929 c 60 § 3, part; 1893 c 42 § 3; RRS § 451.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.64 - Entry of Judgments. › 4.64.100 - Abstract of verdict—Cessation of lien, certificate.

RCW 4.64.100
Abstract of verdict—Cessation of lien, certificate.
The clerk shall, on request and at the expense of the party in whose favor the verdict is rendered, or the party's attorney, prepare an abstract of such verdict in substantially the same form as an abstract of a judgment and transmit such abstract to the clerk of any court in any county in the state as directed, and shall make a note on the execution docket of the name of the county to which each of such abstracts is sent. The clerk receiving such abstract shall, on payment of the statutory fee, enter and index it in the execution docket in the same manner as an abstract of judgment. The entry shall have the same effect in such county as in the county where the verdict was rendered.
Whenever the verdict, or any judgment rendered thereon, shall cease to be a lien in the county where rendered, the clerk of the court shall on request of anyone, and the payment of the cost and expense thereof, certify that the lien has ceased, and transmit such certificate to the clerk of any court to which an abstract was forwarded, and the clerk receiving the certificate, on payment of the statutory fee, shall enter it in the execution docket, and then the lien of such verdict or judgment shall cease. Nothing in this section or RCW 4.64.020 shall be construed as authorizing the issuance of an execution by a clerk in any other county than that in which the judgment is rendered.
[ 1987 c 442 § 1110; 1984 c 76 § 5; 1921 c 65 § 3; RRS § 431-2.]
NOTES:
Fees of
superior court clerks: RCW 36.18.020.
supreme and appellate court clerks: RCW 2.32.070.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.64 - Entry of Judgments. › 4.64.110 - Transcript of district court docket.

RCW 4.64.110
Transcript of district court docket.
A transcript of the district court docket shall contain an exact copy of the district court judgment from the docket.
[ 1987 c 202 § 118; 1957 c 7 § 9. Prior: 1929 c 60 § 3, part; 1893 c 42 § 4; RRS § 452.]
NOTES:
Intent—1987 c 202: See note following RCW 2.04.190.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.64 - Entry of Judgments. › 4.64.120 - Entry of abstract or transcript of judgment.

RCW 4.64.120
Entry of abstract or transcript of judgment.
It shall be the duty of the county clerk to enter in the execution docket any duly certified transcript of a judgment of a district court of this state and any duly certified abstract of any judgment of any court mentioned in RCW 4.56.200, filed in the county clerk's office, and to index the same in the same manner as judgments originally rendered in the superior court for the county of which he or she is clerk. Jurisdiction over the judgment, including modification to or vacation of the original judgment, transfers to the superior court. The superior court may, in its discretion, remand the cause to district court for determination of any motion to vacate or modify the original judgment.
[ 1997 c 358 § 2. Prior: 1987 c 442 § 1111; 1987 c 202 § 119; 1929 c 60 § 4; RRS § 453; prior: 1893 c 42 § 5.]
NOTES:
Intent—1987 c 202: See note following RCW 2.04.190.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.68 - Procedure to Bind Joint Debtor. › 4.68.010 - Summons after judgment.

RCW 4.68.010
Summons after judgment.
When a judgment is recorded against one or more of several persons jointly indebted upon an obligation by proceeding as provided by the court by rule, such defendants who were not originally served with the summons, and did not appear to the action, may be summoned to show cause why they should not be bound by the judgment, in the same manner as though they had been originally served with the summons.
[ 1984 c 76 § 6; Code 1881 § 314; 1877 p 64 § 318; RRS § 436.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.68 - Procedure to Bind Joint Debtor. › 4.68.020 - Contents of summons.

RCW 4.68.020
Contents of summons.
The summons, as provided in RCW 4.68.010, must describe the judgment, and require the person summoned to show cause why he or she should not be bound by it, and must be served in the same manner and returnable within the same time, as the original summons. It is not necessary to file a new complaint.
[ 2011 c 336 § 114; Code 1881 § 315; 1877 p 64 § 319; RRS § 437.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.68 - Procedure to Bind Joint Debtor. › 4.68.030 - Affidavit must accompany summons.

RCW 4.68.030
Affidavit must accompany summons.
The summons must be accompanied by an affidavit of the plaintiff, his or her agent, representative, or attorney, that the judgment, or some part thereof, remains unsatisfied, and must specify the amount due thereon.
[ 2011 c 336 § 115; Code 1881 § 316; 1877 p 65 § 320; RRS § 438.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.68 - Procedure to Bind Joint Debtor. › 4.68.040 - Defenses.

RCW 4.68.040
Defenses.
Upon the service of such summons and affidavit, the defendant may answer within the time specified therein, denying the judgment, or setting up any defense which may have arisen subsequently to the taking of the judgment, or he or she may deny his or her liability on the obligation upon which the judgment was rendered, except a discharge from such liability by the statute of limitations.
[ 2011 c 336 § 116; Code 1881 § 317; 1877 p 65 § 321; RRS § 439.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.68 - Procedure to Bind Joint Debtor. › 4.68.050 - Pleadings.

RCW 4.68.050
Pleadings.
If the defendant in his or her answer, deny the judgment, or set up any defense which may have arisen subsequently, the summons, with the affidavit annexed, and the answer, constitute the written allegations in the case; if he or she deny his or her liability on the obligation upon which the judgment was rendered, a copy of the original complaint and judgment, the summons with the affidavit annexed, and the answer constitute such written allegations.
[ 2011 c 336 § 117; Code 1881 § 318; 1877 p 65 § 322; RRS § 440.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.68 - Procedure to Bind Joint Debtor. › 4.68.060 - Trial.

RCW 4.68.060
Trial.
The issue formed may be tried as in other cases, but when the defendant denies in his or her answer any liability on the obligation upon which the judgment was rendered, if a verdict be found against him or her, it must not exceed the amount remaining unsatisfied on such original judgment, with interest thereon.
[ 2011 c 336 § 118; Code 1881 § 319; 1877 p 65 § 323; RRS § 441.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.72 - Vacation and Modification of Judgments. › 4.72.010 - Causes for enumerated.

RCW 4.72.010
Causes for enumerated.
The superior court in which a judgment or final order has been rendered, or made, shall have power to vacate or modify such judgment or order:
(1) By granting a new trial for the cause, within the time and in the manner, and for any of the causes prescribed by the rules of court relating to new trials.
(2) By a new trial granted in proceedings against defendant served by publication only as prescribed in RCW 4.28.200.
(3) For mistakes, neglect or omission of the clerk, or irregularity in obtaining a judgment or order.
(4) For fraud practiced by the successful party in obtaining the judgment or order.
(5) For erroneous proceedings against a minor or person of unsound mind, when the condition of such defendant does not appear in the record, nor the error in the proceedings.
(6) For the death of one of the parties before the judgment in the action.
(7) For unavoidable casualty, or misfortune preventing the party from prosecuting or defending.
(8) For error in a judgment shown by a minor, within twelve months after arriving at full age.
[ 1957 c 9 § 4; Code 1881 § 436; 1877 p 96 § 438; 1875 p 20 § 1; RRS § 464.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: Cf. CR 52(d), CR 60(b).
Judgment to recover realty, vacation: RCW 7.28.260.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.72 - Vacation and Modification of Judgments. › 4.72.020 - Motion to vacate—Time limitation.

RCW 4.72.020
Motion to vacate—Time limitation.
The proceedings to vacate or modify a judgment or order for mistakes or omissions of the clerk, or irregularity in obtaining the judgment or order, shall be by motion served on the adverse party or on his or her attorney in the action, and within one year.
[ 2011 c 336 § 119; 1891 c 27 § 1; Code 1881 § 438; 1877 p 97 § 440; 1875 p 21 § 3; RRS § 466.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: Cf. CR 60(b).
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.72 - Vacation and Modification of Judgments. › 4.72.030 - Petition to vacate for certain causes—Time limitation.

RCW 4.72.030
Petition to vacate for certain causes—Time limitation.
RCW 4.72.010 (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7) shall be by petition verified by affidavit, setting forth the judgment or order, the facts or errors constituting a cause to vacate or modify it, and if the party is a defendant, the facts constituting a defense to the action; and such proceedings must be commenced within one year after the judgment or order was made, unless the party entitled thereto be a minor or person of unsound mind, and then within one year from the removal of such disability.
[ 1891 c 27 § 2; Code 1881 § 439; 1877 p 97 § 441; 1875 p 21 § 4; RRS § 467.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: Cf. CR 60(b).
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.72 - Vacation and Modification of Judgments. › 4.72.050 - Conditions precedent to vacation.

RCW 4.72.050
Conditions precedent to vacation.
The judgment shall not be vacated on motion or petition until it is adjudged that there is a valid defense to the action in which the judgment is rendered; or, if the plaintiff seeks its vacation, that there is a valid cause of action; and when judgment is modified, all liens and securities obtained under it shall be preserved to the modified judgment.
[Code 1881 § 441; 1877 p 97 § 443; 1875 p 22 § 6; RRS § 469.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.72 - Vacation and Modification of Judgments. › 4.72.060 - Grounds for vacation may first be tried.

RCW 4.72.060
Grounds for vacation may first be tried.
The court may first try and decide upon the grounds to vacate or modify a judgment or order, before trying or deciding upon the validity of the defense or cause of action.
[Code 1881 § 442; 1877 p 97 § 440; 1875 p 22 § 7; RRS § 470.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.72 - Vacation and Modification of Judgments. › 4.72.070 - Injunction to suspend proceedings.

RCW 4.72.070
Injunction to suspend proceedings.
The party seeking to vacate or modify a judgment or order may obtain an injunction suspending proceedings on the whole or part thereof, which injunction may be granted by the court or the judge upon its being rendered probable, by affidavit or petition sworn to, or by exhibition of the record, that the party is entitled to have such judgment or order vacated or modified.
[Code 1881 § 443; 1877 p 97 § 445; 1875 p 22 § 8; RRS § 471.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: Cf. CR 62.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.72 - Vacation and Modification of Judgments. › 4.72.080 - Construction of chapter—Time limitations when fraud, misrepresentation concerned.

RCW 4.72.080
Construction of chapter—Time limitations when fraud, misrepresentation concerned.
The provisions of this chapter shall not be so construed as to affect the power of the court to vacate or modify judgments or orders as elsewhere in this code provided; nor shall the time limitations set forth in this chapter within which proceedings to vacate or modify a judgment must be started apply to a judgment heretofore or hereafter entered by consent or stipulation where the grounds to vacate or modify such judgment are based on fraud or misrepresentation, or when after the entry of the judgment either party fails to fulfill the terms and conditions on which the consent judgment or stipulation was entered; nor shall any judgment of acquittal in a criminal action be vacated under the provisions of this chapter.
[ 1961 c 88 § 1; 1891 c 27 § 4; RRS § 472.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: The words "this code" appeared in 1891 c 27 § 4.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.72 - Vacation and Modification of Judgments. › 4.72.090 - Judgment upon denial of application.

RCW 4.72.090
Judgment upon denial of application.
In all cases in which an application under this chapter to vacate or modify a judgment or order for the recovery of money is denied, if proceedings on the judgment or order shall have been suspended, judgment shall be rendered against the plaintiff [applicant] for the amount of the former judgment or order, interest and costs, together with damages at the discretion of the court, not exceeding ten percent on the amount of the judgment or order.
[ 1891 c 27 § 5; Code 1881 § 444; 1877 p 97 § 446; 1875 p 22 § 9; RRS § 473.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.76 - New Trials. › 4.76.010 - New trial defined.

RCW 4.76.010
New trial defined.
A new trial is a reexamination of an issue in the same court after a trial and decision by a jury, court or referees.
[Code 1881 § 275; 1877 p 56 § 279; 1869 p 67 § 277; 1854 p 170 § 215; RRS § 398.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.76 - New Trials. › 4.76.030 - Increase or reduction of verdict as alternative to new trial.

RCW 4.76.030
Increase or reduction of verdict as alternative to new trial.
If the trial court shall, upon a motion for new trial, find the damages awarded by a jury to be so excessive or inadequate as unmistakably to indicate that the amount thereof must have been the result of passion or prejudice, the trial court may order a new trial or may enter an order providing for a new trial unless the party adversely affected shall consent to a reduction or increase of such verdict, and if such party shall file such consent and the opposite party shall thereafter appeal from the judgment entered, the party who shall have filed such consent shall not be bound thereby, but upon such appeal the court of appeals or the supreme court shall, without the necessity of a formal cross-appeal, review de novo the action of the trial court in requiring such reduction or increase, and there shall be a presumption that the amount of damages awarded by the verdict of the jury was correct and such amount shall prevail, unless the court of appeals or the supreme court shall find from the record that the damages awarded in such verdict by the jury were so excessive or so inadequate as unmistakably to indicate that the amount of the verdict must have been the result of passion or prejudice.
[ 1971 c 81 § 19; 1933 c 138 § 2; RRS § 399-1.]
NOTES:
Severability—1933 c 138: "Adjudication of invalidity of any of the sections of this act, or any part of any section, shall not impair or otherwise affect the validity of any other of said sections or remaining part of any section." [ 1933 c 138 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.76 - New Trials. › 4.76.070 - Newly discovered evidence, requirements as to.

RCW 4.76.070
Newly discovered evidence, requirements as to.
If the motion be supported by affidavits and the cause be newly discovered evidence, the affidavits of any witness or witnesses, showing what their testimony will be, shall be produced or good reasons shown for their nonproduction.
[ 1891 c 59 § 2; Code 1881 § 282; 1877 p 57 § 286; 1869 p 68 § 284; 1854 p 170 § 219; RRS § 403.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.76 - New Trials. › 4.76.080 - Petition for new trial when discovery of grounds delayed.

RCW 4.76.080
Petition for new trial when discovery of grounds delayed.
When the grounds for a new trial could not with reasonable diligence have been discovered before, but are discovered after the time when the verdict, report of referee, or decision was rendered or made, the application may be made by petition filed as in other cases, not later than after the discovery, on which notice shall be served and returned, and the defendant held to appear as in an original action. The facts stated in the petition shall be considered as denied without answer. The case shall be tried as other cases by ordinary proceedings, but no motion shall be filed more than one year after the final judgment was rendered.
[ 1955 c 44 § 1; Code 1881 § 437; 1875 p 21 § 2; RRS § 465.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.80 - Exceptions. › 4.80.010 - Exception defined.

RCW 4.80.010
Exception defined.
An exception is a claim of error in a ruling or decision of a court, judge or other tribunal, or officer exercising judicial functions, made in the course of an action or proceeding or after judgment therein.
[ 1893 c 60 § 1; RRS § 381.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: Cf. CR 46.
Construction—1893 c 60: "This act shall govern proceedings had after it shall take effect, in actions then pending as well as those in actions thereafter begun; but it shall not affect any right acquired or proceeding had prior to the time when it shall take effect, nor restore any right or enlarge any time then already lost or expired. And except as above provided all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed." [ 1893 c 60 § 18.] This applies to RCW 4.80.010 through 4.80.140.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.80 - Exceptions. › 4.80.020 - When to be taken.

RCW 4.80.020
When to be taken.
It shall not be necessary or proper to take or enter an exception to any ruling or decision mentioned in RCW 4.80.010, which is embodied in a written judgment, order or journal entry in the cause. But this section shall not apply to the report of a referee or commissioner, or to findings of fact or conclusions of law in a report or decision of a referee or commissioner, or in a decision of a court or judge upon a cause or part of a cause, either legal or equitable, tried without a jury.
[ 1893 c 60 § 2; RRS § 382.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: Cf. CR 46.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.80 - Exceptions. › 4.80.030 - Requisites—Entry in minutes.

RCW 4.80.030
Requisites—Entry in minutes.
Exceptions to any ruling upon an objection to the admission of evidence, offered in the course of a trial or hearing, need not be formally taken, but the question put or other offer of evidence, together with the objection thereto and the ruling thereon, shall be entered by the court, judge, referee or commissioner (or by the stenographer, if one is in attendance) in the minutes of the trial or hearing, and such entry shall import an exception by the party against whom the ruling was made.
[ 1893 c 60 § 5; RRS § 385.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: Cf. CR 46.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.80 - Exceptions. › 4.80.040 - Manner of taking and entry.

RCW 4.80.040
Manner of taking and entry.
Exceptions to any ruling or decision made in the course of a trial or hearing, or in the progress of a cause, except those to which it is provided in this chapter that no exception need be taken and those to which some other mode of exception is in this chapter prescribed, may be taken by any party by stating to the court, judge, referee or commissioner making the ruling or decision, when the same is made, that such party excepts to the same; whereupon such court, judge, referee or commissioner shall note the exception in the minutes of the trial, hearing or cause, or shall cause the stenographer (if one is in attendance) so to note the same.
[ 1893 c 60 § 6; RRS § 386.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: Cf. CR 46.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.80 - Exceptions. › 4.80.140 - Application of chapter.

RCW 4.80.140
Application of chapter.
This chapter shall apply to and govern all civil actions and proceedings, both legal and equitable, and all criminal causes, in the superior courts, but shall not apply to district courts or other courts of limited jurisdiction from which an appeal does not lie directly to the supreme court or court of appeals.
[ 1987 c 202 § 120; 1971 c 81 § 21; 1893 c 60 § 17; RRS § 397, part.]
NOTES:
Intent—1987 c 202: See note following RCW 2.04.190.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.84 - Costs. › 4.84.010 - Costs allowed to prevailing party—Defined—Compensation of attorneys.

RCW 4.84.010
Costs allowed to prevailing party—Defined—Compensation of attorneys.
The measure and mode of compensation of attorneys and counselors, shall be left to the agreement, expressed or implied, of the parties, but there shall be allowed to the prevailing party upon the judgment certain sums for the prevailing party's expenses in the action, which allowances are termed costs, including, in addition to costs otherwise authorized by law, the following expenses:
(1) Filing fees;
(2) Fees for the service of process by a public officer, registered process server, or other means, as follows:
(a) When service is by a public officer, the recoverable cost is the fee authorized by law at the time of service.
(b) If service is by a process server registered pursuant to chapter 18.180 RCW or a person exempt from registration, the recoverable cost is the amount actually charged and incurred in effecting service;
(3) Fees for service by publication;
(4) Notary fees, but only to the extent the fees are for services that are expressly required by law and only to the extent they represent actual costs incurred by the prevailing party;
(5) Reasonable expenses, exclusive of attorneys' fees, incurred in obtaining reports and records, which are admitted into evidence at trial or in mandatory arbitration in superior or district court, including but not limited to medical records, tax records, personnel records, insurance reports, employment and wage records, police reports, school records, bank records, and legal files;
(6) Statutory attorney and witness fees; and
(7) To the extent that the court or arbitrator finds that it was necessary to achieve the successful result, the reasonable expense of the transcription of depositions used at trial or at the mandatory arbitration hearing: PROVIDED, That the expenses of depositions shall be allowed on a pro rata basis for those portions of the depositions introduced into evidence or used for purposes of impeachment.
[ 2009 c 240 § 1; 2007 c 121 § 1; 1993 c 48 § 1; 1984 c 258 § 92; 1983 1st ex.s. c 45 § 7; Code 1881 § 505; 1877 p 108 § 509; 1869 p 123 § 459; 1854 p 201 § 367; RRS § 474.]
NOTES:
Court Improvement Act of 1984—Effective dates—Severability—Short title—1984 c 258: See notes following RCW 3.30.010.
Attorney fee in appeals from board of industrial insurance appeals: RCW 51.52.130, 51.52.132.
Process server fees: RCW 18.180.035.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.84 - Costs. › 4.84.015 - Costs in civil actions for the recovery of money only—When plaintiff considered the prevailing party.

RCW 4.84.015
Costs in civil actions for the recovery of money only—When plaintiff considered the prevailing party.
(1) In any civil action for the recovery of money only, the plaintiff will be considered the prevailing party for the purpose of awarding costs, including a statutory attorney fee, if: (a) The defendant makes full or partial payment of the amounts sought by the plaintiff prior to the entry of judgment; and (b) before such payment is tendered, the plaintiff has notified the defendant in writing that the full or partial payment of the amounts sued for might result in an award of costs.
(2) For the purposes of this section, "plaintiff" includes a counterclaimant, cross-claimant, and third-party plaintiff, and "defendant" includes a party defending a counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party claim.
(3) A party may demand, offer, or accept the payment of statutory costs before the entry of judgment in an action.
(4) This section may not be construed to (a) authorize an award of costs if the action is resolved by a negotiated settlement or (b) limit or bar the operation of cost-shifting provisions of other statutes or court rules.
[ 2009 c 240 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.84 - Costs. › 4.84.020 - Amount of contracted attorneys' fee to be fixed by court.

RCW 4.84.020
Amount of contracted attorneys' fee to be fixed by court.
In all cases of foreclosure of mortgages and in all other cases in which attorneys' fees are allowed, the amount thereof shall be fixed by the court at such sum as the court shall deem reasonable, any stipulations in the note, mortgage or other instrument to the contrary notwithstanding; but in no case shall said fee be fixed above contract price stated in said note or contract.
[ 1895 c 48 § 1; 1891 c 44 § 1; 1888 p 9 § 1; 1885 p 176 § 1; RRS § 475.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.84 - Costs. › 4.84.030 - Prevailing party to recover costs.

RCW 4.84.030
Prevailing party to recover costs.
In any action in the superior court of Washington the prevailing party shall be entitled to his or her costs and disbursements; but the plaintiff shall in no case be entitled to costs taxed as attorneys' fees in actions within the jurisdiction of the district court when commenced in the superior court.
[ 1987 c 202 § 121; 1890 p 337 § 1; 1883 p 42 § 1; Code 1881 §§ 506, 507; 1854 p 201 §§ 368, 369; RRS § 476.]
NOTES:
Intent—1987 c 202: See note following RCW 2.04.190.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.84 - Costs. › 4.84.040 - Limitation on costs in certain actions.

RCW 4.84.040
Limitation on costs in certain actions.
In an action for an assault and battery, or for false imprisonment, libel, slander, malicious prosecution, criminal conversation or seduction, if the plaintiff recover less than ten dollars, he or she shall be entitled to no more costs or disbursements than the damage recovered.
[ 2011 c 336 § 120; Code 1881 § 508; 1877 p 108 § 512; 1869 p 123 § 460; 1854 p 202 § 370; RRS § 477.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.84 - Costs. › 4.84.050 - Limited to one of several actions.

RCW 4.84.050
Limited to one of several actions.
When several actions are brought on one bond, undertaking, promissory note, bill of exchange, or other instrument in writing, or in any other case for the same cause of action against several parties, who might have been joined as defendants in the same action, no costs or disbursements shall be allowed to the plaintiff in more than one of such actions, which may be at his or her election, if the parties proceeded against in the other actions were, at the commencement of the previous action, openly within this state.
[ 2011 c 336 § 121; Code 1881 § 509; 1877 p 108 § 513; 1869 p 123 § 461; 1854 p 202 § 371; RRS § 478.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.84 - Costs. › 4.84.060 - Costs to defendant.

RCW 4.84.060
Costs to defendant.
In all cases where costs and disbursements are not allowed to the plaintiff, the defendant shall be entitled to have judgment in his or her favor for the same.
[ 2011 c 336 § 122; Code 1881 § 510; 1877 p 109 § 514; 1869 p 123 § 462; 1854 p 202 § 372; RRS § 479.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.84 - Costs. › 4.84.070 - Costs to defendants defending separately.

RCW 4.84.070
Costs to defendants defending separately.
In all actions where there are several defendants not united in interest, and making separate defenses by separate answers, and the plaintiff fails to recover judgment against all, the court may award costs to such defendants as recover judgments in their favor, or either of them.
[Code 1881 § 511; 1877 p 109 § 515; 1869 p 124 § 463; 1854 p 202 § 373; RRS § 480.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.84 - Costs. › 4.84.080 - Schedule of attorneys' fees.

RCW 4.84.080
Schedule of attorneys' fees.
When allowed to either party, costs to be called the attorney fee, shall be as follows:
(1) In all actions where judgment is rendered, two hundred dollars.
(2) In all actions where judgment is rendered in the supreme court or the court of appeals, after argument, two hundred dollars.
[ 2004 c 123 § 1; 1985 c 240 § 1; 1981 c 331 § 3; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 30 § 2; Code 1881 § 512; 1877 p 108 § 516; 1869 p 124 § 464; 1854 p 202 § 374; RRS § 481.]
NOTES:
Court Congestion Reduction Act of 1981—Purpose—Severability—1981 c 331: See notes following RCW 2.32.070.
Costs: RCW 4.84.190.
Transmission of record on change of venue—Costs, attorney's fees: RCW 4.12.090.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.84 - Costs. › 4.84.090 - Cost bill—Witnesses to report attendance.

RCW 4.84.090
Cost bill—Witnesses to report attendance.
The prevailing party, in addition to allowance for costs, as provided in RCW 4.84.080, shall also be allowed for all necessary disbursements, including the fees of officers allowed by law, the fees of witnesses, the necessary expenses of taking depositions, by commission or otherwise, and the compensation of referees. The court shall allow the prevailing party all service of process charges in case such process was served by a person or persons not an officer or officers. Such service charge shall be the same as is now allowed or shall in the future be allowed as fee and mileage to an officer. The disbursements shall be stated in detail and verified by affidavit, and shall be served on the opposite party or his or her attorney, and filed with the clerk of the court, within ten days after the judgment: PROVIDED, The clerk of the court shall keep a record of all witnesses in attendance upon any civil action, for whom fees are to be claimed, with the number of days in attendance and their mileage, and no fees or mileage for any witness shall be taxed in the cost bill unless they shall have reported their attendance at the close of each day's session to the clerk in attendance at such trial.
[ 2011 c 336 § 123; 1949 c 146 § 1; 1905 c 16 § 1; Code 1881 § 513; 1877 p 109 § 517; 1869 p 124 § 465; 1854 p 202 § 375; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 482.]
NOTES:
Witness fees and mileage: Chapter 2.40 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.84 - Costs. › 4.84.100 - Costs on postponement of trial.

RCW 4.84.100
Costs on postponement of trial.
When an application shall be made to a court or referees to postpone a trial, the payment to the adverse party of a sum not exceeding ten dollars, besides the fees of witnesses, may be imposed as the condition of granting the postponement.
[Code 1881 § 515; 1877 p 109 § 519; 1854 p 203 § 377; RRS § 484.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.84 - Costs. › 4.84.110 - Costs where tender is made.

RCW 4.84.110
Costs where tender is made.
When in an action for the recovery of money, the defendant alleges in his or her answer, that, before the commencement of the action, he or she tendered to the plaintiff the full amount to which he or she is entitled, in such money as by agreement ought to be tendered, and thereupon brings into court, for the plaintiff, the amount tendered, and the allegation be found true, the plaintiff shall not recover costs, but shall pay them to the defendant.
[ 2011 c 336 § 124; Code 1881 § 516; 1877 p 109 § 520; 1854 p 203 § 378; RRS § 485.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.84 - Costs. › 4.84.120 - Costs where deposit in court is made and rejected.

RCW 4.84.120
Costs where deposit in court is made and rejected.
If the defendant in any action pending, shall at any time deposit with the clerk of the court, for the plaintiff, the amount which he or she admits to be due, together with all costs that have accrued, and notify the plaintiff thereof, and such plaintiff shall refuse to accept the same in discharge of the action, and shall not afterwards recover a larger amount than that deposited with the clerk, exclusive of interest and cost, he or she shall pay all costs that may accrue from the time such money was so deposited.
[ 2011 c 336 § 125; Code 1881 § 517; 1877 p 110 § 521; 1854 p 203 § 379; RRS § 486.]
NOTES:
Conflicting claims, deposit in court, costs: RCW 4.08.170.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.84 - Costs. › 4.84.130 - Costs in appeals from district courts.

RCW 4.84.130
Costs in appeals from district courts.
In all civil actions tried before the district court, in which an appeal shall be taken to the superior court, and the party appellant shall not recover a more favorable judgment in the superior court than before the district court, such appellant shall pay all costs.
[ 1987 c 202 § 122; Code 1881 § 518; 1877 p 110 § 522; 1854 p 203 § 380; RRS § 487.]
NOTES:
Intent—1987 c 202: See note following RCW 2.04.190.
District court appeals: Chapter 12.36 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.84 - Costs. › 4.84.140 - Costs against guardian of infant plaintiff.

RCW 4.84.140
Costs against guardian of infant plaintiff.
When costs are adjudged against an infant plaintiff, the guardian or person by whom he or she appeared in the action shall be responsible therefor, and payment may be enforced by execution.
[ 2011 c 336 § 126; Code 1881 § 519; 1877 p 110 § 523; 1854 p 203 § 381; RRS § 488.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.84 - Costs. › 4.84.150 - Costs against fiduciaries.

RCW 4.84.150
Costs against fiduciaries.
In an action prosecuted or defended by an executor, administrator, trustee of an express trust, or a person expressly authorized by statute, costs shall be recovered as in an action by or against a person prosecuting in his or her own right, but such costs shall be chargeable only upon or collected of the estate of the party represented, unless the court shall direct the same to be paid by the plaintiff or defendant personally, for mismanagement or bad faith in such action or defense.
[ 2011 c 336 § 127; Code 1881 § 520; 1877 p 110 § 524; 1854 p 203 § 382; RRS § 489.]
NOTES:
Actions by and against personal representatives, etc.: Chapter 11.48 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.84 - Costs. › 4.84.160 - Costs against assignee.

RCW 4.84.160
Costs against assignee.
When the cause of action, after the commencement of the action, by assignment, or in any other manner, becomes the property of a person not a party thereto, and the prosecution or defense is thereafter continued, such person shall be liable for the costs in the same manner as if he or she were a party, and payment thereof may be enforced by execution.
[ 2011 c 336 § 128; Code 1881 § 521; 1877 p 110 § 525; 1869 p 125 § 473; 1854 p 203 § 383; RRS § 490.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.84 - Costs. › 4.84.170 - Costs against state or county.

RCW 4.84.170
Costs against state or county.
In all actions prosecuted in the name and for the use of the state, or in the name and for the use of any county, and in any action brought against the state or any county, and on all appeals to the supreme court or the court of appeals of the state in all actions brought by or against either the state or any county, the state or county shall be liable for costs in the same case and to the same extent as private parties.
[ 1971 c 81 § 22; 1959 c 62 § 1; Code 1881 § 522; 1877 p 110 § 526; 1854 p 203 § 384; RRS § 491.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.84 - Costs. › 4.84.185 - Prevailing party to receive expenses for opposing frivolous action or defense.

RCW 4.84.185
Prevailing party to receive expenses for opposing frivolous action or defense.
In any civil action, the court having jurisdiction may, upon written findings by the judge that the action, counterclaim, cross-claim, third party claim, or defense was frivolous and advanced without reasonable cause, require the nonprevailing party to pay the prevailing party the reasonable expenses, including fees of attorneys, incurred in opposing such action, counterclaim, cross-claim, third party claim, or defense. This determination shall be made upon motion by the prevailing party after a voluntary or involuntary order of dismissal, order on summary judgment, final judgment after trial, or other final order terminating the action as to the prevailing party. The judge shall consider all evidence presented at the time of the motion to determine whether the position of the nonprevailing party was frivolous and advanced without reasonable cause. In no event may such motion be filed more than thirty days after entry of the order.
The provisions of this section apply unless otherwise specifically provided by statute.
[ 1991 c 70 § 1; 1987 c 212 § 201; 1983 c 127 § 1.]
NOTES:
Administrative law, frivolous petitions for judicial review: RCW 34.05.598.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.84 - Costs. › 4.84.190 - Costs in proceedings not specifically covered.

RCW 4.84.190
Costs in proceedings not specifically covered.
In all actions and proceedings other than those mentioned in this chapter [and RCW 4.48.100], where no provision is made for the recovery of costs, they may be allowed or not, and if allowed may be apportioned between the parties, in the discretion of the court.
[Code 1881 § 525; 1877 p 111 § 529; 1854 p 204 § 387; RRS § 493.]
NOTES:
Costs: RCW 4.84.080.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.84 - Costs. › 4.84.200 - Retaxation of costs.

RCW 4.84.200
Retaxation of costs.
Any party aggrieved by the taxation of costs by the clerk of the court may, upon application, have the same retaxed by the court in which the action or proceeding is had.
[Code 1881 § 526; 1877 p 111 § 530; 1854 p 204 § 388; RRS § 494.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.84 - Costs. › 4.84.210 - Security for costs.

RCW 4.84.210
Security for costs.
When a plaintiff in an action, or in a garnishment or other proceeding, resides out of the county, or is a foreign corporation, or begins such action or proceeding as the assignee of some other person or of a firm or corporation, as to all causes of action sued upon, security for the costs and charges which may be awarded against such plaintiff may be required by the defendant or garnishee defendant. When required, all proceedings in the action or proceeding shall be stayed until a bond, executed by two or more persons, or by a surety company authorized to do business in this state be filed with the clerk, conditioned that they will pay such costs and charges as may be awarded against the plaintiff by judgment, or in the progress of the action or proceeding, not exceeding the sum of two hundred dollars. A new or additional bond may be ordered by the court or judge, upon proof that the original bond is insufficient security, and proceedings in the action or proceeding stayed until such new or additional bond be executed and filed. The plaintiff may deposit with the clerk the sum of two hundred dollars in lieu of a bond.
[ 1929 c 103 § 1; Code 1881 § 527; 1877 p 111 § 531; 1854 p 204 § 389; RRS § 495.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.84 - Costs. › 4.84.220 - Bond in lieu of separate security.

RCW 4.84.220
Bond in lieu of separate security.
In lieu of separate security for each action or proceeding in any court, the plaintiff may cause to be executed and filed in the court a bond in the penal sum of two hundred dollars running to the state of Washington, with surety as in case of a separate bond, and conditioned for the payment of all judgments for costs which may thereafter be rendered against him or her in that court. Any defendant or garnishee who shall thereafter recover a judgment for costs in said court against the principal on such bond shall likewise be entitled to judgment against the sureties. Such bond shall not be sufficient unless the penalty thereof is unimpaired by any outstanding obligation at the time of the commencement of the action.
[ 2011 c 336 § 129; 1929 c 103 § 2; RRS § 495-1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.84 - Costs. › 4.84.230 - Dismissal for failure to give security.

RCW 4.84.230
Dismissal for failure to give security.
After the lapse of ninety days from the service of notice that security is required or of an order for new or additional security, upon proof thereof, and that no undertaking as required has been filed, the court or judge may order the action to be dismissed.
[ 1933 c 14 § 1; RRS § 495-2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 4 - Civil Procedure › Chapter 4.84 - Costs. › 4.84.240 - Judgment on cost bond.

RCW 4.84.240
Judgment on cost bond.
Whenever any bond or undertaking for the payment of any costs to any party shall be filed in any action or other legal proceeding in any court in this state and judgment should be rendered for any such costs against the principal on any such bonds or against the party primarily liable therefor in whose behalf any such bond or undertaking has been filed, such judgment for costs shall be rendered against the principal on such bond or the party primarily liable therefor and at the same time also against his or her surety or sureties on any or all such bonds or undertakings filed in any such action or other legal proceeding.
[ 2011 c 336 § 130; 1909 c 173 § 1; RRS § 496.]