RCW 38.42.020
Applicability of chapter.
(1) Any service member who is ordered to report for military service and his or her dependents are entitled to the rights and protections of this chapter during the period beginning on the date on which the service member receives the order and ending one hundred eighty days after termination of or release from military service.
(2) This chapter applies to any judicial or administrative proceeding commenced in any court or agency in Washington state in which a service member or his or her dependent is a party. This chapter does not apply to criminal proceedings.
(3) This chapter shall be construed liberally so as to provide fairness and do substantial justice to service members and their dependents.
[ 2014 c 65 § 2; 2005 c 254 § 2.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 38 - Militia and Military Affairs
Chapter 38.42 - Service Members' Civil Relief.
38.42.020 - Applicability of chapter.
38.42.030 - Protection of persons secondarily liable.
38.42.040 - Waiver of rights pursuant to written agreement.
38.42.050 - Protection of service members and their dependents against default judgments.
38.42.060 - Stay of proceedings when service member has notice.
38.42.070 - Fines and penalties under contracts.
38.42.090 - Computation of statutes of limitation.
38.42.100 - Inappropriate use of chapter.
38.42.110 - Restructure of business loan interest rate.
38.42.120 - Federal servicemembers civil relief act—Applicability.
38.42.130 - Civil action—Person aggrieved.
38.42.140 - Civil action—Attorney general.
38.42.150 - Civil investigative demands—Standards—Limitations—Enforcement.
38.42.160 - Termination or suspension of contracts upon receipt of military service orders.
38.42.903 - Effective date—2005 c 254.
38.42.904 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.