RCW 6.17.010 Application of chapter to district courts. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all provisions of this chapter governing execution against personal property apply to proceedings before district courts of this state, but the district courts shall not have power to issue writs of execution against real property or any interest in real property or against […]
RCW 6.17.020 Execution authorized within 10 years—Exceptions—Fee—Recoverable cost. (Effective until January 1, 2023.) (1) Except as provided in subsections (2), (3), and (4) of this section, the party in whose favor a judgment of a court has been or may be filed or rendered, or the assignee or the current holder thereof, may have an […]
RCW 6.17.030 Execution in name of assignee or personal representative. When a judgment recovered in any court of this state has been assigned, execution may issue in the name of the assignee after the assignment has been recorded in the execution docket by the clerk of the court in which the judgment was recovered. When […]
RCW 6.17.040 Stay of execution—Bond—Time periods. In addition to any stay of execution provided by court rule, stay of execution shall be allowed on judgments of the courts of this state for the following periods upon the judgment debtor filing with the clerk of the court in which the judgment was entered a bond in […]
RCW 6.17.050 Stay of execution—Judgment against surety on bond if not paid. If execution of a judgment is stayed as permitted by RCW 6.17.040 and the judgment is not satisfied at expiration of the stay period, at any time thereafter the judgment creditor may, upon motion supported by an affidavit that the judgment or any […]
RCW 6.17.060 Kinds of execution. There shall be three kinds of executions: First, against the property of the judgment debtor; second, for the delivery of the possession of real or personal property or such delivery with damages for withholding the same; and third, commanding the enforcement of or obedience to any other order of the […]
RCW 6.17.070 Execution in particular cases. When any judgment of a court of this state requires the payment of money or the delivery of real or personal property, it may be enforced by execution. When a judgment of a court of record requires the performance of any other act, a certified copy of the judgment […]
RCW 6.17.080 Enforcement of judgment against local governmental entity. No execution may issue for collection of a judgment for the recovery of money or damages against a local governmental entity. Any such judgment may be enforced as follows: (1) The judgment creditor may at any time when execution might issue on a like judgment against […]
RCW 6.17.090 Property liable to execution. All property, real and personal, of the judgment debtor that is not exempted by law is liable to execution. [ 1987 c 442 § 409; 1929 c 25 § 6; RRS § 518. Prior: Code 1881 § 333; 1877 p 70 § 337; 1854 p 177 § 251. Formerly […]
RCW 6.17.100 Affidavit of judgment creditor—Filing required before issuance of writ—Contents. (1) Before a writ of execution may issue on any real property, the judgment creditor must file with the court an affidavit as described in subsection (4) of this section and must mail a copy of the affidavit to the judgment debtor at the […]
RCW 6.17.110 Form and contents of writ. (1) The writ of execution shall be issued in the name of the state of Washington, sealed with the seal of the court, and subscribed by the clerk of the court in which the judgment was entered or to which it has been transferred, and shall be directed […]
RCW 6.17.120 Sheriff’s duty on receiving writ—Order of executing writs. The sheriff or other officer shall indorse upon the writ of execution in ink, the day, hour, and minute when the writ first came into his or her hands, and the execution shall be returned with a report of proceedings under the writ within sixty […]
RCW 6.17.130 Sheriff’s execution and service of writ—Sale date—Notice to judgment debtor. When the writ of execution is against the property of the judgment debtor, the sheriff shall set the date of sale and serve on the debtor, in the same manner as service of a summons in a civil action, or cause to be […]
RCW 6.17.140 Sheriff’s execution of writ—Satisfaction of judgment—Proceeds to clerk—Distribution of proceeds. The sheriff shall, at a time as near before or after service of the writ on, or mailing of the writ to, the judgment debtor as is possible, execute the writ as follows: (1) If property has been attached, the sheriff shall indorse […]
RCW 6.17.150 Clerk’s duty on receipt of execution proceeds. Upon receipt of proceeds from the sheriff on execution, the clerk shall notify the party to whom the same is payable, and pay over the amount to that party as required by law. If any proceeds remain after satisfaction of the judgment, the clerk shall pay […]
RCW 6.17.160 Sheriff’s execution of writ—Manner of levy. The sheriff to whom the writ is directed and delivered shall execute the same without delay as follows: (1) Real property, including a vendee’s interests under a real estate contract, shall be levied on by recording a copy of the writ, together with a description of the […]
RCW 6.17.170 Levy on jointly owned real estate. If a judgment debtor owns real estate jointly or in common with any other person, only the debtor’s interest may be levied on and sold on execution, and the sheriff’s notice of sale shall describe the extent of the debtor’s interest to be sold as accurately as […]
RCW 6.17.180 Levy on jointly owned personal property. When a judgment debtor owns personal property jointly or in common with any other person, only the debtor’s interest may be levied on and sold on execution, and the sheriff’s notice of sale shall describe the extent of the debtor’s interest as accurately as possible. If the […]
RCW 6.17.190 Retention of property by judgment debtor—On bond or approval of judgment creditor. (1) After levy of execution upon personal property, the sheriff may permit the judgment debtor to retain possession of the property or any part of it until the day of sale, upon the debtor executing a written bond to the sheriff […]
