6.44.110 – Determining United States dollar value of foreign-money claims for limited purposes.
RCW 6.44.110 Determining United States dollar value of foreign-money claims for limited purposes. (1) Computations under this section are for the limited purposes of this section and do not affect computation of the United States dollar equivalent of the money of the judgment for the purpose of payment. (2) For the limited purpose of facilitating […]
6.44.120 – Effect of currency revalorization.
RCW 6.44.120 Effect of currency revalorization. (1) If, after an obligation is expressed or a loss is incurred in a foreign money, the country issuing or adopting that money substitutes a new money in place of that money, the obligation or the loss is treated as if expressed or incurred in the new money at […]
6.44.130 – Supplementary general principles of law.
RCW 6.44.130 Supplementary general principles of law. Unless displaced by particular provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant, and the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, or other validating or invalidating causes supplement its provisions. [ 1991 c […]
6.44.140 – Uniformity of application and construction.
RCW 6.44.140 Uniformity of application and construction. This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it. [ 1991 c 153 § 14.]
6.44.901 – Short title.
RCW 6.44.901 Short title. This chapter may be cited as the uniform foreign-money claims act. [ 1991 c 153 § 15.]
6.44.902 – Effective date—1991 c 153.
RCW 6.44.902 Effective date—1991 c 153. This chapter shall take effect January 1, 1992. [ 1991 c 153 § 16.]
6.44.904 – Prospective application.
RCW 6.44.904 Prospective application. This chapter applies prospectively only and not retroactively. It applies only to causes of action which are commenced on or after January 1, 1992. [ 1991 c 153 § 18.]
6.44.030 – Variation by agreement.
RCW 6.44.030 Variation by agreement. (1) The effect of this chapter may be varied by agreement of the parties made before or after commencement of an action or distribution proceeding or the entry of judgment. (2) Parties to a transaction may agree upon the money to be used in a transaction giving rise to a […]
6.44.040 – Determining money of the claim.
RCW 6.44.040 Determining money of the claim. (1) The money in which the parties to a transaction have agreed that payment is to be made is the proper money of the claim for payment. (2) If the parties to a transaction have not otherwise agreed, the proper money of the claim, as in each case […]
6.44.050 – Determining amount of the money of certain contract claims.
RCW 6.44.050 Determining amount of the money of certain contract claims. (1) If an amount contracted to be paid in a foreign money is measured by a specified amount of a different money, the amount to be paid is determined on the conversion date. (2) If an amount contracted to be paid in a foreign […]