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RCW Dispositions -
Chapter 5.24 - Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Laws Act.
5.24.010 - Judicial notice of Constitution and laws. - RCW 5.24.010 Judicial notice of Constitution and laws. Every court...
5.24.020 - Manner of obtaining information. - RCW 5.24.020 Manner of obtaining information. The court may inform...
5.24.030 - Determination by court—Review. - RCW 5.24.030 Determination by court—Review. The determination of such laws...
5.24.040 - Necessity of pleading foreign laws. - RCW 5.24.040 Necessity of pleading foreign laws. This chapter shall...
5.24.050 - Jurisdictions excepted. - RCW 5.24.050 Jurisdictions excepted. The law of any jurisdiction other...
5.24.060 - Construction of chapter. - RCW 5.24.060 Construction of chapter. This chapter shall be so...
5.24.070 - Short title. - RCW 5.24.070 Short title. This chapter may be cited as...
Chapter 5.28 - Oaths and Affirmations.
5.28.010 - Who may administer. - RCW 5.28.010 Who may administer. Every court, judge, clerk of...
5.28.020 - How administered. - RCW 5.28.020 How administered. An oath may be administered as...
5.28.030 - Form may be varied. - RCW 5.28.030 Form may be varied. Whenever the court or...
5.28.040 - Form may be adapted to religious belief. - RCW 5.28.040 Form may be adapted to religious belief. When...
5.28.050 - Form of affirmation. - RCW 5.28.050 Form of affirmation. Any person who has conscientious...
5.28.060 - Affirmation equivalent to oath. - RCW 5.28.060 Affirmation equivalent to oath. Whenever an oath is...
Chapter 5.40 - Proof—General Provisions.
5.40.010 - Pleadings do not constitute proof. - RCW 5.40.010 Pleadings do not constitute proof. Pleadings sworn to...
5.40.020 - Written finding of presumed death as prima facie evidence. - RCW 5.40.020 Written finding of presumed death as prima facie...
5.40.030 - Proof of missing in action, capture by enemy, etc. - RCW 5.40.030 Proof of missing in action, capture by enemy,...
5.40.040 - Proof of authenticity of signature to report or of certification. - RCW 5.40.040 Proof of authenticity of signature to report or...
5.40.050 - Breach of duty—Evidence of negligence—Negligence per se. - RCW 5.40.050 Breach of duty—Evidence of negligence—Negligence per se. A...
5.40.060 - Defense to personal injury or wrongful death action—Intoxicating liquor or any drug. - RCW 5.40.060 Defense to personal injury or wrongful death action—Intoxicating...
Chapter 5.44 - Proof—Public Documents.
5.44.010 - Court records and proceedings—When admissible. - RCW 5.44.010 Court records and proceedings—When admissible. The records and...
5.44.020 - Foreign judgments for debt—Faith to be accorded. - RCW 5.44.020 Foreign judgments for debt—Faith to be accorded. Judgment...
5.44.030 - Defenses available in suit on foreign judgment. - RCW 5.44.030 Defenses available in suit on foreign judgment. The...
5.44.040 - Certified copies of public records as evidence. - RCW 5.44.040 Certified copies of public records as evidence. Copies...
5.44.050 - Foreign statutes as evidence. - RCW 5.44.050 Foreign statutes as evidence. Printed copies of the...
5.44.060 - Certified copies of recorded instruments as evidence. - RCW 5.44.060 Certified copies of recorded instruments as evidence. Whenever...
5.44.070 - Certified copies of instruments, or transcripts of county commissioners' proceedings. - RCW 5.44.070 Certified copies of instruments, or transcripts of county...
5.44.080 - City or town ordinances as evidence. - RCW 5.44.080 City or town ordinances as evidence. All ordinances...
5.44.090 - Copy of instrument restoring civil rights as evidence. - RCW 5.44.090 Copy of instrument restoring civil rights as evidence....
5.44.130 - Seal, how affixed. - RCW 5.44.130 Seal, how affixed. A seal of court or...
5.44.140 - Proceedings for determination of family relationships—Presumption. - RCW 5.44.140 Proceedings for determination of family relationships—Presumption. In any...
5.44.900 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521. - RCW 5.44.900 Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c...
Chapter 5.45 - Uniform Business Records as Evidence Act.
5.45.010 - "Business" defined. - RCW 5.45.010 "Business" defined. The term "business" shall include every...
5.45.020 - Business records as evidence. - RCW 5.45.020 Business records as evidence. A record of an...
5.45.900 - Construction—1947 c 53. - RCW 5.45.900 Construction—1947 c 53. This chapter shall be so...
5.45.910 - Short title. - RCW 5.45.910 Short title. This chapter may be cited as...
Chapter 5.46 - Uniform Photographic Copies of Business and Public Records as Evidence Act.
5.46.010 - Copies of business and public records as evidence. - RCW 5.46.010 Copies of business and public records as evidence....
5.46.900 - Construction—1953 c 273. - RCW 5.46.900 Construction—1953 c 273. This chapter shall be so...
5.46.910 - Short title. - RCW 5.46.910 Short title. This chapter may be cited as...
5.46.920 - Repeal of inconsistent provisions. - RCW 5.46.920 Repeal of inconsistent provisions. All acts or parts...
Chapter 5.48 - Proof—Replacement of Lost Records.
5.48.010 - Substitution of copy authorized. - RCW 5.48.010 Substitution of copy authorized. Whenever a pleading, process,...
5.48.020 - Methods to replace lost court records. - RCW 5.48.020 Methods to replace lost court records. Whenever the...
5.48.030 - Action to replace—Procedure. - RCW 5.48.030 Action to replace—Procedure. Whenever the record required by...
5.48.040 - Hearing on application—Evidence. - RCW 5.48.040 Hearing on application—Evidence. Upon the hearing of the...
5.48.050 - Time for appeal extended. - RCW 5.48.050 Time for appeal extended. Whenever a lost or...
5.48.051 - Costs to be taxed. - RCW 5.48.051 Costs to be taxed. The costs to be...
5.48.060 - Replacement of lost or destroyed probate records. - RCW 5.48.060 Replacement of lost or destroyed probate records. In...
5.48.070 - Costs—Payment of. - RCW 5.48.070 Costs—Payment of. The costs incurred in the probate...
Chapter 5.50 - Uniform Unsworn Declarations Act.
5.50.010 - Definitions. - RCW 5.50.010 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) "Law" includes a...
5.50.020 - Applicability. - RCW 5.50.020 Applicability. This chapter applies to an unsworn declaration...
5.50.030 - Validity of unsworn declaration—Exceptions. - RCW 5.50.030 Validity of unsworn declaration—Exceptions. (1) Except as otherwise...
5.50.040 - Medium required for presentation of unsworn declaration. - RCW 5.50.040 Medium required for presentation of unsworn declaration. If...
5.50.050 - Form. - RCW 5.50.050 Form. An unsworn declaration under this chapter must...
5.50.060 - Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act. - RCW 5.50.060 Relation to electronic signatures in global and national...
5.50.900 - Short title. - RCW 5.50.900 Short title. This chapter may be cited as...
5.50.901 - Uniformity of application and construction. - RCW 5.50.901 Uniformity of application and construction. In applying and...
Chapter 5.51 - Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act.
5.51.010 - Definitions. - RCW 5.51.010 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) "Foreign jurisdiction" means...
5.51.020 - Issuance of subpoena. - RCW 5.51.020 Issuance of subpoena. (1) To request issuance of...
5.51.030 - Service of subpoena. - RCW 5.51.030 Service of subpoena. A subpoena issued by a...
5.51.040 - Subpoenas—Deposition, production, and inspection. - RCW 5.51.040 Subpoenas—Deposition, production, and inspection. Superior court civil rules...
5.51.050 - Protective order—Application to court. - RCW 5.51.050 Protective order—Application to court. An application to the...
5.51.900 - Short title. - RCW 5.51.900 Short title. This act [chapter] may be known...
5.51.901 - Uniformity of application and construction. - RCW 5.51.901 Uniformity of application and construction. In applying and...
5.51.902 - Application to pending actions. - RCW 5.51.902 Application to pending actions. This chapter applies to...
Chapter 5.52 - Telegraphic Communications.
5.52.010 - Deemed communications in writing. - RCW 5.52.010 Deemed communications in writing. Contracts made by telegraph...
5.52.020 - Notice by telegraph deemed actual notice. - RCW 5.52.020 Notice by telegraph deemed actual notice. Whenever any...
5.52.030 - Instrument transmitted by telegraph—Effect. - RCW 5.52.030 Instrument transmitted by telegraph—Effect. Any power of attorney,...
5.52.040 - Bills and notes drawn by telegraph—Effect. - RCW 5.52.040 Bills and notes drawn by telegraph—Effect. Checks, due...
5.52.050 - Electronic copies as evidence. - RCW 5.52.050 Electronic copies as evidence. Except as otherwise provided...
5.52.060 - Seal and revenue stamp, how described. - RCW 5.52.060 Seal and revenue stamp, how described. Whenever any...
5.52.070 - "Telegraphic copy" or "telegraphic duplicate" defined. - RCW 5.52.070 "Telegraphic copy" or "telegraphic duplicate" defined. The term...
Chapter 5.56 - Witnesses—Compelling Attendance.
5.56.010 - When witnesses must attend—Fees and allowances. - RCW 5.56.010 When witnesses must attend—Fees and allowances. Any person...
5.56.050 - Person in court required to testify. - RCW 5.56.050 Person in court required to testify. A person...
5.56.060 - Result of failure to attend. - RCW 5.56.060 Result of failure to attend. If any person...
5.56.061 - Failure to attend considered contempt of court. - RCW 5.56.061 Failure to attend considered contempt of court. A...
5.56.070 - Attachment of witness. - RCW 5.56.070 Attachment of witness. The court, judge, or other...
5.56.080 - To whom attachment directed—Execution. - RCW 5.56.080 To whom attachment directed—Execution. Such attachment may be...
5.56.090 - Testimony of prisoner, how obtained. - RCW 5.56.090 Testimony of prisoner, how obtained. If the witness...
5.56.100 - Affidavit to procure order. - RCW 5.56.100 Affidavit to procure order. Such order can only...
Chapter 5.60 - Witnesses—Competency.
5.60.020 - Who may testify. - RCW 5.60.020 Who may testify. Every person of sound mind...
5.60.030 - Not excluded on grounds of interest—Exception—Transaction with person since deceased. - RCW 5.60.030 Not excluded on grounds of interest—Exception—Transaction with person...
5.60.050 - Who are incompetent. - RCW 5.60.050 Who are incompetent. The following persons shall not...
5.60.060 - Who is disqualified—Privileged communications. - RCW 5.60.060 Who is disqualified—Privileged communications. (1) A spouse or...
5.60.070 - Mediation. - RCW 5.60.070 Mediation. (1) If there is a court order...
5.60.072 - Mediation by agency—Privilege and confidentiality. - RCW 5.60.072 Mediation by agency—Privilege and confidentiality. Notwithstanding the provisions...
Chapter 5.62 - Witnesses—Registered Nurses.
5.62.010 - Definitions. - RCW 5.62.010 Definitions. Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the...
5.62.020 - Registered nurse—Privileged communications—Exceptions. - RCW 5.62.020 Registered nurse—Privileged communications—Exceptions. No registered nurse providing primary...
5.62.030 - Nurse-patient privilege subject to limitations and exemptions of physician-patient privilege. - RCW 5.62.030 Nurse-patient privilege subject to limitations and exemptions of...
Chapter 5.64 - Admissibility of Certain Gestures of Apology, Sympathy, Fault, Etc. in Civil Actions Against Health Care Providers.
5.64.010 - Civil actions against health care providers—Admissibility of evidence of furnishing or offering to pay medical expenses—Admissibility of expressions of apology, sympathy, fault, etc. - RCW 5.64.010 Civil actions against health care providers—Admissibility of evidence...
Chapter 5.66 - Admissibility of Certain Gestures Expressing Sympathy.
5.66.010 - Admissibility of sympathetic gestures. - RCW 5.66.010 Admissibility of sympathetic gestures. (1) The portion of...
Chapter 5.68 - News Media.
5.68.010 - Protection from compelled disclosure—Exceptions—Definition. - RCW 5.68.010 Protection from compelled disclosure—Exceptions—Definition. (1) Except as provided...
Chapter 5.70 - DNA Evidence.
5.70.005 - Definitions. - RCW 5.70.005 Definitions. The definitions in this section apply throughout...
5.70.010 - Preservation of DNA work product—Failure to preserve DNA work product. - RCW 5.70.010 Preservation of DNA work product—Failure to preserve DNA...
5.70.020 - Destruction of DNA reference samples—Expungement of DNA reference sample data. - RCW 5.70.020 Destruction of DNA reference samples—Expungement of DNA reference...
5.70.030 - Unreported sexual assault kits—Transportation to local law enforcement agency—Storage and preservation. - RCW 5.70.030 Unreported sexual assault kits—Transportation to local law enforcement...
5.70.040 - Sexual assault kits—Request for laboratory examination—Report to the legislature. - RCW 5.70.040 Sexual assault kits—Request for laboratory examination—Report to the...
5.70.050 - Duty to submit requests for forensic analysis of sexual assault kits within time prescribed—Exceptions. - RCW 5.70.050 Duty to submit requests for forensic analysis of...
5.70.060 - Case status updates—Reports. - RCW 5.70.060 Case status updates—Reports. (1) For any sexual assault...