Title 4 — Title 4 CIVIL PROCEDURE
29 chapters · 439 sections in this title.
RCW 4.12.010 Actions to be commenced where subject is situated.
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Actions for the following causes shall be commenced in the county in which the subject of the action, or some part thereof, is situated:(1) For the recovery of, for the possession of, for the partition of, for the foreclosure of a mortgage on, or for the determination of all ques…
RCW 4.12.020 Actions to be tried in county where cause arose.
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Actions for the following causes shall be tried in the county where the cause, or some part thereof, arose:(1) For the recovery of a penalty or forfeiture imposed by statute;(2) Against a public officer, or person specially appointed to execute his or her duties, for an act done …
RCW 4.12.025 Action to be brought where defendant resides—Optional venue of actions upon unlawful issuance of check or draft—Residence of corporations—Optional venue of actions against corporations.
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(1) An action may be brought in any county in which the defendant resides, or, if there be more than one defendant, where some one of the defendants resides at the time of the commencement of the action. For the purpose of this section, the residence of a corporation defendant sh…
RCW 4.12.030 Grounds authorizing change of venue.
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The court may, on motion, in the following cases, change the place of trial when it appears by affidavit, or other satisfactory proof:(1) That the county designated in the complaint is not the proper county; or,(2) That there is reason to believe that an impartial trial cannot be…
RCW 4.12.040 Disqualification of judge, transfer to another department, visiting judge—Change of venue generally, criminal cases.
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(1) No judge of a superior court of the state of Washington shall sit to hear or try any action or proceeding if that judge has been disqualified pursuant to RCW 4.12.050. In such case the presiding judge in judicial districts where there is more than one judge shall forthwith tr…
RCW 4.12.050 Notice of disqualification.
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(1) Any party to or any attorney appearing in any action or proceeding in a superior court may disqualify a judge from hearing the matter, subject to these limitations:(a) Notice of disqualification must be filed and called to the attention of the judge before the judge has made …
RCW 4.12.060 To what county venue may be changed—Limitation on number of changes.
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If the motion for a change of the place of trial be allowed, the change shall be made to the county where the action ought to have been commenced, if it be for the cause mentioned in RCW 4.12.030(1), and in other cases to the most convenient county where the cause alleged does no…
RCW 4.12.070 Change to newly created county.
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Any party in a civil action pending in the superior court in a county out of whose limits a new county, in whole or in part, has been created, may file with the clerk of such superior court an affidavit setting forth that he or she is a resident of such newly created county, and …
RCW 4.12.080 Change by stipulation.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of RCW 4.12.030 all the parties to the action by stipulation in writing or by consent in open court entered in the records may agree that the place of trial be changed to any county of the state, and thereupon the court must order the change agreed …
RCW 4.12.090 Transmission of record on change of venue—Costs, attorney's fee.
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(1) When an order is made transferring an action or proceeding for trial, the clerk of the court must transmit the pleadings and papers therein to the court to which it is transferred and charge a fee as provided in RCW 36.18.016. The costs and fees thereof and of filing the pape…
RCW 4.12.100 Transcript of record entries.
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The clerk of the court must also transmit with the original papers where an order is made changing the place of trial, a certified transcript of all record entries up to and including the order for such change.[Code 1881 s 58; 1877 p 13 s 59; RRS s 219.]
RCW 4.12.110 Effect of neglect of moving party.
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If such papers be not transmitted to the clerk of the proper court within the time prescribed in the order allowing the change, and the delay be caused by the act or omission of the party procuring the change, the adverse party, on motion to the court or judge thereof, may have t…
RCW 4.12.120 Change deemed complete, when.
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Upon the filing of the papers with the clerk of the court to which the cause is transferred, the change of venue shall be deemed complete, and thereafter the action shall proceed as though it had been commenced in that court.[Code 1881 s 57; 1877 p 13 s 58; 1869 p 15 s 58; 1854 p…