RCW 4.08.030 Either spouse or either domestic partner may sue for community—Necessary parties. Either spouse or either domestic partner may sue on behalf of the community: PROVIDED, That (1) When the action is for personal injuries, the spouse or the domestic partner having sustained personal injuries is a necessary party; (2) When the action is […]
RCW 4.08.040 When either spouse or either domestic partner may join, defend. Either spouse or either domestic partner may join in all causes of action arising from injuries to the person or character of either or both of them, or from injuries to the property of either or both of them, or arising out of […]
RCW 4.08.050 Guardian ad litem for infant. Except as provided under RCW 28A.225.035 and 7.105.100, when an infant is a party he or she shall appear by guardian, or if he or she has no guardian, or in the opinion of the court the guardian is an improper person, the court shall appoint one to […]
RCW 4.08.060 Guardian ad litem for incapacitated person. When an incapacitated person is a party to an action in the superior courts he or she shall appear by guardian, or if he or she has no guardian, or in the opinion of the court the guardian is an improper person, the court shall appoint one […]
RCW 4.08.080 Action on assigned choses in action. Any assignee or assignees of any judgment, bond, specialty, book account, or other chose in action, for the payment of money, by assignment in writing, signed by the person authorized to make the same, may, by virtue of such assignment, sue and maintain an action or actions […]
RCW 4.08.100 Action to recover purchase money on land—Final judgment. In any action brought for the recovery of the purchase money against any person holding a contract for the purchase of lands, the party bound to perform the contract, if not the plaintiff, may be made a party, and the court in a final judgment […]
RCW 4.08.110 Action by public corporations. An action at law may be maintained by any county, incorporated town, school district or other public corporation of like character, in its corporate name, and upon a cause of action accruing to it, in its corporate character and not otherwise, in any of the following cases: (1) Upon […]
RCW 4.08.120 Action against public corporations. An action may be maintained against a county or other of the public corporations mentioned or described in RCW 4.08.110, either upon a contract made by such county, or other public corporation in its corporate character and within the scope of its authority, or for an injury to the […]
RCW 4.08.140 New party entitled to service of summons. When a new party is introduced into an action as a representative or successor of a former party, such new party is entitled to the same summons to be served in the same manner as required for defendants in the commencement of an action. [ 1957 […]
RCW 4.08.150 Substitution and interpleader. A defendant against whom an action is pending upon a contract, or for specific real or personal property, at any time before answer, upon affidavit that a person not a party to the action, and without collusion with him or her, makes against him or her a demand for the […]
RCW 4.08.160 Action to determine conflicting claims to property. Anyone having in his or her possession, or under his or her control, any property or money, or being indebted, where more than one person claims to be the owner of, entitled to, interested in, or to have a lien on, such property, money, or indebtedness, […]
RCW 4.08.170 Action to determine conflicting claims to property—Disclaimer and deposit in court. In any action commenced under RCW 4.08.160, the plaintiff may disclaim any interest in the money, property, or indebtedness, and deposit with the clerk of the court the full amount of such money or indebtedness, or other property, and he or she […]
RCW 4.08.180 Action to determine conflicting claims to property—Trial of issue. Either of the defendants may set up or show any claim or lien he or she may have to such property, money, or indebtedness, or any part thereof, and the superior right, title, or lien, whether legal or equitable, shall prevail. The court or […]
