RCW 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.
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.