RCW 12.04.050: Process—Who may serve.

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12.04.040 << 12.04.050 >> 12.04.060

PDFRCW 12.04.050

Process—Who may serve.

All process issued by district court judges of the state and all executions and writs of attachment or of replevin shall be served by a sheriff or a deputy, but a summons or notice and complaint may be served by any citizen of the state of Washington over the age of eighteen years and not a party to the action.

[ 1987 c 442 § 1102; 1971 ex.s. c 292 § 11; 1903 c 19 § 1; 1895 c 102 § 1; 1893 c 108 § 1; Code 1881 § 1716; 1873 p 337 § 23; RRS § 1762. Formerly RCW 12.04.050 and 12.04.060, part.]

NOTES:

Severability—1971 ex.s. c 292: See note following RCW 26.28.010.