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Chapter 12.04
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Chapter
12.04
RCW
COMMENCEMENT OF ACTIONS
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12.04.010
Civil actions
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Commencement.
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12.04.020
Action to recover debt
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Summons
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Service.
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12.04.030
Action by complaint and notice.
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12.04.040
Service of complaint and notice.
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12.04.050
Process
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Who may serve.
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12.04.060
Process
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Service by constable or sheriff.
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12.04.070
Process
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Return
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Fees.
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12.04.080
Process
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Service by person appointed by justice
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Return
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Exceptions.
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12.04.090
Proof of service.
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12.04.100
Service by publication.
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12.04.110
Proof of service by publication.
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12.04.120
Written admission as proof of service.
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12.04.130
Jurisdiction, when acquired.
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12.04.140
Action by person under eighteen years.
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12.04.150
Action against defendant under eighteen years
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Guardian ad litem.
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12.04.160
Time for appearance.
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12.04.170
Security for nonresident costs.
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12.04.180
Cost bond in lieu of security.
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12.04.190
Penalty for failure to execute process or false return.
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12.04.200
Forms or equivalents prescribed.
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12.04.201
Form of subpoena.
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12.04.203
Form of execution
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Form of execution against principal and surety, after expiration of stay of execution.
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12.04.204
Form of order in replevin.
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12.04.205
Form of a writ of attachment.
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12.04.206
Form of undertaking in replevin.
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12.04.207
Form of undertaking in attachment
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Form of undertaking to discharge attachment.
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12.04.208
Form of undertaking to indemnify constable on claim of property by a third person.
NOTES:
Reviser's note:
References in this chapter to justices of the peace and courts to be construed to mean district judges and courts: See RCW
3.30.015
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