Title 6 - Enforcement of judgments
- 6.01 - General provisions.
- 6.01.010 - Application of chapters in Title 6 RCW to superior courts and district courts -- Definitions.
- 6.01.020 - Entry of judgment -- Superior court -- District court -- Small claims.
- 6.01.030 - Direction of writ when sheriff a party.
- 6.01.040 - Execution against several persons -- Contribution -- Repayment.
- 6.01.050 - Writ of attachment or execution against debtor in bankruptcy.
- 6.01.060 - "Certified mail" defined.
- 6.13 - Homesteads.
- 6.13.010 - Homestead, what constitutes -- "Owner," "net value" defined.
- 6.13.020 - Homestead -- What may constitute.
- 6.13.030 - Homestead exemption limited.
- 6.13.040 - Automatic homestead exemption -- Conditions -- Declaration of homestead -- Declaration of abandonment.
- 6.13.050 - Homestead presumed abandoned, when -- Declaration of nonabandonment.
- 6.13.060 - Conveyance or encumbrance by spouses or domestic partners.
- 6.13.070 - Homestead exempt from execution, when -- Presumed valid.
- 6.13.080 - Homestead exemption, when not available.
- 6.13.090 - Judgment against homestead owner -- Lien on excess value of homestead property.
- 6.13.100 - Execution against homestead -- Application for appointment of appraiser.
- 6.13.110 - Application under RCW 6.13.100 must be made by verified petition -- Contents.
- 6.13.120 - Notice.
- 6.13.130 - Hearing -- Appointment of appraiser.
- 6.13.140 - Appraiser -- Oath -- Duties.
- 6.13.150 - Division of homestead.
- 6.13.160 - Sale, if not divisible.
- 6.13.170 - Application of proceeds.
- 6.13.180 - Money from sale protected.
- 6.13.190 - Appraiser -- Compensation.
- 6.13.200 - Costs.
- 6.13.210 - Alienation in case of incompetency or disability of either spouse or either domestic partner.
- 6.13.220 - Notice of application for order.
- 6.13.230 - Petition.
- 6.13.240 - Order -- Effect.
- 6.15 - Personal property exemptions.
- 6.15.010 - Exempt property.
- 6.15.020 - Pension money exempt -- Exceptions -- Transfer of spouse's interest in individual retirement account.
- 6.15.025 - Exemption of pension or retirement plan benefits from execution for judgment for out-of-state income tax.
- 6.15.030 - Insurance money on exempt property exempt.
- 6.15.035 - Exemption of proceeds of life, disability insurance, and annuities.
- 6.15.040 - Separate property of spouse exempt.
- 6.15.050 - Exemptions under RCW 6.15.010 -- Limitations on exemptions.
- 6.15.060 - Manner of claiming exemptions -- Appraisement -- Appraiser's fee.
- 6.15.070 - Procedure if value of property claimed exempt exceeds exemptible value.
- 6.15.900 - Construction -- Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships -- 2009 c 521.
- 6.17 - Executions.
- 6.17.010 - Application of chapter to district courts.
- 6.17.020 - Execution authorized within ten years -- Exceptions -- Fee -- Recoverable cost.
- 6.17.030 - Execution in name of assignee or personal representative.
- 6.17.040 - Stay of execution -- Bond -- Time periods.
- 6.17.050 - Stay of execution -- Judgment against surety on bond if not paid.
- 6.17.060 - Kinds of execution.
- 6.17.070 - Execution in particular cases.
- 6.17.080 - Enforcement of judgment against local governmental entity.
- 6.17.090 - Property liable to execution.
- 6.17.100 - Affidavit of judgment creditor -- Filing required before issuance of writ -- Contents.
- 6.17.110 - Form and contents of writ.
- 6.17.120 - Sheriff's duty on receiving writ -- Order of executing writs.
- 6.17.130 - Sheriff's execution and service of writ -- Sale date -- Notice to judgment debtor.
- 6.17.140 - Sheriff's execution of writ -- Satisfaction of judgment -- Proceeds to clerk.
- 6.17.150 - Clerk's duty on receipt of execution proceeds.
- 6.17.160 - Sheriff's execution of writ -- Manner of levy.
- 6.17.170 - Levy on jointly owned real estate.
- 6.17.180 - Levy on jointly owned personal property.
- 6.17.190 - Retention of property by judgment debtor -- On bond or approval of judgment creditor.
- 6.19 - Adverse claims to property levied on.
- 6.19.010 - Definitions.
- 6.19.020 - Application of chapter -- Common law or other remedies not superseded.
- 6.19.030 - Affidavit of adverse claimant -- Bond -- Hearing.
- 6.19.040 - Justification of sureties.
- 6.19.050 - Filing of affidavit by sheriff -- Designation of parties -- Trial.
- 6.19.060 - Judgment -- Costs.
- 6.21 - Sales under execution.
- 6.21.010 - Application of chapter to district courts.
- 6.21.020 - Notice of sale -- Personal property.
- 6.21.030 - Notice of sale -- Real property -- Form for publication.
- 6.21.040 - Notice of sale of real property -- Form of notice to judgment debtor.
- 6.21.050 - Time and place of sale -- Postponements.
- 6.21.060 - Amount of property to be sold -- Officers and deputies may not purchase.
- 6.21.070 - Manner of sale of personal property -- Bill of sale -- Sheriff's deed if real estate contract.
- 6.21.080 - Redemption rights -- Sale of short term leasehold and vendor's interest under real estate contract absolute.
- 6.21.090 - Manner of selling real estate -- Sale by lot, acre -- Measurement.
- 6.21.100 - Sale of real property to highest bidder -- Sheriff's return and certificate of sale.
- 6.21.110 - Confirmation of sale -- Objections -- Resale -- Distribution of sale proceeds -- Filing of certificate.
- 6.21.120 - Sheriff's deed to real property sold.
- 6.21.130 - Effect of reversal of judgment on sale of real property.
- 6.23 - Redemption.
- 6.23.010 - Redemption from sale -- Who may redeem -- Terms include successors.
- 6.23.011 - Voluntary relinquishment of ownership rights by mortgagor may result in loss of redemption rights.
- 6.23.020 - Time for redemption from purchaser -- Amount to be paid.
- 6.23.030 - Notice to be given during redemption period -- Effect of noncompliance -- Form of notice and affidavit.
- 6.23.040 - Time for redemption from redemptioner -- Successive redemptions -- Amount to be paid.
- 6.23.050 - Purchaser or redemptioner to file statements of amounts paid.
- 6.23.060 - Sheriff's deed -- When issued.
- 6.23.070 - Payment on successive redemptions.
- 6.23.080 - Redemption procedure -- Certificate to be recorded -- Evidence of right to redeem.
- 6.23.090 - Rents and profits during period of redemption -- Accounting -- Option for reimbursement or extension on agricultural property.
- 6.23.100 - Restraining waste during redemption period.
- 6.23.110 - Possession during period of redemption.
- 6.23.120 - Listing of property for sale during redemption period -- Acceptance of qualifying offer if property unredeemed and deed issued -- Procedure -- Disposition of proceeds.
- 6.25 - Attachment.
- 6.25.010 - Application of chapter to district courts.
- 6.25.020 - Time for granting.
- 6.25.030 - Issuance of writ -- Grounds.
- 6.25.040 - Grounds if debt not due.
- 6.25.050 - Procedure when debt not due.
- 6.25.060 - Application for writ -- Affidavit.
- 6.25.070 - Issuance of writ -- Notice -- Hearing -- Issuance without notice -- Forms for notice.
- 6.25.080 - Issuance of writ -- Attachment bond.
- 6.25.090 - Bond -- Additional security.
- 6.25.100 - Action on bond -- Damages and attorney's fees.
- 6.25.110 - Contents of writ -- Levy of attachment.
- 6.25.120 - Writs to different counties -- Successive writs.
- 6.25.130 - Writ -- Notation of time received -- Order of execution.
- 6.25.140 - Manner of levy.
- 6.25.150 - Property may be followed to adjoining county.
- 6.25.160 - Sheriff's inventory -- Return.
- 6.25.170 - Examination of defendant as to property.
- 6.25.180 - Motion to discharge attachment -- Affidavits in opposition -- Discharge.
- 6.25.190 - Discharge of attachment -- Bond -- Judgment on bond.
- 6.25.220 - Sale of property before judgment.
- 6.25.230 - Custody of property or proceeds.
- 6.25.240 - Subjection of attached property to judgment.
- 6.25.250 - Procedure when attached property insufficient.
- 6.25.260 - Procedure where execution unsatisfied.
- 6.25.270 - Procedure when judgment is for defendant.
- 6.25.280 - Chapter to be liberally construed -- Amendments.
- 6.26 - Prejudgment garnishment.
- 6.26.010 - Prejudgment writs of garnishment -- Grounds.
- 6.26.020 - Issuance of writ -- Bond -- Fee.
- 6.26.025 - Writs of garnishment to different garnishees.
- 6.26.030 - Action on bond for wrongful garnishment -- Damages and attorney's fees.
- 6.26.040 - Action against plaintiff for wrongful garnishment -- Damages and attorney's fees.
- 6.26.050 - Application for prejudgment writ of garnishment -- Affidavit.
- 6.26.060 - Issuance of writ -- Notice -- Hearing -- Issuance without prior notice -- Forms for notice.
- 6.26.070 - Application of chapter 6.27 RCW to prejudgment garnishments.
- 6.27 - Garnishment.
- 6.27.005 - Legislative intent.
- 6.27.010 - Definitions.
- 6.27.020 - Grounds for issuance of writ -- Time of issuance of prejudgment writs.
- 6.27.030 - Application of chapter to district courts.
- 6.27.040 - State and municipal corporations subject to garnishment -- Service of writ.
- 6.27.050 - Garnishment of money held by officer -- Of judgment debtor -- Of personal representative.
- 6.27.060 - Application for writ -- Affidavit -- Fee.
- 6.27.070 - Issuance of writ -- Form -- Dating -- Attestation.
- 6.27.080 - Writ directed to financial institution -- Form and service.
- 6.27.090 - Amount garnishee required to hold.
- 6.27.095 - Garnishee's processing fees.
- 6.27.100 - Form of writ.
- 6.27.110 - Service of writ generally -- Forms -- Requirements for financial institution -- Return.
- 6.27.120 - Effect of service of writ.
- 6.27.130 - Mailing of writ and judgment or affidavit to judgment debtor -- Mailing of notice and claim form if judgment debtor is an individual -- Service -- Return.
- 6.27.140 - Form of returns under RCW 6.27.130.
- 6.27.150 - Exemption of earnings -- Amount.
- 6.27.160 - Claiming exemptions -- Form -- Hearing -- Attorney's fees -- Costs -- Release of funds or property.
- 6.27.170 - Garnished employee not to be discharged -- Exception.
- 6.27.180 - Bond to discharge writ.
- 6.27.190 - Answer of garnishee -- Contents -- Forms.
- 6.27.200 - Default judgment -- Reduction upon motion of garnishee -- Attorney's fees.
- 6.27.210 - Answer of garnishee may be controverted by plaintiff or defendant.
- 6.27.220 - Controversion -- Procedure.
- 6.27.230 - Controversion -- Costs and attorney's fees.
- 6.27.240 - Discharge of garnishee.
- 6.27.250 - Judgment against garnishee -- Procedure if debt not mature.
- 6.27.260 - Execution on judgment against garnishee.
- 6.27.265 - Form for judgment against garnishee.
- 6.27.270 - Decree directing garnishee to deliver up effects -- Disposition.
- 6.27.280 - Procedure upon failure of garnishee to deliver.
- 6.27.290 - Similarity of names -- Procedure.
- 6.27.300 - Garnishee protected against claim of defendant.
- 6.27.310 - Dismissal of writ after one year -- Notice -- Exception.
- 6.27.320 - Dismissal of garnishment -- Duty of plaintiff -- Procedure -- Penalty -- Costs.
- 6.27.330 - Continuing lien on earnings -- Authorized.
- 6.27.340 - Continuing lien on earnings -- Captions -- Additions to writ and answer forms.
- 6.27.350 - Continuing lien on earnings -- When lien becomes effective -- Termination -- Second answer.
- 6.27.360 - Continuing lien on earnings -- Priorities -- Exceptions.
- 6.27.370 - Notice to federal government as garnishee defendant -- Deposit, payment, and endorsement of funds received by the clerk -- Fees as recoverable cost.
- 6.27.900 - Construction -- Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships -- 2009 c 521.
- 6.28 - Commissioners to convey real estate.
- 6.28.010 - Court may appoint, when.
- 6.28.020 - Contents of deed.
- 6.28.030 - Effect of conveyance pursuant to judgment.
- 6.28.040 - Effect of conveyance pursuant to order of sale.
- 6.28.050 - Approval of court necessary.
- 6.28.060 - Execution of conveyance.
- 6.28.070 - Recording.
- 6.28.080 - Compelling performance.
- 6.32 - Proceedings supplemental to execution.
- 6.32.010 - Order for examination of judgment debtor -- Plaintiff entitled to costs -- Additional fees if debtor fails to answer or appear.
- 6.32.015 - Order to require judgment debtor to answer interrogatories.
- 6.32.020 - Warrant, how vacated.
- 6.32.030 - Third parties may be brought in for examination.
- 6.32.040 - Before whom examined.
- 6.32.050 - Procedure on examination.
- 6.32.060 - Referee's oath.
- 6.32.070 - Order authorizing payment by debtor of judgment debtor.
- 6.32.080 - Order requiring delivery of money or property to sheriff.
- 6.32.085 - Order charging partnership interest or directing sale.
- 6.32.090 - Powers of sheriff.
- 6.32.100 - How money or property applied by sheriff.
- 6.32.110 - Disposition of balance after judgment satisfied.
- 6.32.120 - Transfer of property may be enjoined.
- 6.32.130 - Service of orders.
- 6.32.140 - Service of warrant.
- 6.32.150 - Discontinuance or dismissal of proceedings.
- 6.32.160 - Costs to judgment creditor.
- 6.32.170 - Costs to judgment debtor, when.
- 6.32.180 - Disobedience of order punishable as contempt.
- 6.32.190 - Attendance of judgment debtor.
- 6.32.200 - Party or witness not excused from answering.
- 6.32.210 - Proceedings in case of joint debtors.
- 6.32.220 - Continuances.
- 6.32.240 - Proceedings, before whom instituted.
- 6.32.250 - Property exempt from seizure.
- 6.32.260 - Proceedings to be heard without jury.
- 6.32.270 - Adjudication of title to property -- Jury trial.
- 6.32.280 - Fee of referee.
- 6.36 - Uniform enforcement of foreign judgments act.
- 6.36.010 - Definitions.
- 6.36.025 - Filing of foreign judgment -- Authorized -- Effect.
- 6.36.035 - Affidavit of last address of judgment debtor, creditor -- Filing -- Notice of filing of judgment -- Contents -- Effect.
- 6.36.045 - Effect of appeal from or stay of execution of foreign judgment -- Grounds for stay of enforcement.
- 6.36.130 - Sale under levy.
- 6.36.140 - Interest and costs.
- 6.36.150 - Satisfaction of judgment.
- 6.36.160 - Optional procedure.
- 6.36.900 - Construction -- 1953 c 191.
- 6.36.910 - Short title.
- 6.40A - Uniform foreign-country money judgments recognition act.
- 6.40A.010 - Definitions.
- 6.40A.020 - Applicability.
- 6.40A.030 - Recognition of foreign-country judgments -- Grounds for nonrecognition.
- 6.40A.040 - Personal jurisdiction.
- 6.40A.050 - Recognition -- How raised.
- 6.40A.060 - Judgments entitled to recognition -- Enforceability.
- 6.40A.070 - Stay in case of appeal.
- 6.40A.080 - Time limitations for commencement of action.
- 6.40A.090 - Savings clause.
- 6.40A.900 - Uniformity of interpretation.
- 6.40A.901 - Short title.
- 6.40A.902 - Chapter applies to actions commenced on or after July 26, 2009.
- 6.44 - Uniform foreign-money claims act.
- 6.44.010 - Definitions.
- 6.44.020 - Scope.
- 6.44.030 - Variation by agreement.
- 6.44.040 - Determining money of the claim.
- 6.44.050 - Determining amount of the money of certain contract claims.
- 6.44.060 - Asserting and defending foreign-money claim.
- 6.44.070 - Judgments and awards on foreign-money claims -- Times of money conversion -- Form of judgment.
- 6.44.080 - Conversions of foreign money in distribution proceeding.
- 6.44.090 - Prejudgment and judgment interest.
- 6.44.100 - Enforcement of foreign judgments.
- 6.44.110 - Determining United States dollar value of foreign-money claims for limited purposes.
- 6.44.120 - Effect of currency revalorization.
- 6.44.130 - Supplementary general principles of law.
- 6.44.140 - Uniformity of application and construction.
- 6.44.901 - Short title.
- 6.44.902 - Effective date -- 1991 c 153.
- 6.44.903 - Severability -- 1991 c 153.
- 6.44.904 - Prospective application.
- RCW Dispositions
- 6.20 - Adverse claims to property levied on
- 6.25 - Attachment
- 6.04 - Executions
- 6.27 - Garnishment
- 6.12 - Homesteads
- 6.16 - Personal exemptions
- 6.32 - Proceedings supplemental to execution
- 6.24 - Sales under execution and redemption
- 6.08 - Stay of execution
- 6.36 - Uniform enforcement of foreign judgments act
- 6.40 - Uniform foreign money-judgments recognition act
- Notes