RCW 59.12.060
Parties defendant.
No person other than the tenant of the premises, and subtenant, if there be one, in the actual occupation of the premises when the complaint is filed, need be made parties defendant in any proceeding under this chapter, nor shall any proceeding abate, nor the plaintiff be nonsuited, for the nonjoinder of any person who might have been made party defendant; but when it appears that any of the parties served with process, or appearing in the proceeding, are guilty of the offense charged, judgment must be rendered against him or her. In case a person has become a subtenant of the premises in controversy after the service of any notice in this chapter provided for, the fact that such notice was not served on such subtenant shall constitute no defense to the action. All persons who enter the premises under the tenant, after the commencement of the action hereunder, shall be bound by the judgment the same as if they had been made parties to the action.
[ 2010 c 8 § 19008; 1891 c 96 § 7; RRS § 816. Prior: 1890 p 75 § 6.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant
Chapter 59.12 - Forcible Entry and Forcible and Unlawful Detainer.
59.12.010 - Forcible entry defined.
59.12.020 - Forcible detainer defined.
59.12.030 - Unlawful detainer defined.
59.12.032 - Unlawful detainer action—Compliance with RCW 61.24.040 and 61.24.060.
59.12.035 - Holding over on agricultural land, effect of.
59.12.040 - Service of notice—Proof of service.
59.12.050 - Jurisdiction of proceedings.
59.12.060 - Parties defendant.
59.12.070 - Complaint—Summons.
59.12.080 - Summons—Contents—Service.
59.12.085 - Alternative service of summons—Limitation on jurisdiction.
59.12.090 - Writ of restitution—Bond.
59.12.100 - Service of writ—Bond to stay writ.
59.12.110 - Modification of bond.
59.12.120 - Judgment by default.
59.12.121 - Pleading by defendant.
59.12.130 - Jury—Actions given preference.
59.12.140 - Proof in forcible entry and detainer.
59.12.150 - Amendment to conform to proof.
59.12.170 - Judgment—Execution.
59.12.180 - Rules of practice.
59.12.190 - Relief against forfeiture.
59.12.200 - Appellate review—Stay bond.
59.12.210 - Effect of stay bond.