RCW 4.28.320
Lis pendens in actions affecting title to real estate.
At any time after an action affecting title to real property has been commenced, or after a writ of attachment with respect to real property has been issued in an action, or after a receiver has been appointed with respect to any real property, the plaintiff, the defendant, or such a receiver may file with the auditor of each county in which the property is situated a notice of the pendency of the action, containing the names of the parties, the object of the action, and a description of the real property in that county affected thereby. From the time of the filing only shall the pendency of the action be constructive notice to a purchaser or encumbrancer of the property affected thereby, and every person whose conveyance or encumbrance is subsequently executed or subsequently recorded shall be deemed a subsequent purchaser or encumbrancer, and shall be bound by all proceedings taken after the filing of such notice to the same extent as if he or she were a party to the action. For the purpose of this section an action shall be deemed to be pending from the time of filing such notice: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That such notice shall be of no avail unless it shall be followed by the first publication of the summons, or by the personal service thereof on a defendant within sixty days after such filing. And the court in which the said action was commenced may, at its discretion, at any time after the action shall be settled, discontinued or abated, on application of any person aggrieved and on good cause shown and on such notice as shall be directed or approved by the court, order the notice authorized in this section to be canceled of record, in whole or in part, by the county auditor of any county in whose office the same may have been filed or recorded, and such cancellation shall be evidenced by the recording of the court order.
[ 2004 c 165 § 33; 1999 c 233 § 1; 1893 c 127 § 17; RRS § 243.]
NOTES:
Purpose—Captions not law—2004 c 165: See notes following RCW 7.60.005.
Effective date—1999 c 233: "This act takes effect August 1, 1999." [ 1999 c 233 § 24.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 4.28 - Commencement of Actions.
4.28.020 - Jurisdiction acquired, when.
4.28.080 - Summons, how served.
4.28.090 - Service on corporation without officer in state upon whom process can be served.
4.28.100 - Service of summons by publication—When authorized.
4.28.110 - Manner of publication and form of summons.
4.28.120 - Publication of notice in eminent domain proceedings.
4.28.140 - Affidavit as to unknown heirs.
4.28.150 - Title of cause—Unknown claimants—Service by publication.
4.28.160 - Rights of unknown claimants and heirs—Effect of judgment—Lis pendens.
4.28.180 - Personal service out-of-state.
4.28.185 - Personal service out-of-state—Acts submitting person to jurisdiction of courts—Saving.
4.28.200 - Right of one constructively served to appear and defend or reopen.
4.28.210 - Appearance, what constitutes.
4.28.290 - Assessment of damages without answer.
4.28.320 - Lis pendens in actions affecting title to real estate.
4.28.325 - Lis pendens in actions in United States district courts affecting title to real estate.
4.28.328 - Lis pendens—Liability of claimants—Damages, costs, attorneys' fees.
4.28.330 - Notice to alien property custodian.
4.28.340 - Notice to alien property custodian—Definitions.
4.28.350 - Notice to alien property custodian—Duration.
4.28.900 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.