RCW 4.84.010 Costs allowed to prevailing party—Defined—Compensation of attorneys. The measure and mode of compensation of attorneys and counselors, shall be left to the agreement, expressed or implied, of the parties, but there shall be allowed to the prevailing party upon the judgment certain sums for the prevailing party’s expenses in the action, which allowances […]
RCW 4.84.015 Costs in civil actions for the recovery of money only—When plaintiff considered the prevailing party. (1) In any civil action for the recovery of money only, the plaintiff will be considered the prevailing party for the purpose of awarding costs, including a statutory attorney fee, if: (a) The defendant makes full or partial […]
RCW 4.84.020 Amount of contracted attorneys’ fee to be fixed by court. In all cases of foreclosure of mortgages and in all other cases in which attorneys’ fees are allowed, the amount thereof shall be fixed by the court at such sum as the court shall deem reasonable, any stipulations in the note, mortgage or […]
RCW 4.84.030 Prevailing party to recover costs. In any action in the superior court of Washington the prevailing party shall be entitled to his or her costs and disbursements; but the plaintiff shall in no case be entitled to costs taxed as attorneys’ fees in actions within the jurisdiction of the district court when commenced […]
RCW 4.84.040 Limitation on costs in certain actions. In an action for an assault and battery, or for false imprisonment, libel, slander, malicious prosecution, criminal conversation or seduction, if the plaintiff recover less than ten dollars, he or she shall be entitled to no more costs or disbursements than the damage recovered. [ 2011 c […]
RCW 4.84.050 Limited to one of several actions. When several actions are brought on one bond, undertaking, promissory note, bill of exchange, or other instrument in writing, or in any other case for the same cause of action against several parties, who might have been joined as defendants in the same action, no costs or […]
RCW 4.84.060 Costs to defendant. In all cases where costs and disbursements are not allowed to the plaintiff, the defendant shall be entitled to have judgment in his or her favor for the same. [ 2011 c 336 § 122; Code 1881 § 510; 1877 p 109 § 514; 1869 p 123 § 462; 1854 […]
RCW 4.84.070 Costs to defendants defending separately. In all actions where there are several defendants not united in interest, and making separate defenses by separate answers, and the plaintiff fails to recover judgment against all, the court may award costs to such defendants as recover judgments in their favor, or either of them. [Code 1881 […]
RCW 4.84.080 Schedule of attorneys’ fees. When allowed to either party, costs to be called the attorney fee, shall be as follows: (1) In all actions where judgment is rendered, two hundred dollars. (2) In all actions where judgment is rendered in the supreme court or the court of appeals, after argument, two hundred dollars. […]
RCW 4.84.090 Cost bill—Witnesses to report attendance. The prevailing party, in addition to allowance for costs, as provided in RCW 4.84.080, shall also be allowed for all necessary disbursements, including the fees of officers allowed by law, the fees of witnesses, the necessary expenses of taking depositions, by commission or otherwise, and the compensation of […]
RCW 4.84.100 Costs on postponement of trial. When an application shall be made to a court or referees to postpone a trial, the payment to the adverse party of a sum not exceeding ten dollars, besides the fees of witnesses, may be imposed as the condition of granting the postponement. [Code 1881 § 515; 1877 […]
RCW 4.84.110 Costs where tender is made. When in an action for the recovery of money, the defendant alleges in his or her answer, that, before the commencement of the action, he or she tendered to the plaintiff the full amount to which he or she is entitled, in such money as by agreement ought […]
RCW 4.84.120 Costs where deposit in court is made and rejected. If the defendant in any action pending, shall at any time deposit with the clerk of the court, for the plaintiff, the amount which he or she admits to be due, together with all costs that have accrued, and notify the plaintiff thereof, and […]
RCW 4.84.130 Costs in appeals from district courts. In all civil actions tried before the district court, in which an appeal shall be taken to the superior court, and the party appellant shall not recover a more favorable judgment in the superior court than before the district court, such appellant shall pay all costs. [ […]
RCW 4.84.140 Costs against guardian of infant plaintiff. When costs are adjudged against an infant plaintiff, the guardian or person by whom he or she appeared in the action shall be responsible therefor, and payment may be enforced by execution. [ 2011 c 336 § 126; Code 1881 § 519; 1877 p 110 § 523; […]
RCW 4.84.150 Costs against fiduciaries. In an action prosecuted or defended by an executor, administrator, trustee of an express trust, or a person expressly authorized by statute, costs shall be recovered as in an action by or against a person prosecuting in his or her own right, but such costs shall be chargeable only upon […]
RCW 4.84.160 Costs against assignee. When the cause of action, after the commencement of the action, by assignment, or in any other manner, becomes the property of a person not a party thereto, and the prosecution or defense is thereafter continued, such person shall be liable for the costs in the same manner as if […]
RCW 4.84.170 Costs against state or county. In all actions prosecuted in the name and for the use of the state, or in the name and for the use of any county, and in any action brought against the state or any county, and on all appeals to the supreme court or the court of […]
RCW 4.84.185 Prevailing party to receive expenses for opposing frivolous action or defense. In any civil action, the court having jurisdiction may, upon written findings by the judge that the action, counterclaim, cross-claim, third party claim, or defense was frivolous and advanced without reasonable cause, require the nonprevailing party to pay the prevailing party the […]
RCW 4.84.190 Costs in proceedings not specifically covered. In all actions and proceedings other than those mentioned in this chapter [and RCW 4.48.100], where no provision is made for the recovery of costs, they may be allowed or not, and if allowed may be apportioned between the parties, in the discretion of the court. [Code […]
