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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.51 - Abusive Litigation—Domestic Violence. › 26.51.030 - Order restricting abusive litigation—Who may request, when—Instructions, brochures, and forms—Fees.

RCW 26.51.030
Order restricting abusive litigation—Who may request, when—Instructions, brochures, and forms—Fees.
(1) A party to a case may request from the court an order restricting abusive litigation if the parties are current or former intimate partners and one party has been found by the court to have committed domestic violence against the other party:
(a) In any answer or response to the litigation being filed, initiated, advanced, or continued;
(b) By motion made at any time during any open or ongoing case; or
(c) By separate motion made under this chapter, within five years of the entry of an order for protection even if the order has since expired.
(2) Any court of competent jurisdiction may, on its own motion, determine that a hearing pursuant to RCW 26.51.040 is necessary to determine if a party is engaging in abusive litigation.
(3) The administrative office of the courts shall update the instructions, brochures, standard petition, and order for protection forms, and create new forms for the motion for order restricting abusive litigation and order restricting abusive litigation, and update the court staff handbook when changes in the law make an update necessary.
(4) No filing fee may be charged to the unrestricted party for proceedings under this section regardless of whether it is filed under this chapter or another action in this title. Forms and instructional brochures shall be provided free of charge.
(5) The provisions of this section are nonexclusive and do not affect any other remedy available.
[ 2020 c 311 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.51 - Abusive Litigation—Domestic Violence. › 26.51.040 - Hearing—Procedure.

RCW 26.51.040
Hearing—Procedure.
(1) If a party asserts that they are being subjected to abusive litigation, the court shall attempt to verify that the parties have or previously had an intimate partner relationship and that the party raising the claim of abusive litigation has been found to be a victim of domestic violence by the other party. If the court verifies that both elements are true, or is unable to verify that they are not true, the court shall set a hearing to determine whether the litigation meets the definition of abusive litigation.
(2) At the time set for the hearing on the alleged abusive civil action, the court shall hear all relevant testimony and may require any affidavits, documentary evidence, or other records the court deems necessary.
[ 2020 c 311 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.51 - Abusive Litigation—Domestic Violence. › 26.51.050 - Evidence creating a rebuttable presumption that the litigation is primarily for the purpose of harassing, intimidating, or maintaining contact with the other party.

RCW 26.51.050
Evidence creating a rebuttable presumption that the litigation is primarily for the purpose of harassing, intimidating, or maintaining contact with the other party.
At the hearing conducted pursuant to RCW 26.51.040, evidence of any of the following creates a rebuttable presumption that litigation is being initiated, advanced, or continued primarily for the purpose of harassing, intimidating, or maintaining contact with the other party:
(1) The same or substantially similar issues between the same or substantially similar parties have been litigated within the past five years in the same court or any other court of competent jurisdiction; or
(2) The same or substantially similar issues between the same or substantially similar parties have been raised, pled, or alleged in the past five years and were dismissed on the merits or with prejudice; or
(3) Within the last ten years, the party allegedly engaging in abusive litigation has been sanctioned under superior court civil rule 11 or a similar rule or law in another jurisdiction for filing one or more cases, petitions, motions, or other filings, that were found to have been frivolous, vexatious, intransigent, or brought in bad faith involving the same opposing party; or
(4) A court of record in another judicial district has determined that the party allegedly engaging in abusive litigation has previously engaged in abusive litigation or similar conduct and has been subject to a court order imposing prefiling restrictions.
[ 2020 c 311 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.51 - Abusive Litigation—Domestic Violence. › 26.51.060 - Burden of proof—Dismissal or denial of pending abusive litigation—Entry of order restricting abusive litigation.

RCW 26.51.060
Burden of proof—Dismissal or denial of pending abusive litigation—Entry of order restricting abusive litigation.
(1) If the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that a party is engaging in abusive litigation, and that any or all of the motions or actions pending before the court are abusive litigation, the litigation shall be dismissed, denied, stricken, or resolved by other disposition with prejudice.
(2) In addition to dismissal or denial of any pending abusive litigation within the jurisdiction of the court, the court shall enter an "order restricting abusive litigation." The order shall:
(a) Impose all costs of any abusive civil action pending in the court at the time of the court's finding pursuant to subsection (1) of this section against the party advancing the abusive litigation;
(b) Award the other party reasonable attorneys' fees and costs of responding to the abusive litigation including the cost of seeking the order restricting abusive litigation; and
(c) Identify the party protected by the order and impose prefiling restrictions upon the party found to have engaged in abusive litigation for a period of not less than forty-eight months nor more than seventy-two months.
(3) If the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the litigation does not constitute abusive litigation, the court shall enter written findings and the litigation shall proceed. Nothing in this section or chapter shall be construed as limiting the court's inherent authority to control the proceedings and litigants before it.
(4) The provisions of this section are nonexclusive and do not affect any other remedy available to the person who is protected by the order restricting abusive litigation or to the court.
[ 2020 c 311 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.51 - Abusive Litigation—Domestic Violence. › 26.51.900 - Construction—2020 c 311.

RCW 26.51.900
Construction—2020 c 311.
This act shall be construed liberally so as to effectuate the goal of protecting survivors of domestic violence from abusive litigation.
[ 2020 c 311 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.51 - Abusive Litigation—Domestic Violence. › 26.51.901 - Effective date—2020 c 311.

RCW 26.51.901
Effective date—2020 c 311.
This act takes effect January 1, 2021.
[ 2020 c 311 § 13.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.52 - Foreign Protection Order Full Faith and Credit Act. › 26.52.005 - Findings—Intent.

RCW 26.52.005
Findings—Intent.
The problem of women fleeing across state lines to escape their abusers is epidemic in the United States. In 1994, Congress enacted the violence against women act (VAWA) as Title IV of the violent crime control and law enforcement act (P.L. 103-322). The VAWA provides for improved prevention and prosecution of violent crimes against women and children. Section 2265 of the VAWA (Title IV, P.L. 103-322) provides for nationwide enforcement of civil and criminal protection orders in state and tribal courts throughout the country.
The legislature finds that existing statutes may not provide an adequate mechanism for victims, police, prosecutors, and courts to enforce a foreign protection order in our state. It is the intent of the legislature that the barriers faced by persons entitled to protection under a foreign protection order will be removed and that violations of foreign protection orders be criminally prosecuted in this state.
[ 1999 c 184 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.52 - Foreign Protection Order Full Faith and Credit Act. › 26.52.010 - Definitions.

RCW 26.52.010
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Domestic or family violence" includes, but is not limited to, conduct when committed by one family member against another that is classified in the jurisdiction where the conduct occurred as a domestic violence crime or a crime committed in another jurisdiction that under the laws of this state would be classified as domestic violence under RCW 10.99.020.
(2) "Family members" means intimate partners and family or household members as those terms are defined in RCW 7.105.010.
(3) "Foreign protection order" means an injunction or other order related to domestic or family violence, harassment, sexual abuse, or stalking, for the purpose of preventing violent or threatening acts or harassment against, or contact or communication with or physical proximity to another person issued by a court of another state, territory, or possession of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia, or any United States military tribunal, or a tribal court, in a civil or criminal action.
(4) "Harassment" includes, but is not limited to, conduct that is classified in the jurisdiction where the conduct occurred as harassment or a crime committed in another jurisdiction that under the laws of this state would be classified as harassment under RCW 9A.46.040.
(5) "Judicial day" does not include Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays in Washington state.
(6) "Person entitled to protection" means a person, regardless of whether the person was the moving party in the foreign jurisdiction, who is benefited by the foreign protection order.
(7) "Person under restraint" means a person, regardless of whether the person was the responding party in the foreign jurisdiction, whose ability to contact or communicate with another person, or to be physically close to another person, is restricted by the foreign protection order.
(8) "Sexual abuse" includes, but is not limited to, conduct that is classified in the jurisdiction where the conduct occurred as a sex offense or a crime committed in another jurisdiction that under the laws of this state would be classified as a sex offense under RCW 9.94A.030.
(9) "Stalking" includes, but is not limited to, conduct that is classified in the jurisdiction where the conduct occurred as stalking or a crime committed in another jurisdiction that under the laws of this state would be classified as stalking under RCW 9A.46.110.
(10) "Washington court" includes the superior, district, and municipal courts of the state of Washington.
[ 2021 c 215 § 144; 1999 c 184 § 3.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2022 c 268; 2021 c 215: See note following RCW 7.105.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.52 - Foreign Protection Order Full Faith and Credit Act. › 26.52.020 - Foreign protection orders—Validity.

RCW 26.52.020
Foreign protection orders—Validity.
A foreign protection order is valid if the issuing court had jurisdiction over the parties and matter under the law of the state, territory, possession, tribe, or United States military tribunal. There is a presumption in favor of validity where an order appears authentic on its face.
A person under restraint must be given reasonable notice and the opportunity to be heard before the order of the foreign state, territory, possession, tribe, or United States military tribunal was issued, provided, in the case of ex parte orders, notice and opportunity to be heard was given as soon as possible after the order was issued, consistent with due process.
[ 1999 c 184 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.52 - Foreign Protection Order Full Faith and Credit Act. › 26.52.040 - Filed foreign protection orders—Transmittal to law enforcement agency—Entry into law enforcement information system.

RCW 26.52.040
Filed foreign protection orders—Transmittal to law enforcement agency—Entry into law enforcement information system.
(1) The clerk of the court shall forward a copy of a foreign protection order that is filed under this chapter on or before the next judicial day to the county sheriff along with the completed information form. The clerk may forward the foreign protection order to the county sheriff by facsimile or electronic transmission.
Upon receipt of a filed foreign protection order, the county sheriff shall immediately enter the foreign protection order into any computer-based criminal intelligence information system available in this state used by law enforcement agencies to list outstanding warrants. The foreign protection order must remain in the computer for the period stated in the order. The county sheriff shall only expunge from the computer-based criminal intelligence information system foreign protection orders that are expired, vacated, or superseded. Entry into the law enforcement information system constitutes notice to all law enforcement agencies of the existence of the foreign protection order. The foreign protection order is fully enforceable in any county in the state.
(2) The information entered into the computer-based criminal intelligence information system must include, if available, notice to law enforcement whether the foreign protection order was served and the method of service.
[ 1999 c 184 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.52 - Foreign Protection Order Full Faith and Credit Act. › 26.52.050 - Peace officer immunity.

RCW 26.52.050
Peace officer immunity.
A peace officer or a peace officer's legal advisor may not be held criminally or civilly liable for making an arrest under this chapter if the peace officer or the peace officer's legal advisor acted in good faith and without malice.
[ 1999 c 184 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.52 - Foreign Protection Order Full Faith and Credit Act. › 26.52.060 - Fees not permitted for filing, preparation, or copies.

RCW 26.52.060
Fees not permitted for filing, preparation, or copies.
A public agency may not charge a fee for filing or preparation of certified, authenticated, or exemplified copies to a person entitled to protection who seeks relief under this chapter or to a foreign prosecutor or a foreign law enforcement agency seeking to enforce a protection order entered by a Washington court. A person entitled to protection and foreign prosecutors or law enforcement agencies must be provided the necessary number of certified, authenticated, or exemplified copies at no cost.
[ 1999 c 184 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.52 - Foreign Protection Order Full Faith and Credit Act. › 26.52.070 - Violation of foreign orders—Penalties.

RCW 26.52.070
Violation of foreign orders—Penalties.
(1) Whenever a foreign protection order is granted to a person entitled to protection and the person under restraint knows of the foreign protection order, a violation of a provision prohibiting the person under restraint from contacting or communicating with another person, or of a provision excluding the person under restraint from a residence, workplace, school, or day care, or of a provision prohibiting a person from knowingly coming within, or knowingly remaining within, a specified distance of a location, a protected party's person, or a protected party's vehicle, or a violation of any provision for which the foreign protection order specifically indicates that a violation will be a crime, is punishable under RCW 7.105.450.
(2) A peace officer shall arrest without a warrant and take into custody a person when the peace officer has probable cause to believe that a foreign protection order has been issued of which the person under restraint has knowledge and the person under restraint has violated a provision of the foreign protection order that prohibits the person under restraint from contacting or communicating with another person, or a provision that excludes the person under restraint from a residence, workplace, school, or day care, or of a provision prohibiting a person from knowingly coming within, or knowingly remaining within, a specified distance of a location, a protected party's person, or a protected party's vehicle, or a violation of any provision for which the foreign protection order specifically indicates that a violation will be a crime. Presence of the order in the law enforcement computer-based criminal intelligence information system is not the only means of establishing knowledge of the order.
[ 2021 c 215 § 145; 2000 c 119 § 26; 1999 c 184 § 9.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2022 c 268; 2021 c 215: See note following RCW 7.105.900.
Application—2000 c 119: See note following RCW 10.31.100.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.52 - Foreign Protection Order Full Faith and Credit Act. › 26.52.080 - Child custody disputes.

RCW 26.52.080
Child custody disputes.
(1) Any disputes regarding provisions in foreign protection orders dealing with custody of children, residential placement of children, or visitation with children shall be resolved judicially. The proper venue and jurisdiction for such judicial proceedings shall be determined in accordance with chapter 26.27 RCW and in accordance with the parental kidnapping prevention act, 28 U.S.C. 1738A.
(2) A peace officer shall not remove a child from his or her current placement unless:
(a) A writ of habeas corpus to produce the child has been issued by a superior court of this state; or
(b) There is probable cause to believe that the child is abused or neglected and the child would be injured or could not be taken into custody if it were necessary to first obtain a court order pursuant to RCW 13.34.050.
[ 1999 c 184 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.52 - Foreign Protection Order Full Faith and Credit Act. › 26.52.900 - Short title—1999 c 184.

RCW 26.52.900
Short title—1999 c 184.
This act may be known and cited as the foreign protection order full faith and credit act.
[ 1999 c 184 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.55 - Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act. › 26.55.010 - Definitions.

RCW 26.55.010
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Canadian domestic violence protection order" means a judgment or part of a judgment or order issued in a civil proceeding by a court of Canada under law of the issuing jurisdiction which relates to domestic violence.
(2) "Domestic violence protection order" means an injunction or other order issued by a court which relates to domestic or family violence laws to prevent an individual from engaging in violent or threatening acts against, harassment of, direct or indirect contact or communication with, or being in physical proximity to another individual.
(3) "Issuing court" means the court that issues a Canadian domestic violence protection order.
(4) "Law enforcement officer" means an individual authorized by law of this state other than this chapter to enforce a domestic violence protection order.
(5) "Person" means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or other legal entity.
(6) "Protected individual" means an individual protected by a Canadian domestic violence protection order.
(7) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
(8) "Respondent" means an individual against whom a Canadian domestic violence protection order is issued.
(9) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. The term includes a federally recognized Indian tribe.
[ 2021 c 215 § 79; 2019 c 263 § 902.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2022 c 268; 2021 c 215: See note following RCW 7.105.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.55 - Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act. › 26.55.015 - Enforceability—Evidence—Extent—Filing not required.

RCW 26.55.015
Enforceability—Evidence—Extent—Filing not required.
(1) A Canadian domestic violence protection order that identifies both a protected individual and a respondent and appears valid on its face is prima facie evidence of its enforceability under chapter 215, Laws of 2021.
(2) A Canadian domestic violence protection order is enforceable only to the extent it prohibits a respondent from the following conduct as ordered by a Canadian court:
(a) Being in physical proximity to a protected individual or following a protected individual;
(b) Directly or indirectly contacting or communicating with a protected individual or other individual described in the order;
(c) Being within a certain distance of a specified place or location associated with a protected individual; or
(d) Molesting, annoying, harassing, or engaging in threatening conduct directed at a protected individual.
(3) Neither filing with the clerk of the court under RCW 26.55.040 nor obtaining an order granting recognition and enforcement under RCW 26.55.030 is required prior to the enforcement of a Canadian domestic violence protection order by a law enforcement officer.
[ 2021 c 215 § 80.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2022 c 268; 2021 c 215: See note following RCW 7.105.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.55 - Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act. › 26.55.020 - Enforcement of Canadian domestic violence protection order by law enforcement officer.

RCW 26.55.020
Enforcement of Canadian domestic violence protection order by law enforcement officer.
(1) If a law enforcement officer determines under subsection (2) or (3) of this section that there is probable cause to believe a Canadian domestic violence protection order exists and that one or more of the provisions of the order identified in RCW 26.55.015 have been violated, the officer shall enforce the terms of the Canadian domestic violence protection order as if the terms were in an order issued in Washington state.
(2) Presentation to a law enforcement officer of a record of a Canadian domestic violence protection order that identifies both a protected individual and a respondent, and on its face is in effect, constitutes probable cause to believe that an enforceable order exists.
(3) If a record of a Canadian domestic violence protection order is not presented as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a law enforcement officer is not prohibited from considering other relevant information in determining whether there is probable cause to believe that a Canadian domestic violence protection order exists.
(4) If a law enforcement officer determines that a Canadian domestic violence protection order cannot be enforced because the respondent has not been notified of or served with the order, the officer shall notify the protected individual that the officer will make reasonable efforts to contact the respondent, consistent with the safety of the protected individual. After notice to the protected individual and consistent with the safety of the individual, the officer shall make a reasonable effort to inform the respondent of the order, notify the respondent of the terms of the order, provide a record of the order, if available, to the respondent, and allow the respondent a reasonable opportunity to comply with the order before the officer enforces the order.
(5) If a law enforcement officer determines that an individual is a protected individual, the officer shall inform the individual of available local victim services.
[ 2021 c 215 § 81; 2019 c 263 § 903.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2022 c 268; 2021 c 215: See note following RCW 7.105.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.55 - Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act. › 26.55.040 - Filing of Canadian domestic violence protection order.

RCW 26.55.040
Filing of Canadian domestic violence protection order.
(1) A person entitled to protection who has a Canadian domestic violence protection order may file that order by presenting a certified, authenticated, or exemplified copy of the Canadian domestic violence protection order to a clerk of the court of a Washington court according to RCW 7.105.075. Any out-of-state department, agency, or court responsible for maintaining protection order records, may by facsimile or electronic transmission send a reproduction of the foreign protection order to the clerk of the court of Washington as long as it contains a facsimile or digital signature by any person authorized to make such transmission.
(2) An individual filing a Canadian domestic violence protection order under this section shall also file a declaration signed under penalty of perjury stating that, to the best of the individual's knowledge, the order is valid and in effect.
(3) On receipt of a certified, authenticated, or exemplified copy of a Canadian domestic violence protection order and declaration signed under penalty of perjury stating that, to the best of the individual's knowledge, the order is valid and in effect, the clerk of the court shall file the order in accordance with this section.
(4) After a Canadian domestic violence protection order is filed under this section, the clerk of the court shall provide the individual filing the order a certified copy of the filed order.
(5) A fee may not be charged for the filing of a Canadian domestic violence protection order under this section.
[ 2021 c 215 § 83; 2019 c 263 § 905.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2022 c 268; 2021 c 215: See note following RCW 7.105.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.55 - Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act. › 26.55.045 - Forwarding of order to law enforcement agency.

RCW 26.55.045
Forwarding of order to law enforcement agency.
(1) A copy of a Canadian domestic violence protection order filed with the clerk, an order granting recognition and enforcement, or an order denying recognition and enforcement under this chapter, shall be forwarded by the clerk of the court on or before the next judicial day to the law enforcement agency specified in the order. An order granting or denying recognition and enforcement shall be accompanied by a copy of the related Canadian domestic violence protection order.
(2) Upon receipt of the order, the law enforcement agency shall comply with the requirements of RCW 7.105.325.
[ 2021 c 215 § 84.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2022 c 268; 2021 c 215: See note following RCW 7.105.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.55 - Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act. › 26.55.050 - Immunity from civil and criminal liability.

RCW 26.55.050
Immunity from civil and criminal liability.
The state, state agency, local governmental agency, law enforcement officer, prosecuting attorney, clerk of court, and state or local governmental official acting in an official capacity are immune from civil and criminal liability for an act or omission arising out of the filing or recognition and enforcement of a Canadian domestic violence protection order or the detention or arrest of an alleged violator of a Canadian domestic violence protection order if the act or omission was a good faith effort to comply with this chapter.
[ 2021 c 215 § 85; 2019 c 263 § 906.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2022 c 268; 2021 c 215: See note following RCW 7.105.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.55 - Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act. › 26.55.060 - Other remedies.

RCW 26.55.060
Other remedies.
An individual who seeks a remedy under this chapter may seek other legal or equitable remedies.
[ 2019 c 263 § 907.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.55 - Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act. › 26.55.900 - Uniformity of application and construction—2019 c 263.

RCW 26.55.900
Uniformity of application and construction—2019 c 263.
In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
[ 2019 c 263 § 908.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.55 - Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act. › 26.55.901 - Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.

RCW 26.55.901
Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.
This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the electronic signatures in global and national commerce act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 7003(b).
[ 2019 c 263 § 909.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.55 - Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act. › 26.55.902 - Applicability.

RCW 26.55.902
Applicability.
This chapter applies to a Canadian domestic violence protection order issued before, on, or after January 1, 2020, and to a continuing action for enforcement of a Canadian domestic violence protection order commenced before, on, or after January 1, 2020. A request for enforcement of a Canadian domestic violence protection order made on or after January 1, 2020, for a violation of the order occurring before, on, or after January 1, 2020, is governed by this chapter.
[ 2019 c 263 § 910.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.55 - Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act. › 26.55.903 - Effective date—2019 c 263 §§ 901-915, 1001, and 1002.

RCW 26.55.903
Effective date—2019 c 263 §§ 901-915, 1001, and 1002.
Sections 901 through 915, 1001, and 1002 of this act take effect January 1, 2020.
[ 2019 c 263 § 1003.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.60 - State Registered Domestic Partnerships. › 26.60.010 - Finding.

RCW 26.60.010
Finding.
Many Washingtonians are in intimate, committed, and exclusive relationships with another person to whom they are not legally married. These relationships are important to the individuals involved and their families; they also benefit the public by providing a private source of mutual support for the financial, physical, and emotional health of those individuals and their families. The public has an interest in providing a legal framework for such mutually supportive relationships, whether the partners are of the same or different sexes, and irrespective of their sexual orientation.
The legislature finds that the public interest would be served by extending rights and benefits to couples in which either or both of the partners are at least sixty-two years of age. While these couples are entitled to marry under the state's marriage statutes, some social security and pension laws nevertheless make it impractical for these couples to marry. For this reason, chapter 156, Laws of 2007 specifically allows couples to enter into a state registered domestic partnership if one of the persons is at least sixty-two years of age, the age at which many people choose to retire and are eligible to begin collecting social security and pension benefits.
The rights granted to state registered domestic partners in chapter 156, Laws of 2007 will further Washington's interest in promoting family relationships and protecting family members during life crises. Chapter 156, Laws of 2007 does not affect marriage or any other ways in which legal rights and responsibilities between two adults may be created, recognized, or given effect in Washington.
[ 2012 c 3 § 8 (Referendum Measure No. 74, approved November 6, 2012); 2007 c 156 § 1.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2012 c 3 §§ 8 and 9: "Sections 8 and 9 of this act take effect June 30, 2014, but only if all other provisions of this act are implemented." [ 2012 c 3 § 18 (Referendum Measure No. 74, approved November 6, 2012).]
Notice—2012 c 3: See note following RCW 26.04.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.60 - State Registered Domestic Partnerships. › 26.60.015 - Intent.

RCW 26.60.015
Intent.
It is the intent of the legislature that for all purposes under state law, state registered domestic partners shall be treated the same as married spouses. Any privilege, immunity, right, benefit, or responsibility granted or imposed by statute, administrative or court rule, policy, common law or any other law to an individual because the individual is or was a spouse, or because the individual is or was an in-law in a specified way to another individual, is granted on equivalent terms, substantive and procedural, to an individual because the individual is or was in a state registered domestic partnership or because the individual is or was, based on a state registered domestic partnership, related in a specified way to another individual. The provisions of chapter 521, Laws of 2009 shall be liberally construed to achieve equal treatment, to the extent not in conflict with federal law, of state registered domestic partners and married spouses.
[ 2009 c 521 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.60 - State Registered Domestic Partnerships. › 26.60.020 - Definitions.

RCW 26.60.020
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "State registered domestic partners" means two adults who meet the requirements for a valid state registered domestic partnership as established by RCW 26.60.030 and who have been issued a certificate of state registered domestic partnership by the secretary.
(2) "Secretary" means the secretary of state's office.
(3) "Share a common residence" means inhabit the same residence. Two persons shall be considered to share a common residence even if:
(a) Only one of the domestic partners has legal ownership of the common residence;
(b) One or both domestic partners have additional residences not shared with the other domestic partner; or
(c) One domestic partner leaves the common residence with the intent to return.
[ 2007 c 156 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.60 - State Registered Domestic Partnerships. › 26.60.025 - Definition—Domestic partnership.

RCW 26.60.025
Definition—Domestic partnership.
Whenever the term "domestic partnership" is used in the Revised Code of Washington it shall be defined to mean "state registered domestic partnership" and whenever the term "domestic partner" is used in the Revised Code of Washington it shall be defined to mean "state registered domestic partner."
[ 2008 c 6 § 1201.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.60 - State Registered Domestic Partnerships. › 26.60.030 - Requirements.

RCW 26.60.030
Requirements.
To enter into a state registered domestic partnership the two persons involved must meet the following requirements:
(1) Both persons share a common residence;
(2) Both persons are at least eighteen years of age and at least one of the persons is sixty-two years of age or older;
(3) Neither person is married to someone other than the party to the domestic partnership and neither person is in a state registered domestic partnership with another person;
(4) Both persons are capable of consenting to the domestic partnership; and
(5) Both of the following are true:
(a) The persons are not nearer of kin to each other than second cousins, whether of the whole or half blood computing by the rules of the civil law; and
(b) Neither person is a sibling, child, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew to the other person.
[ 2012 c 3 § 9 (Referendum Measure No. 74, approved November 6, 2012); 2007 c 156 § 4.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2012 c 3 §§ 8 and 9: See note following RCW 26.60.010.
Notice—2012 c 3: See note following RCW 26.04.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.60 - State Registered Domestic Partnerships. › 26.60.040 - Registration—Records—Fees.

RCW 26.60.040
Registration—Records—Fees.
(1) Two persons desiring to become state registered domestic partners who meet the requirements of RCW 26.60.030 may register their domestic partnership by filing a declaration of state registered domestic partnership with the secretary and paying the filing fee established pursuant to subsection (4) of this section. The declaration must be signed by both parties and notarized.
(2) Upon receipt of a signed, notarized declaration and the filing fee, the secretary shall register the declaration and provide a certificate of state registered domestic partnership to each party named on the declaration.
(3) The secretary shall permanently maintain a record of each declaration of state registered domestic partnership filed with the secretary. The secretary has the authority to update the records to reflect changes in the status of a state registered domestic partnership, such as a change of address, name, dissolution, or death. The secretary shall provide the state registrar of vital statistics with records of declarations of state registered domestic partnerships.
(4) The secretary shall set by rule and collect a reasonable fee for filing the declaration, calculated to cover the secretary's costs, but not to exceed fifty dollars. Fees collected under this section are expressly designated for deposit in the secretary of state's revolving fund established under RCW 43.07.130.
[ 2009 c 521 § 71; 2007 c 156 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.60 - State Registered Domestic Partnerships. › 26.60.060 - Domestic partnerships created by subdivisions of the state.

RCW 26.60.060
Domestic partnerships created by subdivisions of the state.
(1)(a) A domestic partnership created by a subdivision of the state is not a state registered domestic partnership for the purposes of a state registered domestic partnership under this chapter. Those persons desiring to become state registered domestic partners under this chapter must register pursuant to RCW 26.60.040.
(b) A subdivision of the state that provides benefits to the domestic partners of its employees and chooses to use the definition of state registered domestic partner as set forth in RCW 26.60.020 must allow the certificate issued by the secretary of state to satisfy any registration requirements of the subdivision. A subdivision that uses the definition of state registered domestic partner as set forth in RCW 26.60.020 shall notify the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall compile and maintain a list of all subdivisions that have filed such notice. The secretary of state shall post this list on the secretary's web page and provide a copy of the list to each person that receives a certificate of state registered domestic partnership under RCW 26.60.040(2).
(c) Nothing in this section shall affect domestic partnerships created by any public entity.
(2) Nothing in chapter 156, Laws of 2007 affects any remedy available in common law.
[ 2007 c 156 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.60 - State Registered Domestic Partnerships. › 26.60.070 - Patient visitation.

RCW 26.60.070
Patient visitation.
A patient's state registered domestic partner shall have the same rights as a spouse with respect to visitation of the patient in a health care facility as defined in RCW 48.43.005.
[ 2007 c 156 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.60 - State Registered Domestic Partnerships. › 26.60.080 - Community property rights—Date of application.

RCW 26.60.080
Community property rights—Date of application.
Any community property rights of domestic partners established by chapter 6, Laws of 2008 shall apply from the date of the initial registration of the domestic partnership or June 12, 2008, whichever is later.
[ 2008 c 6 § 601.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.60 - State Registered Domestic Partnerships. › 26.60.090 - Reciprocity.

RCW 26.60.090
Reciprocity.
A legal union, other than a marriage, of two persons that was validly formed in another jurisdiction, and that is substantially equivalent to a domestic partnership under this chapter, shall be recognized as a valid domestic partnership in this state and shall be treated the same as a domestic partnership registered in this state regardless of whether it bears the name domestic partnership.
[ 2012 c 3 § 12 (Referendum Measure No. 74, approved November 6, 2012); 2011 c 9 § 1; 2009 c 521 § 72; 2008 c 6 § 1101.]
NOTES:
Notice—2012 c 3: See note following RCW 26.04.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.60 - State Registered Domestic Partnerships. › 26.60.100 - Application for marriage—Dissolution of partnership by marriage—Automatic merger of partnership into marriage—Legal date of marriage.

RCW 26.60.100
Application for marriage—Dissolution of partnership by marriage—Automatic merger of partnership into marriage—Legal date of marriage.
(1) Partners in a state registered domestic partnership may apply and receive a marriage license and have such marriage solemnized pursuant to chapter 26.04 RCW, so long as the parties are otherwise eligible to marry, and the parties to the marriage are the same as the parties to the state registered domestic partnership.
(2) A state registered domestic partnership is dissolved by operation of law by any marriage of the same parties to each other, as of the date of the marriage stated in the certificate.
(3)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, any state registered domestic partnership in which the parties are the same sex, and neither party is sixty-two years of age or older, that has not been dissolved or converted into a marriage by the parties by June 30, 2014, is automatically merged into a marriage and is deemed a marriage as of June 30, 2014.
(b) If the parties to a state registered domestic partnership have proceedings for dissolution, annulment, or legal separation pending as of June 30, 2014, the parties' state registered domestic partnership is not automatically merged into a marriage and the dissolution, annulment, or legal separation of the state registered domestic partnership is governed by the provisions of the statutes applicable to state registered domestic partnerships in effect before June 30, 2014. If such proceedings are finalized without dissolution, annulment, or legal separation, the state registered domestic partnership is automatically merged into a marriage and is deemed a marriage as of June 30, 2014.
(4) For purposes of determining the legal rights and responsibilities involving individuals who had previously had a state registered domestic partnership and have been issued a marriage license or are deemed married under the provisions of this section, the date of the original state registered domestic partnership is the legal date of the marriage. Nothing in this subsection prohibits a different date from being included on the marriage license.
[ 2012 c 3 § 10 (Referendum Measure No. 74, approved November 6, 2012).]
NOTES:
Notice—2012 c 3: See note following RCW 26.04.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.60 - State Registered Domestic Partnerships. › 26.60.900 - Part headings not law—2008 c 6.

RCW 26.60.900
Part headings not law—2008 c 6.
Part headings used in this act are not any part of the law.
[ 2008 c 6 § 1301.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 26 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 26.60 - State Registered Domestic Partnerships. › 26.60.901 - Severability—2008 c 6.

RCW 26.60.901
Severability—2008 c 6.
If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
[ 2008 c 6 § 1302.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 27 - Libraries, Museums, and Historical Activities › RCW Dispositions › 27.04 STATE LIBRARY

Sections
27.04.020 Library commission.
[1999 c 123 § 2; 1984 c 287 § 58; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 34 § 66; 1967 c 198 § 1; 1963 c 202 § 1; 1961 c 45 § 1; 1941 c 5 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 10771-2. Prior: See Reviser's note following RCW 27.04.010.]
Repealed by 2002 c 342 § 7, effective July 1, 2002.
27.04.030 Duties of commission.
[1999 c 123 § 3; 1987 c 330 § 401; 1986 c 79 § 1; 1984 c 152 § 1; 1943 c 207 § 2; 1941 c 5 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 10771-3. Prior: See Reviser's note following RCW 27.04.010.]
Repealed by 2002 c 342 § 7, effective July 1, 2002.
27.04.035 Duties of commission — Contracts for services to the blind.
[1955 c 170 § 1.]
Repealed by 1984 c 152 § 4.
27.04.037 Duties of commission — Deposit of copies of state publications.
[1977 ex.s. c 232 § 7.]
Repealed by 1984 c 152 § 4.
27.04.040 Library service to be expanded.
[1945 c 232 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 10771-4. Prior: See Reviser's note following RCW 27.04.010.]
Repealed by 1984 c 152 § 4.
27.04.050 Duties of librarian.
[1984 c 152 § 3; 1943 c 207 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 8225-2. Prior: See Reviser's note following RCW 27.04.010.]
Repealed by 1999 c 123 § 6.
27.04.060 Commission may accept federal funds.
[1949 c 39 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 8216-1. Prior: See Reviser's note following RCW 27.04.010.]
Repealed by 1984 c 152 § 4.
27.04.070 Contracts to provide state agencies with library materials, supplies, equipment and personnel.
[1967 c 67 § 1.]
Repealed by 1984 c 152 § 4.
27.04.080 Sale of library materials authorized — Disposition of proceeds.
Cross-reference section, decodified September 1999.
27.04.090 Depository for newspapers.
[1981 c 220 § 1.]
Repealed by 1984 c 152 § 4.
27.04.110 Learn-in-libraries program.
[1998 c 245 § 10; 1991 c 91 § 1; 1990 c 290 § 2.]
Repealed by 1999 c 123 § 6.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 27 - Libraries, Museums, and Historical Activities › RCW Dispositions › 27.08 STATE CERTIFICATION OF LIBRARIANS

Sections
27.08.010 State librarians' certification board created — Compensation of members — Powers — Certificate fee — Expenses of board — Certified librarians required.
[1984 c 287 § 59; 1973 c 106 § 12; 1935 c 119 § 11; RRS § 8226-11. Formerly RCW 27.08.010, 27.08.020, 27.08.030, 27.08.040, and 27.08.050.]
Repealed by 1987 c 330 § 402. Later enactment, See RCW 27.04.030(10).
27.08.020 Powers in general.
[1935 c 119 § 11, part; RRS § 8226-11, part.]
Now codified in RCW 27.08.010(1).
27.08.030 Librarians' certificates.
[1935 c 119 § 11, part; RRS § 8226-11, part.]
Now codified as RCW 27.08.010(2).
27.08.040 Fee.
[1935 c 119 § 11, part; RRS § 8226-11, part.]
Now codified as RCW 27.08.010(4).
27.08.045 Funds for payment of expenses.
[1955 c 295 § 1.]
Repealed by 1987 c 330 § 402.
27.08.050 Certified librarians required.
[1935 c 119 § 11, part; RRS 8226-11, part.]
Now codified as RCW 27.08.010 (5), (6) and (7).