RCW 12.04.030
Action by complaint and notice.
Any person desiring to commence an action before a justice of the peace, by the service of a complaint and notice, can do so by filing his or her complaint verified by his or her own oath or that of his or her agent or attorney with the justice, and when such complaint is so filed, upon payment of his or her fees if demanded, the justice shall attach thereto a notice, which shall be substantially as follows:
The State of Washington,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . County.
ss.
To . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
You are hereby notified to be and appear at my office in . . . . . . on the . . . . day of . . . . . ., (year) . . . ., at the hour of . . . . M., to answer to the foregoing complaint or judgment will be taken against you as confessed and the prayer of the plaintiff granted.
Dated . . . . . ., (year) . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., J. P.
[ 2016 c 202 § 11; 2010 c 8 § 3002; Code 1881 § 1714; 1873 p 336 § 21; 1860 p 245 § 29; RRS § 1759.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 12 - District Courts—Civil Procedure
Chapter 12.04 - Commencement of Actions.
12.04.010 - Civil actions—Commencement.
12.04.020 - Action to recover debt—Summons—Service.
12.04.030 - Action by complaint and notice.
12.04.040 - Service of complaint and notice.
12.04.050 - Process—Who may serve.
12.04.060 - Process—Service by constable or sheriff.
12.04.070 - Process—Return—Fees.
12.04.080 - Process—Service by person appointed by justice—Return—Exceptions.
12.04.100 - Service by publication.
12.04.110 - Proof of service by publication.
12.04.120 - Written admission as proof of service.
12.04.130 - Jurisdiction, when acquired.
12.04.140 - Action by person under eighteen years.
12.04.150 - Action against defendant under eighteen years—Guardian ad litem.
12.04.160 - Time for appearance.
12.04.170 - Security for nonresident costs.
12.04.180 - Cost bond in lieu of security.
12.04.190 - Penalty for failure to execute process or false return.
12.04.200 - Forms or equivalents prescribed.
12.04.204 - Form of order in replevin.
12.04.205 - Form of a writ of attachment.
12.04.206 - Form of undertaking in replevin.
12.04.207 - Form of undertaking in attachment—Form of undertaking to discharge attachment.
12.04.208 - Form of undertaking to indemnify constable on claim of property by a third person.