RCW 19.72.901
Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.
[ 2009 c 521 § 55.]
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.