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.]
6.44.080 – Conversions of foreign money in distribution proceeding.
RCW 6.44.080 Conversions of foreign money in distribution proceeding. The rate of exchange prevailing at or near the close of business on the day the distribution proceeding is initiated governs all exchanges of foreign money in a distribution proceeding. A foreign-money claimant in a distribution proceeding shall assert its claim in the named foreign money […]
6.44.090 – Prejudgment and judgment interest.
RCW 6.44.090 Prejudgment and judgment interest. (1) With respect to a foreign-money claim, recovery of prejudgment or preaward interest and the rate of interest to be applied in the action or distribution proceeding, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, are matters of the substantive law governing the right to recovery under the […]
6.44.100 – Enforcement of foreign judgments.
RCW 6.44.100 Enforcement of foreign judgments. (1) If an action is brought to enforce a judgment of another jurisdiction expressed in a foreign money and the judgment is recognized in this state as enforceable, the enforcing judgment must be entered as provided in RCW 6.44.070, whether or not the foreign judgment confers an option to […]