RCW 19.36.010
Contracts, etc., void unless in writing.
In the following cases, specified in this section, any agreement, contract, and promise shall be void, unless such agreement, contract, or promise, or some note or memorandum thereof, be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or by some person thereunto by him or her lawfully authorized, that is to say: (1) Every agreement that by its terms is not to be performed in one year from the making thereof; (2) every special promise to answer for the debt, default, or misdoings of another person; (3) every agreement, promise, or undertaking made upon consideration of marriage, except mutual promises to marry; (4) every special promise made by an executor or administrator to answer damages out of his or her own estate; (5) an agreement authorizing or employing an agent or broker to sell or purchase real estate for compensation or a commission.
[ 2011 c 336 § 540; 1905 c 58 § 1; RRS § 5825. Prior: Code 1881 § 2325; 1863 p 412 § 2; 1860 p 298 § 2; 1854 p 403 § 2.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous
Chapter 19.36 - Contracts and Credit Agreements Requiring Writings.
19.36.010 - Contracts, etc., void unless in writing.
19.36.020 - Deeds, etc., in trust for grantor void as to creditors.
19.36.100 - "Credit agreement" defined.
19.36.110 - Enforceability of credit agreements—Effect of oral agreements and partial performance.
19.36.120 - Exempt agreements.
19.36.140 - Notice—Form and contents.
19.36.900 - Effective date—Application—1990 c 211.
19.36.901 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.