RCW 12.04.040
Service of complaint and notice.
The complaint and notice shall be served at least five days before the time mentioned in the notice for the defendant to appear and answer the complaint, by delivering to the defendant, or leaving at his or her place of abode, with some person over twelve years of age, a true copy of the complaint and notice.
[ 2010 c 8 § 3003; 1925 ex.s. c 181 § 1; Code 1881 § 1715; 1873 p 337 § 22; RRS § 1761.]
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.