RCW 19.72.140
Suretyship—Raising issue as defendant.
When any action is brought against two or more defendants upon a contract, any one or more of the defendants being surety for the others, the surety may, upon a written complaint to the court, cause the question of suretyship to be tried and determined upon the issues made by the parties at the trial of the cause, or at any time before or after the trial, or at a subsequent term, but such proceedings shall not affect the proceedings of the plaintiff.
[Code 1881 § 646; RRS § 976. Prior: 1877 p 134 § 649; 1869 p 150 § 586; 1854 p 210 § 428. FORMER PART OF SECTION: Code 1881 § 647; RRS § 977, now codified as RCW 19.72.141.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous
19.72.020 - Individual sureties—Eligibility.
19.72.030 - Individual sureties—Number—Qualification.
19.72.040 - Individual sureties—Examination—Approval.
19.72.070 - Subrogation of surety.
19.72.080 - Contribution among sureties.
19.72.090 - Default by surety—Indemnity.
19.72.100 - Notice to creditor to institute action.
19.72.101 - Failure of creditor to proceed—Discharge of surety.
19.72.107 - Surety bond—Liability limited.
19.72.109 - Release from official's, executor's, licensee's, etc., bond—Definitions.
19.72.110 - Release from official's, executor's, licensee's, etc., bond—Notice, service, proof.
19.72.140 - Suretyship—Raising issue as defendant.
19.72.141 - Suretyship—Order to exhaust principal's property.
19.72.150 - Heirs, etc., bound—Exception.
19.72.160 - Assets—Safekeeping agreements—Joint control of deposits.
19.72.170 - Bonds not to fail for want of form or substance.
19.72.180 - Successive recoveries on bond—Limitation.
19.72.901 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.