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S_WA PASS-04 — Washington generic civil debt-action framework

This pass establishes separate superior-court, district-court, and small-claims procedural tracks from newly read public authority. Court jurisdiction, venue, commencement, service, response, and default each require their own predicates. An amount within a court’s monetary limit does not establish personal jurisdiction, proper venue, effective service, ownership of a claim, or entitlement to judgment.

Actual access date: October 28, 2026, America/Los_Angeles. The clock check during this research was October 28, 2026, 06:19:13 PDT. The source register distinguishes that access date from each source’s amendment, effective, and compilation dates.

The most consequential findings are:

  • Ordinary district-court contract actions have a $100,000 per-claimant jurisdictional ceiling, excluding the items specified in RCW 3.66.020. Small claims has its own $10,000 natural-person / $5,000 other-plaintiff limits and procedural restrictions. The separate $50,000 money-bond clause remains in the district-court statute. C003–C009.
  • Superior-court CR 3 generally recognizes commencement by filing or service, but its debt-collection provision and RCW 19.16.250(27) require attention to filing before service and the case number. District-court CRLJ 3 requires filing. C018–C022.
  • Washington’s 2025 entity-service amendment repealed RCW 4.28.090. The currently published CR 4 and CRLJ 4 still cite that repealed section. The current statute and the stale rule incorporation must be recorded separately. C028–C030.
  • Appearance, an answer, a default order, and a default judgment are distinct. Expiration of a response period does not itself supply all default predicates. C041–C046, C058–C071.
  • The current debt-buyer pleading and default-documentation requirements have a purchase-date application clause. A separately enacted 2026 debt-action law has a January 1, 2027 effective date and action-commencement application clause; it is not applied here as October 2026 law. C081–C087.

These findings rest on the statutes, rules, and enactments identified below. app.leg.wa.gov+5

1. Reading conventions and authority boundaries

Throughout this answer:

  • S001 means S_WA-P4-S001, and C001 means S_WA-P4-C001. Full identifiers appear in the source and claim registers.
  • Q identifies a quantity/event row; B identifies a conditional branch or unresolved dependency.
  • Text established means the cited public text supports the stated conditional proposition. It does not mean a factual predicate has been established.
  • Held means the missing incorporation, currentness evidence, or judicial construction prevents a broader conclusion.
  • “Current published” describes the official compilation actually accessed. It is not a representation that every later enactment, emergency order, or judicial development has been exhaustively excluded.
  • All PDF reading reported below was parsed text. I do not claim inspection of page pixels.

Authority and procedural-category comparison

Category Governing authority examined What that authority establishes here Boundary
Superior court Washington Constitution art. IV §6; RCW 2.08.010; CR General civil jurisdiction and superior-court procedure Constitutional/statutory amount wording requires reading together; no actual court selection
District court RCW 3.30.015; chapter 3.66 RCW; CRLJ Enumerated jurisdiction, monetary limits, district venue, ordinary limited-jurisdiction procedure Subject-matter exclusions and special statutory grants remain material
Small-claims department Chapter 12.40 RCW; CRLJ 81; specifically incorporated district-court set-aside rules Distinct money-only, nonexclusive procedure CRLJ does not automatically govern the whole small-claims proceeding
Statutory service Chapter 4.28 RCW; chapter 23.95 RCW; court-rule incorporations Authorized categories and conditional statutory routes A listed address, mailing, or contact is not proof that a route’s predicates exist
Court rules CR/CRLJ 1, 81; individual operative rules Procedure within their stated scope; inconsistent procedural statutes are addressed by the rules’ supersession clauses No general resolution of constitutional or substantive conflicts
Federal overlay 15 U.S.C. §§1692a, 1692i; SCRA provisions Covered-collector venue restriction and military default/stay protections Does not convert a state action into a federal action or supply federal service authority
Official instructions AOC small-claims materials Useful procedural explanation Subordinate to operative statutes and rules
Proposed rule October 2026 CR 8 proposal Proposal/comment status Not an adopted amendment

Sources: S001–S007, S037–S042, S095–S106; claims C001–C017, C088–C100. courts.wa.gov+3

2. Complete consequential-claim register

The tables in this section contain the substantive findings. Each row identifies the controlling clause, conditions, and limits rather than treating a procedural label as sufficient.

2.1 Courts, jurisdiction, venue, and procedural tracks

Claim ID Precise proposition Sources and exact pinpoints Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
S_WA-P4-C001 CR governs superior-court civil procedure; CRLJ governs civil procedure in courts of limited jurisdiction within its scope. CRLJ 81 excludes small claims except where another authority specifically incorporates a rule. S037–S040, rules 1 and 81 in full High on text. Special proceedings and inconsistent-statute questions require their own scope analysis.
S_WA-P4-C002 Superior-court jurisdiction cannot be reduced to the district-court ceiling. Constitution art. IV §6 contains general and residual jurisdiction language and “or as otherwise determined by law” qualifications; RCW 2.08.010 retains older monetary wording. S001 art. IV §6; S002 complete section High on texts; harmonizing every historical monetary clause is held. No minimum-amount or exclusive-forum conclusion follows from one isolated number.
S_WA-P4-C003 District courts have jurisdiction over enumerated actions, including contract actions for money, when each claimant’s value or amount at issue does not exceed $100,000, excluding interest, costs, and attorney fees. S004 §3.66.020 opening paragraph and (1); S008 §1 Current published text; original cap amendment checked. Claim aggregation/classification beyond the text is held.
S_WA-P4-C004 The money-conditioned-bond category retains a separate $50,000 amount-claimed limit, with judgment limited to the amount actually due and claimed, even if the bond penalty is greater. S004 §3.66.020(4); S008 §1(4) This category is not silently raised to $100,000.
S_WA-P4-C005 District jurisdiction under §3.66.020 excludes the categories listed in §3.66.030, including real-property title, real-estate mortgage/lien enforcement, specified torts, and actions against an executor or administrator as such. S004 §3.66.030(1)–(4) Identifies exclusions only; their separate regimes are outside this pass.
S_WA-P4-C006 Small claims is a department of district court with nonexclusive jurisdiction over money only: no more than $10,000 when brought by a natural person, defined as a human being, and $5,000 otherwise. S006 §12.40.010(1)–(2); S009 §1 No importation of the district statute’s exclusions from its monetary base or its per-claimant formulation.
S_WA-P4-C007 An original small-claims claim must be verified by the real claimant; §12.40.070 bars filing/prosecution by an assignee, subject to the transferred-case exception. S006 §§12.40.070, .025 The word “assignee” is consequential; actual assignment status is not examined.
S_WA-P4-C008 A qualifying defendant-initiated transfer from district court to small claims preserves an existing plaintiff-assignee and existing plaintiff attorney under §12.40.025. An oversized counterclaim does not itself create a right to remove small claims. S006 §§12.40.025, .027 complete Transfer mechanics requiring further court rules remain held. Separate-action and court-transfer provisions are not an automatic-removal right.
S_WA-P4-C009 In ordinary district litigation, a good-faith claim exceeding district jurisdiction, or seeking a remedy beyond it, requires removal of the entire case under CRLJ 14A(b). S067 rule 14A(b)–(d); S023 §§4.14.010–.040 Small claims has the distinct statutory limitation in C008. No actual removal determination.
S_WA-P4-C010 General superior-court venue under RCW 4.12.025 is tied to defendant residence at commencement, with corporate and specified check-related provisions; CR 82 supplies nonresident and wrong-county rules. S005 §4.12.025(1)–(3), .030(1)–(4); S041(a)–(c) Special venue statutes and federal covered-collector venue can matter. Venue is not personal jurisdiction.
S_WA-P4-C011 Ordinary district contract venue follows §3.66.040(1): defendant residence when filed, or qualifying service within the residence county; reasonable unsuccessful residence inquiry permits the stated physical-employment district alternative. S004 §3.66.040(1), (6)–(8), .050, .090 Nonresident, corporation, and check branches differ. “Reasonable efforts” and corporate residence are not established by assertion.
S_WA-P4-C012 Small claims does not acquire an independent statewide venue permission merely because its monetary cap is satisfied; its district-court setting and applicable venue statutes remain material. S006 §12.40.010; S004 §§3.66.040–.050; S040 Text-based framework. Full judicial reconciliation of Title 12 and district venue procedure is held.
S_WA-P4-C013 For a covered FDCPA collector’s non-real-property debt action, 15 U.S.C. §1692i(a)(2) restricts venue to the judicial district or similar legal entity where the consumer signed the contract sued on or resided at commencement. S097 §1692i(a)(2), (b) The section does not authorize an otherwise unauthorized action. Meaning of the relevant Washington “judicial district or similar legal entity” requires construction not undertaken here.
S_WA-P4-C014 The federal venue proposition is limited by the FDCPA definitions of consumer, debt, and debt collector and the enumerated exclusions; it is not an all-creditor or all-business-debt rule. S096 §1692a(3), (5), (6)(A)–(F) Consumer debt is personal/family/household in the statutory sense. Security-enforcement-only language has its stated limited application.
S_WA-P4-C015 Filing/commencement and a venue basis do not, by themselves, establish jurisdiction over a defendant’s person. The rules separately recognize personal-jurisdiction and service objections. S012 §4.28.020; S045(d)(5); S046(e)(4), (g); S061–S062(b), (h) High on procedural distinction; constitutional nexus and judicial construction held.
S_WA-P4-C016 RCW 4.28.185 identifies enumerated acts and limits resulting jurisdiction to claims arising from those acts; it also requires the specified inability-to-serve-in-state affidavit for its out-of-state route. S012 §4.28.185(1)–(6) No inference of nexus from debt, residence labels, internet activity, or a provider connection.
S_WA-P4-C017 Claims against the state have a separate superior-court statutory branch under RCW 4.92.010. General individual/entity service does not complete government-claim prerequisites. S007 complete section; S012 §4.28.080(1)–(3) Government claim presentment, specialized service, immunity, and other public-entity regimes remain held.

The monetary and venue distinctions above are directly supported by the current legislative bodies and the enacted cap provisions. app.leg.wa.gov+4

2.2 Commencement, summons, and service

Claim ID Precise proposition Sources and exact pinpoints Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
S_WA-P4-C018 CR 3(a) generally permits commencement by filing a complaint or serving summons and complaint. A qualifying written demand requires filing within 14 days, otherwise the service is void under that clause. S043(a); S090 adopted CR 3 text Debt-collection qualification in C019 must also be read. This is not a limitation-period finding.
S_WA-P4-C019 CR 3(e) expressly addresses filing before service in debt-collection cases. RCW 19.16.250(27) prohibits the covered collection-agency practice of serving a debtor before filing and assigning a case number. S043(e); S027(27); S029 §2(27) The rule prints operative language and a bracketed statutory reference; it is not treated as wholly empty merely because it also says “Reserved.”
S_WA-P4-C020 CRLJ 3 commences a civil action by filing a signed complaint with the court. S044 complete rule The superior-court service-first formulation is not transferred to district court.
S_WA-P4-C021 Small claims begins with filing the statutory claim; the court sets a hearing and issues a notice of claim. The first hearing need not be the trial. S006 §§12.40.020, .030, .050; S010 §§1–4 Local pretrial/dispute-resolution arrangements are recognized but not investigated.
S_WA-P4-C022 Ordinary CR/CRLJ process requires summons and complaint together. The summons directs the response; the complaint states the claim. S045(a)–(b), (d)(1); S046(a)–(b), (d)(1) Statutory special-process exceptions are not generalized. No form was completed.
S_WA-P4-C023 Ordinary CR/CRLJ service may be made by the specified sheriff/deputy or a nonparty over 18, competent to be a witness, within each rule’s wording. S045(c); S046(c) Registration eligibility at age 18 does not amend the rules’ “over 18” wording. Small-claims uncertainty is separately recorded.
S_WA-P4-C024 Chapter 18.180 RCW imposes registration/residency requirements on compensated process servers, with enumerated occupational/no-fee exceptions, and expressly does not modify CR 4. S021 §§18.180.010, .030, .900 No server status lookup. Nonregistration is not automatically equated here with invalid service.
S_WA-P4-C025 The ordinary individual route permits personal delivery or delivery at the usual abode to a resident of suitable age and discretion. S012 §4.28.080(14); S013 §1(14) “Usual abode,” residence, and suitable age/discretion are factual/legal predicates, not address labels.
S_WA-P4-C026 The alternative usual-mailing-address route requires inability to serve under (14) with reasonable diligence, delivery to the specified suitable recipient, then prepaid first-class mailing; completion is the tenth day after mailing. S012 §4.28.080(15); S013 §1(15) The statute excludes a USPS post-office box and employment location from this definition. It is not mail-only service.
S_WA-P4-C027 For a defendant under 14, §4.28.080(9) requires personal delivery to the minor plus the specified parent/guardian or fallback recipient. For a person with an appointed guardian, (10) directs delivery to the guardian. S012 §4.28.080(9)–(10); S013 §1(9)–(10) Service and litigation representation/GAL safeguards are separate; see C075.
S_WA-P4-C028 A “represented entity” has a registered-agent service route through §§23.95.400 and .450. The category is defined through the domestic/registered-foreign entity provisions. S014 relevant definitions; S015 complete; S016(1); S012 §4.28.080(8) Entity classification is indispensable. No actual entity, agent, annual report, or listing was examined.
S_WA-P4-C029 Section 23.95.450 has sequential fallback conditions: absent/unservable agent with reasonable diligence; prescribed delivery to the principal office shown in the latest annual report; then qualifying person in charge; then Secretary of State. S016(2)–(6); S017–S018 Secretary-of-State implementation and a commercial agent’s accepted non-tangible forms are held; the statute is not blanket email permission.
S_WA-P4-C030 Laws of 2025, chapter 40 changed entity-service text and repealed RCW 4.28.090 effective July 27, 2025. Published CR/CRLJ 4 still include that citation. S013 §§1–2, 4 and cover; S045(d)(2); S046(d)(2) Stale incorporation is preserved, not silently corrected or used to revive the repealed section.
S_WA-P4-C031 Superior-court publication requires the inability-to-find predicate, filed affidavit, prescribed mailing or unknown-residence statement, and one enumerated statutory ground. S012 §4.28.100 introductory paragraph and (1)–(9); S045(d)(3) Unsuccessful ordinary contact alone is insufficient. Property/family/sector grounds are not completed by this pass.
S_WA-P4-C032 The statutory publication route requires complaint filing first, publication once weekly for six consecutive weeks, and the prescribed summons; the answer reference event is first publication. S012 §4.28.110 complete; S020 §§65.16.010–.110 Newspaper qualification/approval predicates were read generically; no newspaper was selected or investigated.
S_WA-P4-C033 CRLJ 4(e) contains its own county/property-based publication and out-of-territory provisions and expressly limits their personal-jurisdiction effect. CRLJ 4(h) separately permits statewide process. S046(e)(1)–(4), (h) Do not treat every out-of-county service as publication-equivalent or reconcile these branches without the governing predicate.
S_WA-P4-C034 Court-ordered alternative mail requires circumstances justifying publication, an affidavit supporting comparable likelihood of actual notice, a court order, and two prescribed mailings; the summons specifies 90 days from mailing. S045(d)(4); S046(f) This is distinct from abode substitution, entity delivery, small-claims certified mail, and service of later papers.
S_WA-P4-C035 RCW 4.28.180 supplies an out-of-state personal-service category and 60-day answer period; its jurisdictional effect depends on the statutory residence/citizenship/submission predicates. S012 §§4.28.180, .185; S045(e)(2)–(3); S061(a)(3) Delivery outside Washington does not itself establish personal jurisdiction.
S_WA-P4-C036 Small-claims notice may use §4.28.080 or registered/certified mail with the served party’s signed return receipt filed with the court. No other legal document/process accompanies it under §12.40.040. S006 §12.40.040; S010 §3; S106 service paragraphs Ordinary summons-and-complaint packaging is not imported into this branch.
S_WA-P4-C037 RCW 3.66.100(2) excludes ordinary small claims from the §4.28.180 out-of-state route, subject to its expressly stated special exceptions. S004 §3.66.100(1)–(2) The landlord and infraction exceptions are outside this pass. No alternative interstate small-claims route is established.
S_WA-P4-C038 Small-claims server qualifications require a hold: RCW 12.04.050 says Washington citizen over 18; .080 uses a nonparty 18-or-over formulation; AOC instructions use over 18/competent/nonparty. S019 §§12.04.050, .080; S106; S040 Exact-age, citizenship, and incorporation reconciliation remain unresolved. No favorable synthesis is assumed.
S_WA-P4-C039 Rules 4 distinguish service from proof of service. Required proof identifies the prescribed method and generally time/place/manner; failure to make proof does not itself invalidate otherwise valid service. S045(g)–(h); S046(i)–(j) Default judgment separately requires proof on file. Amendment is discretionary and limited by material prejudice.
S_WA-P4-C040 CR 4(i) recognizes foreign-country methods only within its authorization, notice, treaty, and proof requirements. S045(i)(1)–(2) complete Applicable treaties, foreign law, and foreign authority were not read. No usable foreign-country route is affirmatively established.

The service categories are separate statutory mechanisms. In particular, the usual-mailing-address method and represented-entity fallback each contain predicates absent from a generic “mailed notice” description. app.leg.wa.gov+4

2.3 Initial response, appearance, and time

Claim ID Precise proposition Sources and exact pinpoints Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
S_WA-P4-C041 A written notice of appearance is distinct from an answer. CR 4 requires service of the signed notice; CRLJ 4 expressly requires service and filing. S045(a)(3); S046(a)(3); S012 §4.28.210 Informal appearance and conduct-based appearance require construction not researched. Appearance does not itself supply an answer.
S_WA-P4-C042 The ordinary CR/CRLJ answer period is 20 days after service, excluding the service day, subject to a different applicable statute/rule. S061(a)(1), (5); S062(a)(1), (3); S046(a)(2) CRLJ additionally specifies filing in its summons rule. Valid service and the applicable route remain predicates.
S_WA-P4-C043 CR 12 distinguishes publication, qualifying out-of-state service, and service in a jail/detention/prison facility; each listed branch uses 60 days, with different reference events and statutory qualifications. S061(a)(2)–(4); S092 adopted amendment The detention provision became effective September 1, 2025. It is not converted into a universal district-court rule.
S_WA-P4-C044 CRLJ 12 expressly lists 60 days from first publication and preserves other applicable statutes/rules; it does not contain CR 12(a)(4)’s detention clause. S062(a) complete; S046(e)(3), (f); S012 §4.28.180 The separate 30-day, 60-day, and 90-day branches cannot be selected from location alone.
S_WA-P4-C045 Service of a permitted Rule 12 motion alters responsive-pleading periods as stated: ordinarily 10 days after notice of denial/postponement, or 10 days after service of a more definite statement. S061(a)(A)–(B), (b), (e); S062(a)(i)–(ii), (b), (e) Court may fix another time. Filing an arbitrary document is not assumed to trigger this provision.
S_WA-P4-C046 Personal-jurisdiction, venue, process, and service defenses have Rule 12 consolidation/waiver provisions. Subject-matter jurisdiction is treated separately under (h)(3). S061–S062(b), (g), (h); S065–S066(a) Voluntary appearance does not alone eliminate the preserved objections; later omission can matter. No actual waiver conclusion.
S_WA-P4-C047 Rules 7–9 distinguish pleadings from motions, require a short/plain claim and demand, and prescribe admissions, denials, affirmative defenses, and special pleading matters. Uncontroverted allegations and the amount of damages are treated differently. S051–S056; specifically rules 7(a)–(b), 8(a)–(e), 9(a)–(c), (g), (l) Pleading sufficiency does not itself prove the allegation. Fraud/conditions/capacity have distinct provisions.
S_WA-P4-C048 Rule 15(a) contains limited amendment-as-of-course categories and a response period tied to the remaining original period or 10 days, whichever is longer, subject to court order. S065–S066(a) CRLJ text includes service or notice language. Amendment is not an unlimited cure for an omitted defense.
S_WA-P4-C049 Rules 12 and 13 separately govern replies/cross-claim answers and compulsory counterclaims, with stated exceptions; assignment/setoff provisions do not establish a substantive setoff in an unidentified claim. S061–S064; rules 12(a), 13(a), (j), and CRLJ 13(l) No counterclaim, setoff, compulsory-claim, or preclusion decision is made.
S_WA-P4-C050 Rule 5 generally governs later papers, including service through counsel and filing; new/additional claims against a party in default for failure to appear require Rule 4 service. S047–S048(a)–(e) Initial process is not made valid merely by a later-paper service method.
S_WA-P4-C051 Rule 5’s mail/electronic completion provisions and Rule 6(e)’s additional-mail-time provision have distinct triggers. Dispatch, completion of service, receipt, and filing are not interchangeable. S047–S050; rules 5(b), 6(e) The three-day provisions are not automatically stacked onto every original summons period.
S_WA-P4-C052 Under current GR 30, accepted electronic submissions during business hours are filed at the submission date/time; accepted submissions outside those hours are filed the next business day. Lack of confirmation defeats a presumption of receipt. S085(c); S094 applicable amendment Electronic service of parties of record depends on the rule’s agreement/local-rule predicates. No initial-process email permission follows.
S_WA-P4-C053 GR 3.1 supplies a conditional institutional-mailbox rule for confined persons, requiring the specified system/proof; the other party’s response clock is tied to receipt as stated. S082 complete rule No actual institutional mailing, declaration, or filing was constructed.
S_WA-P4-C054 CR/CRLJ 6(a) exclude the triggering day, include the last day subject to weekend/holiday rollover, and omit intermediate weekends/holidays when the period is less than seven days. S049–S050(a); S080–S081; S111–S112 This is not a universal counting convention for every statute, small-claims provision, federal period, or court order.
S_WA-P4-C055 Rule 6(b) permits discretionary enlargement for cause before expiration and, on motion, excusable neglect after expiration; specified Rule 50/52/59/60 periods are excluded from enlargement. S049–S050(b) Superior and district exclusion lists differ concerning Rule 52(b). No extension exists merely because it is requested.
S_WA-P4-C056 Rule 6(d) has a general five-day motion-notice framework and supporting/opposing affidavit provisions, subject to different rules or court orders. S049–S050(d); S076–S077(c) Local motion schedules and actual orders were not investigated.
S_WA-P4-C057 Small claims requires appearance at the stated hearing; formal pleadings beyond claim and notice are generally unnecessary. Section .040’s 10-calendar-day service minimum and .060’s five-day notice wording both remain published. S006 §§12.40.030, .040, .060, .080, .090; S010; S011 The five-day wording is not treated as permission to disregard the ten-calendar-day requirement.
S_WA-P4-C102 Legal holidays are defined by RCW 1.16.050(1), with weekend observance in (5); days merely recognized under (7) are expressly not legal holidays. S111(1), (5), (7); S080 No actual holiday calendar or deadline was calculated. Emergency/local closures remain a separate question.

The superior detention-facility clause and the district rule’s different text were both read; the distinction is not inferred from a generic court brochure. courts.wa.gov+5

2.4 Default, judgment, and relief from default

Claim ID Precise proposition Sources and exact pinpoints Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
S_WA-P4-C058 Rule 55 permits a default motion when failure to appear, plead, or otherwise defend is shown by motion and affidavit; it does not make judgment automatic upon elapsed time. S072–S073(a)(1)–(2) Before-motion and before-hearing opportunities differ according to prior appearance.
S_WA-P4-C059 A party who appeared receives written default-motion notice and supporting affidavit at least five days before hearing. The ordinary no-appearance rule is subject to Rule 55(f). S072–S073(a)(3), (f) What qualifies as an informal appearance remains held.
S_WA-P4-C060 After more than one year from summons service without appearance, Rule 55(f) requires additional notice before default order/judgment, with its specified service and fallback publication/mailing alternatives. S072–S073(f)(1)–(2) This is a default-notice trigger, not a claim limitation or judgment-duration clock.
S_WA-P4-C061 A sum-certain default judgment requires the Rule 55 motion/amount affidavit predicates; an uncertain amount can require hearings, proof, findings, and conclusions. S072–S073(b)(1)–(2); S093 amendment Arithmetic certainty does not establish ownership, liability, service, or admissibility.
S_WA-P4-C062 Publication/authorized-mail default has additional proof-of-demand and payment-examination requirements. Both rules require proof of service on file before default judgment. S072–S073(b)(3)–(4); S093 CRLJ 55(b)(3) still cites “4(d)(4)” although CRLJ alternative mail is in 4(f); exact reconciliation is held.
S_WA-P4-C063 Default judgment against a minor/incapacitated person requires the stated guardian/GAL representation safeguard. S072–S073(b)(1); S068–S069 Service on a minor or guardian does not itself establish adequate litigation representation.
S_WA-P4-C064 Default relief cannot differ in kind from, or exceed the amount demanded under, Rule 54(c). S070–S071(c); S072–S073(b), (d) This ceiling is not affirmative proof that the demanded amount is recoverable.
S_WA-P4-C065 Rule 55(c)(1) distinguishes setting aside an entry of default for good cause from relief from an entered default judgment under Rule 60(b). S072–S073(c)(1); S078–S079(b) Neither result is guaranteed merely by making a motion.
S_WA-P4-C066 Rule 55 prohibits default where improper venue clearly appears; its later improper-venue vacatur clause has specified written-stipulation and noticed-appearance exceptions. S072–S073(a)(4), (c)(2); S041(c) The rule calls the resulting judgment valid but subject to its vacatur mechanism; improper venue is not automatically equated with absent subject-matter jurisdiction.
S_WA-P4-C067 Rule 60(b) supplies separately stated grounds: mistake/neglect/irregularity; protected-person error; new evidence; fraud/misconduct; voidness; satisfaction/prospective inequity; publication relief; death; unavoidable misfortune; minor error; other justification. S078–S079(b)(1)–(11) complete Listing a ground does not establish it; judicial standards and actual merits remain held.
S_WA-P4-C068 Rule 60 requires reasonable time, adds a one-year outer period for (b)(1)–(3), and contains disability and minor-specific language. The motion itself does not suspend judgment operation. S078–S079(b), final paragraph and (10) A universal one-year deadline for every ground is unsupported. Ground-specific construction remains held.
S_WA-P4-C069 Rule 60(e) requires a filed motion, supporting factual/error affidavit and defense facts where applicable, a court-set show-cause hearing, and prescribed service. S078–S079(e)(1)–(3) A letter or informal request is not assumed to satisfy this procedure. No motion or affidavit was created.
S_WA-P4-C070 CR 60(e)(4) retains RCW 4.72.010–.090 except as modified by the rule. The statute’s separate periods and substantive predicates cannot be mechanically substituted for CR 60. S078(e)(4); S024 complete listed sections In particular, no automatic importation of the statute’s fraud timing into CR 60(b)(4).
S_WA-P4-C071 Rule 60(b)(3) incorporates the inability, despite due diligence, to discover evidence in time for Rule 59(b); Rule 59(b) uses a 10-day filing period and its own hearing/noting provision. S076–S079, rules 59(b), 60(b)(3) New-trial merits and full posttrial practice remain outside scope.
S_WA-P4-C072 RCW 12.40.120 expressly makes district-court set-aside law/rules applicable to small-claims judgments. S006 §12.40.120; S079 This specific incorporation does not import all CRLJ procedure into small claims. Appeal procedure is not completed here.
S_WA-P4-C101 Superior CR 58 links entry to delivery for filing after signature, subject to its qualifications. CRLJ 54/58 use different judgment/entry language. S070(a); S071(a); S074(a)–(b); S075 No universal “signed = entered” rule or judgment-duration calculation is supplied.
S_WA-P4-C103 CR 54(f) separately addresses notice of presentation of proposed judgments/orders to opposing counsel, subject to emergency, approval/waiver, and specified open-court exceptions. S070(f)(1)–(3) It is not collapsed into Rule 55’s appearance-based motion notice, and not generalized to every small-claims judgment.

These distinctions follow the full operative default and relief clauses, including the July 2025 amendments. courts.wa.gov+5

2.5 Real party, pleadings, evidence, assigned debt, and debt buyers

Claim ID Precise proposition Sources and exact pinpoints Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
S_WA-P4-C073 Rule 17(a) requires prosecution in the real party’s name, allows specified representative categories, and affords a reasonable opportunity for ratification, joinder, or substitution after objection before dismissal on that ground. S068–S069(a) This is not a finding of ownership, standing, capacity, or entitlement for an unidentified claimant.
S_WA-P4-C074 RCW 4.08.080 permits suit in an assignee’s name on a written assignment signed by the assignor, while preserving stated defenses/setoffs and a negotiable-instrument qualification. S022 §4.08.080 complete Assignment validity, chain sufficiency, and the negotiable branch remain factual/construction dependencies. Small-claims restrictions still matter.
S_WA-P4-C075 Rules 17 and RCW 4.08.050–.060 prescribe minor/incapacity representation and GAL procedures, with age, application, and service-location distinctions. S068–S069(b)–(c); S022 §§4.08.050–.060 The protection-order exceptions are outside scope. No capacity determination or appointment is made.
S_WA-P4-C076 Rules 10 make attached written instruments part of the pleading; that procedural treatment does not itself establish authentication, truth, or admissibility. S057(c); S058(b); S088(a) No actual contract or exhibit was examined.
S_WA-P4-C077 Rule 11 signature certifies the stated inquiry, factual/legal basis, and proper-purpose predicates; it is not an adjudication of the signed allegations. S059–S060(a) Full sanctions/remedies are excluded.
S_WA-P4-C078 GR 13 permits qualifying unsworn declarations under penalty of perjury with required signature/date/place language, subject to its exceptions; GR 30 supplies applicable electronic-signature treatment. S083 complete; S085(d) Not every special oath or official certification is replaceable by an ordinary declaration. No declaration was completed.
S_WA-P4-C079 Washington ER 803(a)(6) points to chapter 5.45 RCW. Section 5.45.020 requires the qualified witness/custodian, identity/preparation, regular-course, near-time, and judicial trustworthiness predicates stated there. S087(a)(6); S025 §5.45.020; S086 A business-record label, attachment, or balance calculation alone does not satisfy the predicates.
S_WA-P4-C080 ER 1101 generally governs civil evidence but treats small claims separately; authentication under ER 901(a) and personal knowledge under ER 602 remain distinct concepts. S089(a), (c)(4); S088(a); S086 Small-claims evidence relaxation retains the rule’s express exceptions. It does not transform allegations into adjudicated facts.
S_WA-P4-C081 Current RCW 19.16.260(1) requires covered collection agencies to allege and prove licensing and applicable bonding; default dispenses with proving those matters, not with the allegation or the underlying legal requirement. S028 current (1)(a)–(b); S031 §3 This is an initial-suit prerequisite only. No provider licensing investigation or actual authorization finding.
S_WA-P4-C082 The state “claim,” “collection agency,” exclusions, “out-of-state collection agency,” and “debt buyer” definitions control the state documentation branch; they are not interchangeable with FDCPA definitions. S026(2), (4)–(8), (12)–(13); S096 State “claim” is not limited by the federal consumer-debt definition. Exclusions require their own conditions.
S_WA-P4-C083 Current debt-buyer complaints require the signed original-debt writing, or the precise credit-card/electronic-transaction alternatives where the specified signed writing does not or never did exist. S028(2)(a)(i)–(ii); S030 §2 Credit-card breach claims also require the applicable terms/conditions described by the statute. A missing document is not automatically excused.
S_WA-P4-C084 The complaint must contain the six statutory debt-buyer disclosures in type no smaller than 10 point. S028(2)(c)(i)–(vi); S030 §2 Purchase status/date/source, possible discount, applicable no-warranty statement, and timeliness assertion are disclosure requirements, not proven facts. Limitation merits are outside this pass.
S_WA-P4-C085 A debt-buyer default request requires qualifying evidence of amount/nature plus the listed account, charge-off/itemization, payment/transaction, incurrence, and unbroken ownership-chain materials. S028(2)(b)(i)–(vii); S030 §2; S025; S087 Evidence must satisfy the specified business-record route or another legally authorized route. This is not an automatic hearsay exception for all purchased records.
S_WA-P4-C086 The 2020 act applies prospectively to delinquent/charged-off claims purchased for collection by a debt buyer on or after June 11, 2020. S030 §5 and cover; S026 application note Earlier-purchase treatment requires historical/version analysis; it does not imply absence of ordinary pleading/evidence duties.
S_WA-P4-C087 Laws of 2026, chapter 107 creates a new debt-action framework and changes §19.16.260 effective January 1, 2027, applying to actions commenced on or after that date. S032 §§1–16, especially §§12–16; S028 future version; S110 Enacted/future-effective. Full future implementation and its additional incorporations remain held.

The existing debt-buyer requirements and the future-effective replacement were read as separate versions of the law. app.leg.wa.gov+5

2.6 Military default safeguards and version limits

Claim ID Precise proposition Sources and exact pinpoints Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
S_WA-P4-C088 The SCRA’s civil scope includes state courts; its defined service categories are narrower and more specific than a generic military affiliation. S098 §3911(1)–(5); S099 §3912(a)–(c); S100 relevant definitions; S101(f) No actual military status established. Certain pre-reporting and dependent incorporations remain held in B025.
S_WA-P4-C089 In a covered no-appearance proceeding, §3931 requires an affidavit addressing military service or inability to determine it; apparent military service requires appointed counsel before judgment. S102 §3931(a), (b)(1)–(4) Unknown status has its own possible bond mechanism; it is not automatically nonmilitary status.
S_WA-P4-C090 Section 3931(d) requires a stay of at least 90 days on the specified application/court initiative when its defense/contact predicates are satisfied. S102 §3931(d)–(f) An appointed attorney’s inability to locate the servicemember does not waive defenses. Actual-notice cases have a separate branch.
S_WA-P4-C091 Federal reopening applies to qualifying default entered during service or within 60 days afterward, with material effect and a meritorious/legal defense; application must be within 90 days after service ends. S102 §3931(g)–(h) Bona-fide-purchaser protection is retained. This is not a universal default-vacatur period.
S_WA-P4-C092 Section 3932’s actual-notice branch has a qualifying application, material-effect and commanding-officer communications, an initial stay of at least 90 days, and additional-stay/counsel provisions. S103 §3932(a)–(g) Its applicability extends through the stated 90-day post-service period; unsuccessful use has the express §3931 consequence.
S_WA-P4-C093 Washington chapter 38.42 has its own service/dependent definitions and order-receipt protection period. Its service definition includes a call exceeding 30 consecutive days; the 2026 amendment expands specified service-member categories. S033 §§.010–.020; S034–S036 State and federal definitions are not assumed identical. Registered-domestic-partnership construction is a retained incorporation gap.
S_WA-P4-C094 Washington’s no-appearance default provision requires an affidavit concerning service-member/dependent status and appointed counsel when its protected-status predicate appears. S033 §38.42.050(1)–(4) No status record or certificate was sought.
S_WA-P4-C095 The optional Washington dependent-status notice creates only the stated discretionary presumption after its service/mailing and response conditions. S033 §38.42.050(3)(a)–(c) It does not establish nonmilitary status, valid summons service, liability, or waiver. Its narrower template terminology is held against the expanded definition.
S_WA-P4-C096 Washington’s conditional no-appearance stay and reopening provisions use 180 days after release/termination, with defense/material-effect predicates. S033 §38.42.050(5), (7), (9)–(10) The statute does not reproduce the federal 90-day reopening-application clause. No missing state deadline is invented.
S_WA-P4-C097 Washington’s actual-notice stay requires the stated communications and conditions; applying is not a jurisdictional appearance or waiver under that provision. S033 §38.42.060(1)–(7) Additional-stay refusal/counsel and unsuccessful-application consequences remain part of the clause.
S_WA-P4-C098 Military-protection waiver provisions have document, timing, and scope conditions; neither an ordinary contract term nor participation is assumed to waive every protection. S033 §38.42.040; S104 §3918(a)–(d) Federal pre-reporting incorporation remains partially currentness-held; no actual waiver reviewed.
S_WA-P4-C099 The October 2026 CR 8 order examined is a proposal for publication/comment, despite an “ADOPTION ORDER” file title. S095 operative order and attachment It supplies no current amendment to CR 8.
S_WA-P4-C100 The answer’s federal currency ceiling is source-specific: published compilations checked through October 7, 9, or 20, 2026, not an independently verified October 28 legislative cutoff. S096–S104 metadata and notes Washington read bodies resolve their own source gaps only; neither broad access failure nor comprehensive currentness is inferred.

Federal and state protections have different definitions, triggers, and periods. They are retained as separate overlays rather than merged into a single “military extension.” uscode.house.gov+5

3. Quantity, event, boundary, and counting register

No date calculation is performed. “Rule 6” below means only the applicable CR or CRLJ computation provision after its applicability has been established. Periods stated in statutes, court orders, federal law, and small-claims provisions are not automatically given one universal counting convention.

Version/effective dates are also recorded in the source register; the principal application boundaries appear in Q046–Q049.

Q ID Quantity / unit / operator Reference event or base Inclusion, exception, or counting boundary Claims / source
Q001 Constitution $3,000 wording; RCW $300 wording Superior jurisdiction clauses Both qualified by broader language; no isolated minimum selected C002; S001–S002
Q002 ≤ $100,000 per claimant Value/amount at issue Excludes interest, costs, attorney fees; enumerated actions only C003; S004/S008
Q003 ≤ $50,000 Amount claimed on money-conditioned bond Actual-due and complaint-demand restrictions C004; S004(4)
Q004 ≤ $10,000 / ≤ $5,000 Small-claims amount claimed; natural-person/other plaintiff Money only; district exclusions/aggregation not imported C006; S006/S009
Q005 14 days Service of qualifying written demand to file superior action Failure consequence stated in CR 3(a); C019 qualification C018; S043
Q006 Over 18 years Ordinary private process server Competent witness; nonparty; sheriff/deputy alternative C023; S045–S046
Q007 At least 18 years Compensated-server registration statute Does not modify CR 4; statutory exceptions C024; S021
Q008 Over 18 / 18 or over Legacy small-claims-relevant server texts Exact-age/citizenship reconciliation held C038; S019/S106
Q009 Under 14 years Minor defendant service Minor personally plus prescribed additional recipient C027; S012(9)
Q010 Tenth day after mailing §4.28.080(15) required mailing following delivery Diligence and qualifying address/recipient first; not ordinary mail alone C026
Q011 Earliest of receipt, executed receipt date, or five days after deposit Entity fallback mail/commercial delivery Correct principal-office address and sufficient payment; prior-agent predicate C029; S016(2)
Q012 Once weekly for six consecutive weeks Authorized publication Complaint first; qualification of publication; completion at statutory endpoint C032; S012 .110
Q013 60 days from first publication Publication answer Different from six-week publication completion C043–C044
Q014 At least 30 days CRLJ 4(e)(3) specified out-of-territory service Property/jurisdiction branch; not every out-of-county service C033
Q015 Two copies; 90 days from mailing Court-ordered publication-alternative mail First class plus signed-receipt method; court/affidavit predicates C034
Q016 60 days after service Qualifying out-of-state personal service Statutory authorization and jurisdictional predicates C035/C043
Q017 At least 10 calendar days Small-claims service completion before first hearing Express “calendar” unit; no actual hearing selected C036/C057
Q018 Not less than five days Small-claims notice’s appearance wording Does not displace Q017; reconciliation beyond text held C057; S011
Q019 20 days; service day excluded Ordinary summons-and-complaint service Different statute/rule may apply; district filing requirement distinct C042
Q020 60 days after service Superior service in jail/detention/prison Different statutory time controls where specifically stated C043
Q021 20 days Cross-claim service; counterclaim answer service; ordered reply service Court may direct otherwise for ordered reply C049; rules 12(a)
Q022 10 days Notice of Rule 12 motion denial/postponement Court may fix another time C045
Q023 10 days Service of more definite statement Distinct from notice of the order requiring the statement C045
Q024 10 days Notice of order for more definite statement Court may fix another period; noncompliance permits specified discretionary action C045; rules 12(e)
Q025 20 days Motion-to-strike branch where no responsive pleading permitted Otherwise before responding; court initiative separate C045–C047; rules 12(f)
Q026 20 days / remaining period or 10 days, whichever longer Rule 15(a) amendment and amended-pleading response branches Conditions differ by procedural stage; court order may alter response C048
Q027 Third day after mailing, with stated weekend/holiday adjustment Rule 5 later-paper mail completion Not the §4.28.080(15), entity, or small-claims route C051
Q028 5 p.m. / 9 a.m. next judicial day Applicable Rule 5 electronic-service completion wording Consent/authorized method and failure-of-delivery provisions matter C051; S047–S048
Q029 Three additional days Rule 6(e): act due after service of a notice/paper by mail Not automatically applicable to a period measured from mailing or every initial summons C051
Q030 Trigger day excluded; last included; < seven days special rule Applicable CR/CRLJ 6(a) period Last-day weekend/holiday rollover; intermediate exclusions only for short periods C054
Q031 Five days before hearing; one day before hearing General motion notice; opposing affidavit Different rule/order and Rule 59(c) exception C056
Q032 At least five days before hearing Default motion to appeared party Motion and supporting affidavit; applicable computation C059
Q033 More than one year Summons service without appearance Strict “more than,” not “one year or more” C060
Q034 Not less than 10 days before entry Rule 55(f)(1) notice Notice of application time/place; proof filed C060
Q035 One publication; mailing 10 days before hearing Rule 55(f)(2)(D) fallback Inability under the specified alternatives; both acts required C060
Q036 Five days CR 54(f) proposed-order/judgment presentation notice Opposing counsel and listed exceptions; separate from Q032 C103
Q037 Reasonable time; ≤ one year for grounds (1)–(3) Rule 60 judgment/order/proceeding entry or taking Other grounds not assigned that universal ceiling C068
Q038 One year after disability ceases; 12 months after full age Rule 60 disability / minor-error clauses Distinct clauses; exact construction held C068
Q039 One year after rendition Publication-relief branch §4.28.200 Sufficient cause and statutory conditions; not ordinary answer period C067/C070
Q040 10 days; within 30 days unless court directs otherwise Rule 59(b) filing after entry; noting/hearing consideration Necessary incorporation for Rule 60(b)(3), not full posttrial advice C071
Q041 14-year minor application distinction; 30 / 60 days GAL provisions and service-location branch Exact statutory representation predicates; no capacity conclusion C075; S022
Q042 At least 10-point type Current debt-buyer complaint disclosures Six disclosures; not proof of their truth C084
Q043 At least 90 days Federal §3931(d) or §3932(b) qualifying stay Different no-appearance/actual-notice predicates C090/C092
Q044 During service or within 60 days afterward; application within 90 days afterward Federal default reopening Material effect and meritorious/legal defense C091
Q045 >30 consecutive days; >one-half support for 180 preceding days; 180 days after release Washington service/dependent/protection definitions Different actors and bases; not interchangeable periods C093/C096
Q046 June 11, 2020, purchases on or after 2020 debt-buyer act Purchase-date boundary; prospective only C086; S030 §5
Q047 January 1, 2027, actions commenced on or after 2026 debt-action act Future-effective on access date C087; S032 §§12,15
Q048 July 27, 2025; September 1, 2025; September 1, 2026 Entity-service act; CR 12 detention amendment; GR 30 amendment Enactment/order dates differ from operative dates C030/C043/C052
Q049 July 22, 2025 in current Rule 55 footers Published default-rule amendment Original order says effective on publication; report-issue publication not separately inspected C062; S072–S073/S093
Q050 20 days after receipt; served ≥20 days or mailed >23 days before application Optional state dependent-status notice Strict boundaries differ; only stated presumption, not summons response C095
Q051 180 days after release/termination State no-appearance stay/reopening and actual-notice protection No invented state counterpart to federal 90-day reopening application C096–C097
Q052 At least 12-point type Federal written waiver applying to contract/lease/similar instrument Other writing/separate-instrument/timing conditions remain C098; S104(c)
Q053 At least 21 years or court designation CR 4(i)(1)(C)/(G) foreign-country server provision Entire foreign-country usable route held pending treaty/law predicates C040
Q054 20 days after receipt of specified pleading/paper Chapter 4.14 removal petition branch Only its stated removal category; small-claims exception remains C009; S023 .020
Q055 No universal number “Reasonable time,” “reasonable diligence,” “promptly,” “suitable age and discretion” No numerical substitutes supplied C026/C029/C036/C068/C073
Q056 No universal rounding or percentage Jurisdictional amounts, pleaded demand, evidentiary itemization No arithmetic example, estimated damages, fee percentage, or rounding convention invented C003–C006/C061/C064/C085
Q057 Statutory holiday dates and observance RCW 1.16.050(1), (5) Recognized days in (7) excluded; no calendar generated C102
Q058 Filing at submission time or next business day after acceptance GR 30(c) Acceptance/business hours/confirmation predicates; no generic “sent = filed” rule C052

4. Conditional branches, adverse inferences to avoid, and exact next inquiries

These are generic legal dependencies. They contain no actual or invented participant, transaction, address, contract, service attempt, or calendar.

Branch Supported conditional relation Missing predicate or authority Adverse inference to avoid Exact next generic inquiry
B001 — Court amount If the action fits §3.66.020(1) and its base/cap, district monetary jurisdiction is available under that clause. Classification, aggregation, special grant/exclusion “Below $100,000 means every district action is permitted” Read the particular generic cause-of-action grant and its relationship to §§3.66.020–.030. C003–C005
B002 — Superior wording Constitution and RCW contain different historical monetary formulations plus broader jurisdiction clauses. Full harmonizing construction Selecting a superior minimum from $300 or $3,000 Generic constitutional/statutory construction would require separately authorized judicial research. C002
B003 — Small-claims claimant Natural-human plaintiff and other plaintiff have different caps; assignees face a bar and transfer exception. Correct statutory category and transfer-rule mechanism “All debts under $10,000 qualify” Authenticate the generic court rule implementing §12.40.025 transfer without examining a case. C006–C008
B004 — Venue layers State venue and §1692i can both constrain a covered consumer collection action. Federal coverage; Washington unit meant by “judicial district or similar legal entity” Treating county, court district, residence, and personal jurisdiction as synonyms Generic statutory/rule inquiry first; judicial construction remains held. C010–C016
B005 — Government defendant RCW 4.92.010 creates a distinct state-claim branch. Presentment, service recipient, immunity, special cause Ordinary individual service completes government procedure Read generic applicable government-claim statutes in a separate authorized branch. C017
B006 — Service-first commencement CR 3(a) is qualified by debt-collection language. Scope of CR 3(e) and state collection-agency definition in a disputed classification Unfiled debt summons is always authorized Read any later amendment/formal generic rule explanation of CR 3(e); construction held. C018–C020
B007 — Abode substitute Delivery works only if usual-abode and resident/suitability predicates exist. Legal meaning and factual predicates Any relative, coworker, or listed address suffices Generic construction would require judicial authority, expressly not researched. C025
B008 — Mailing-address substitute Delivery plus subsequent mail is conditional on reasonable diligence and statutory address/recipient status. Diligence, statutory address, completion predicate Mailing alone or a workplace/post-office box satisfies (15) Further generic interpretation of §4.28.080(15); no service reconstruction. C026
B009 — Entity sequence Later §23.95.450 routes depend on inability to use earlier ones. Entity classification; principal-office statutory source; SOS implementation Any agent, office, email, or registry label works Read public SOS service instructions and any operative implementing rule; no entity lookup. C028–C029
B010 — Repealed incorporation RCW 4.28.090 was repealed; rule citation persists. Formal rule correction or authoritative generic reconciliation Stale citation preserves repealed text Monitor/read adopted CR/CRLJ 4 amendment, not a guessed replacement. C030
B011 — Publication Publication requires statutory grounds and preliminary affidavit/mailing predicates. Applicable enumerated ground; constitutional adequacy; qualifying publication “Could not contact” automatically permits publication Read only the indispensable generic incorporated ground; constitutional construction held. C031–C033
B012 — CRLJ territorial text CRLJ 4(e) and 4(h) address different mechanisms. Which route is invoked and how overlap is construed Every out-of-county service gets the 30-day property-only branch Formal generic amendment/interpretation or separately authorized judicial construction. C033–C035
B013 — Small-claims interstate §3.66.100 excludes ordinary small claims from §4.28.180. Any separately authorized nonexcluded interstate mechanism Certified mail necessarily creates interstate personal jurisdiction Read generic legislative/rule authority for that precise route; current answer holds it. C037
B014 — Small-claims server Title 12 and AOC wording differ. Exact-age/citizenship applicability and procedural supersession Registration at 18 proves authority to serve small claims Generic official clarification or construction of §§12.04.050/.080 and CRLJ 81. C038
B015 — Small-claims timing .040 says ten calendar days; .060 retains five-day language. Counting/interaction at unusual boundaries Five-day notice alone satisfies current law Read any formal amendment or generic rule addressing the overlap; do not calculate a hearing date. C057
B016 — Foreign country CR 4(i) recognizes alternatives subject to treaty/law/notice conditions. Applicable treaty, foreign law, competent authority Domestic mail/email rule universally works abroad Generic treaty and implementing-law research only if that branch is separately commissioned. C040
B017 — Appearance Formal appearance preserves notice rights and does not itself answer. Informal/conduct-based appearance construction Every contact is an appearance, or appearance permanently preserves all defenses Judicial construction remains outside this pass. C041/C046/C059
B018 — Detention response Superior CR 12 has the 2025 clause; CRLJ 12 does not mirror it. Other applicable district statute/rule Copying the superior 60-day clause into all district actions Search/read later adopted CRLJ amendment or indispensable generic statute. C043–C044
B019 — Electronic transmission Later-paper service and accepted filing have distinct rules. Agreement/local rule; acceptance; business hours; failed transmission Sending email/uploading equals service and filing Read generic applicable local filing/service rule in a later local-law pass. C050–C053
B020 — Default stage Entry of default, judgment, and relief each have separate predicates. Appearance, proof, demand, capacity, military status, evidence Expired response time conclusively establishes damages or judgment No factual inquiry authorized; generic rule framework is established. C058–C069
B021 — CRLJ default-mail citation CRLJ 55(b)(3) cites 4(d)(4), while mail is in 4(f). Corrective amendment/authoritative reconciliation Silently treating a nonexistent subdivision as operative Read future adopted corrective order or formal generic explanation. C062
B022 — Vacatur interaction CR 60 retains chapter 4.72 only as modified. Ground-specific interpretation, especially voidness/fraud/defense requirement One-year period applies to every ground; every omission is voidness Separately authorized judicial construction; no actual relief decision. C067–C071
B023 — Debt-buyer date 2020 purchase-date and 2027 commencement-date clauses use different events. Correct version and event classification Sale date resets litigation periods or future law applies now Read only additional generic transition/application text; limitation/revival merits remain P3. C083–C087
B024 — Debt evidence Documents must satisfy the statutory/rule evidence route. Qualified witness, record-making predicates, chain, amount support Attached spreadsheet/contract/affidavit automatically proves debt Generic evidence incorporation inquiry; actual records remain prohibited. C076–C085
B025 — Federal military incorporation Current §3911/§3931/§3932 bodies were read; current §3917 body route failed. A dated governmental compilation contains §3917. Current official §3917 body; original relevant amendment/application text; unused dependent incorporation Title/snippet or 2025 compilation is fully current official statutory proof Retrieve an ordinary official current U.S. Code/Statutes at Large route for §3917; preserve its exact scope. C088/C098/C100
B026 — State military wording Expanded 2026 definition coexists with older dependent-notice template. Domestic-partnership incorporation and template reconciliation Template narrows all current protection or establishes actual nonmilitary status Read §38.42.904 and any operative corrective amendment/formal interpretation. C093–C098
B027 — Holidays/closures General holiday and closure rules exist. Actual local emergency order/business hours; special-period interaction Every recognized day is a holiday; universal mailbox or rollover rule Later generic local/emergency-rule pass; no calendar calculation. C052–C055/C102
B028 — Currentness Each compilation states its own currency. Later federal enactments through access date; uninspected original publication issues Access date proves enactment-complete currency Read ordinary official classification/public-law updates for the precise gap; no blanket failure inference. C100
B029 — Specialized recipients §4.28.080 contains government, insurer, transport, and other special recipients. Their incorporated operative provisions Ordinary entity clause overrides all specialized statutes Separate sector/government public-law investigation; remain excluded here. C017/C027–C030
B030 — Rule proposal October 2026 CR 8 document is a proposal. Later adoption, effective clause, final wording PDF title means current law changed Read any later adopted order and effective text. C099

5. Source and usage register

5.1 Register conventions

Access for every item below: October 28, 2026, America/Los_Angeles.

Issuers:

  • Legislature: Washington Legislature / Code Reviser official RCW, constitution, session-law, or Washington State Register publication.
  • Court: Washington Supreme Court rules/orders, published through Washington Courts/AOC.
  • OLRC: U.S. House Office of the Law Revision Counsel.
  • GPO/HOLC: Government Publishing Office-hosted legislative compilation.

For RCW chapter pages, the listed sections—not the entire chapter—define the read extent unless “complete chapter” is expressly stated. Source credits and displayed notes were read at those bounds; older referenced acts or incorporation targets were not necessarily opened. Material original enactments actually examined have separate document IDs.

5.2 Washington constitution, statutes, and enacted laws

Source ID Issuer / title / literal HTTPS URL Exact read extent and status Effective/application and limitations
S_WA-P4-S001 Legislature, Washington Constitution. https://leg.wa.gov/state-laws-and-rules/washington-state-constitution/?section=ae405373-5163-4b8e-a2ab-690941cc89ac Art. IV §§6, 10, 12 complete; associated displayed history §6 history identifies amendment 87, approved Nov. 2, 1993. Original amendment instrument not separately read; no whole-constitution claim.
S_WA-P4-S002 Legislature, RCW 2.08.010, superior jurisdiction. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=2.08.010 Complete section and credit; current published Credit: 1955 c 38 §3 and predecessors. Historical monetary wording retained; construction held.
S_WA-P4-S003 Legislature, RCW 3.30.015, district terminology. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=3.30.015 Complete section/credit 1984 c 258 §90; effective-date incorporation to .010 not followed. Terminology only.
S_WA-P4-S004 Legislature, chapter 3.66 RCW. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=3.66&full=true §§.010, .020, .030, .040, .050, .090, .100 complete; displayed notes Material credits: .020—2015 c 260 §1; .040—2007 c 46 §2; .100—2011 c 132 §3. Other chapter subjects excluded.
S_WA-P4-S005 Legislature, chapter 4.12 RCW, venue. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.12&full=true §§.020, .025(1)–(3), .030(1)–(4) complete and credits General venue only. Transfer-fee and other sections not completed.
S_WA-P4-S006 Legislature, chapter 12.40 RCW, small claims. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=12.40&full=true §§.010–.090 and .120 bodies read; .100/.105/.130 not relied on; .800 not read Material credits separately authenticated in S009–S011. Historical cross-reference notes not all followed.
S_WA-P4-S007 Legislature, RCW 4.92.010, actions against state. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.92.010 Complete section and displayed notes Used to flag distinct court/venue category, not complete government procedure.
S_WA-P4-S008 Legislature, Laws 2015 c 260, district jurisdiction. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/5125.SL.pdf?cite=2015+c+260+s+1 Entire instrument: cover and §1; printed pp.1–2, PDF indices 0–2 including cover Cover states effective July 24, 2015. $100,000 amendment and retained $50,000 clause read.
S_WA-P4-S009 Legislature, Laws 2019 c 86, small-claims cap. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/5621-S.SL.pdf?cite=2019+c+86+s+1 Entire two-page instrument; §1 printed p.1, PDF index1 Effective July 28, 2019 on cover.
S_WA-P4-S010 Legislature, Laws 2019 c 251, small-claims procedure. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/1048-S2.SL.pdf?cite=2019+c+251+s+1 Cover; §§1–4; §6; printed pp.1–4, PDF indices1–4 at relevant clauses Effective July 28, 2019. Other judgment-collection provisions not used.
S_WA-P4-S011 Legislature, Laws 2025 c 34, small-claims notice. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/1007.SL.pdf?cite=2025+c+34+s+1 Entire cover/operative §1; PDF indices0–1 Effective July 27, 2025; changes judgment warning from mandatory to permissive wording, retains five-day text.
S_WA-P4-S012 Legislature, chapter 4.28 RCW. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.28&full=true §§.020, .080(1)–(15), .100(1)–(9), .110, .180, .185(1)–(6), .200, .210, .290 complete Current service/appearance text and displayed credits read. Specialized incorporations and later lien sections excluded.
S_WA-P4-S013 Legislature, Laws 2025 c 40, service amendments/repeal. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/1361.SL.pdf?cite=2025+c+40+s+1 Cover; §1 complete relevant service text; §2 intro/changed entity clause; §4 repeal, printed p.7/PDF7 Effective July 27, 2025. Original §2 remainder and motorist §3 not fully relied upon; current §.100 read in S012.
S_WA-P4-S014 Legislature, RCW 23.95.105, definitions. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=23.95.105 Complete relied-on definitions (4), (6), (10), (24), (27), (28), (33)–(38), credits/notes Latest displayed credit 2021 c 176 §5208. Other entity-law application notes not fully followed.
S_WA-P4-S015 Legislature, RCW 23.95.400, represented entity. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=23.95.400 Complete section/notes Entity-category incorporation only; no entity record.
S_WA-P4-S016 Legislature, RCW 23.95.450, entity service. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=23.95.450 Complete (1)–(6), credits and note Credits 2020 c 57 §33; 2015 c 176 §1411. Historical contingent-effective note and §.420 listing implementation not completed.
S_WA-P4-S017 Legislature, RCW 23B.05.040. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=23B.05.040 Complete corporate service cross-reference Leads to §23.95.450; not independent corroboration of that section.
S_WA-P4-S018 Legislature, RCW 23B.15.100. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=23B.15.100 Complete foreign-corporation service cross-reference Same incorporation limitation.
S_WA-P4-S019 Legislature, chapter 12.04 RCW. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=12.04&full=true §§.010–.160 bodies/credits; .170–.180 encountered but not relied upon Legacy wording recorded as contrary/incorporation evidence. Not treated as overriding CRLJ or chapter12.40.
S_WA-P4-S020 Legislature, chapter 65.16 RCW, legal publication. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=65.16&full=true Complete chapter body/credits Newspaper qualification, approval, proof and exceptions read generically. No publication roster or actual newspaper examined.
S_WA-P4-S021 Legislature, chapter 18.180 RCW, process servers. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=18.180&full=true Complete chapter body/credits Reliance limited to §§.010, .030, .900. Fee/recovery provisions read but not used for service-validity conclusions.
S_WA-P4-S022 Legislature, chapter 4.08 RCW, parties. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.08&full=true §§.050, .060, .080 complete; .110/.120/.140/.160–.180 also read Minor/incapacity/assignment reliance only. §.050 latest displayed credit 2022 c 268 §32; protection-order incorporation excluded.
S_WA-P4-S023 Legislature, chapter 4.14 RCW, removal. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.14&full=true §§.010–.040 complete Generic removal incorporation; no federal removal or actual case.
S_WA-P4-S024 Legislature, chapter 4.72 RCW, vacation. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.72&full=true §§.010, .020, .030, .050, .060, .070, .080, .090 complete and notes Used subject to CR60(e)(4). Damages/remedy provision not substantively developed.
S_WA-P4-S025 Legislature, chapter 5.45 RCW, business records. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=5.45&full=true All four sections complete §.020 credit 1947 c 53 §2; current published text.
S_WA-P4-S026 Legislature, RCW 19.16.100, definitions. https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=19.16.100 Complete relied-on (2), (4)–(8), (12)–(13); full displayed credits/application notes Latest section credit 2025 c145 §1; 2020/2013 application clauses independently checked below. Medical sector not investigated.
S_WA-P4-S027 Legislature, RCW 19.16.250. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=19.16.250 Introductory prohibition, complete (27), credits and relevant purpose note Latest section credit 2025 c145 §3; reliance limited to filing-before-service clause, traced to S029.
S_WA-P4-S028 Legislature, RCW 19.16.260, current and future versions. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=19.16.260 Both versions complete, all subsections/notes Current version expressly until Jan.1,2027; future version thereafter. Page title alone is misleading if read without bodies.
S_WA-P4-S029 Legislature, Laws 2019 c201. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/1066.SL.pdf?cite=2019+c+201+s+2 Cover; relevant purpose; §2 introductory text and (27), printed p.11/PDF11 Effective July28,2019. Other collection-conduct amendments not relied on.
S_WA-P4-S030 Legislature, Laws 2020 c30. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/2476-S.SL.pdf?cite=2020+c+30+s+2 Cover; §2 complete, printed pp.4–5/PDF4–5; §5 complete, printed p.6/PDF6 Effective June11,2020; prospective purchase-date clause read. Other remedies excluded.
S_WA-P4-S031 Legislature, Laws 2013 c148. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2013-14/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/1822-S.SL.pdf?cite=2013+c+148+s+3 §1 definitions; §§3–4 complete, printed p.12/PDF12 §§1 and3 effective Oct.1,2013. Historical comparison only; no current debt-buyer document waiver inferred.
S_WA-P4-S032 Legislature, Laws 2026 c107. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/5720-S.SL.pdf?cite=2026+c+107+s+13 All operative §§1–16; cover and printed pp.1–10/PDF0–10 §15 effective Jan.1,2027; §12 action-commencement application. Additional future-law incorporations not all followed.
S_WA-P4-S033 Legislature, chapter 38.42 RCW. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=38.42&full=true §§.010–.060 complete; .080 and .120 complete; notes at those sections .010 amended2026; .020 amended2025; .050 credit2012 c24 §2. Other relief/limitation/sector provisions not relied on.
S_WA-P4-S034 Legislature, RCW 38.04.010. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=38.04.010 Complete definitions and credit 2026 c207 §2; supporting definition only.
S_WA-P4-S035 Legislature, RCW 38.08.040. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=38.08.040 Complete call-to-service authority and notes 2005 c9 §1 displayed; no actual order/status determination.
S_WA-P4-S036 Legislature, Laws 2026 c207. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/5420.SL.pdf?cite=2026+c+207+s+3 Cover; §§2–3 complete, printed pp.1–4/PDF1–4 Effective June11,2026. Remaining benefit/sector amendments not read as operative support.

5.3 Operative court rules

All sources in this table are Court-issued current published rule PDFs. The date is the last amendment/effective date displayed in that rule’s history, not a claim that every clause changed on that date. Original orders independently examined are S090–S094.

Source ID Rule / literal HTTPS URL Actual read extent; displayed version; limits
S_WA-P4-S037 CR1. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_01_00_00.pdf Full rule/history, PDF0; July9,2024.
S_WA-P4-S038 CRLJ1. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_01_00_00.pdf Full, PDF0; Sept.1,2005.
S_WA-P4-S039 CR81. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_81_00_00.pdf Full, PDF0; 1967 adoption text. Special-proceeding qualification retained.
S_WA-P4-S040 CRLJ81. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_81_00_00.pdf Full, PDF0; June2,1998; small-claims exclusion.
S_WA-P4-S041 CR82. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_82_00_00.pdf Full(a)–(d), PDF0; Jan.1,1981. Transfer-fee incorporation not completed.
S_WA-P4-S042 CRLJ82. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_82_00_00.pdf Full, PDF0; Sept.1,1989.
S_WA-P4-S043 CR3. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_03_00_00.pdf Full rule/history, PDF0; July28,2020. Original order S090.
S_WA-P4-S044 CRLJ3. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_03_00_00.pdf Full, PDF0; Sept.1,1989.
S_WA-P4-S045 CR4. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_04_00_00.pdf Full(a)–(j), blank embedded form/history, PDF0–3; Apr.28,2015. Specialized statutes/treaties not all followed.
S_WA-P4-S046 CRLJ4. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_04_00_00.pdf Full(a)–(j), blank form/history, PDF0–3; Sept.1,2022; S091 amendment checked.
S_WA-P4-S047 CR5. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_05_00_00.pdf Full, PDF0–2; Apr.28,2015. Local electronic-service rules not read.
S_WA-P4-S048 CRLJ5. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_05_00_00.pdf Full, PDF0–2; Jan.2,2018.
S_WA-P4-S049 CR6. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_06_00_00.pdf Full(a)–(e), PDF0; Apr.28,2015. Holiday incorporation S111.
S_WA-P4-S050 CRLJ6. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_06_00_00.pdf Full(a)–(e), PDF0; Sept.1,1989.
S_WA-P4-S051 CR7. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_07_00_00.pdf Full, PDF0; July9,2024.
S_WA-P4-S052 CRLJ7. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_07_00_00.pdf Full, PDF0; July9,2024.
S_WA-P4-S053 CR8. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_08_00_00.pdf Full, PDF0; July1,1976 history. S095 is only proposed later change.
S_WA-P4-S054 CRLJ8. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_08_00_00.pdf Full, PDF0; Sept.1,2022.
S_WA-P4-S055 CR9. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_09_00_00.pdf Full, PDF0–1; Apr.28,2015. Reliance(a)–(c),(g),(l); foreign-law merits excluded.
S_WA-P4-S056 CRLJ9. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_09_00_00.pdf Full, PDF0–1; Sept.1,1989; same bounded reliance.
S_WA-P4-S057 CR10. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_10_00_00.pdf Full text ultimately read, PDF0–1; Apr.28,2015. Reliance(a)–(d); format/privacy incorporations not completed.
S_WA-P4-S058 CRLJ10. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_10_00_00.pdf Full, PDF0; Sept.1,2007. GR14/31 formatting branch held.
S_WA-P4-S059 CR11. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_11_00_00.pdf Full, PDF0; Sept.1,2005. Sanctions not developed.
S_WA-P4-S060 CRLJ11. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_11_00_00.pdf Full, PDF0; Sept.1,2005.
S_WA-P4-S061 CR12. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_12_00_00.pdf Full(a)–(i), PDF0–2; Sept.1,2025. S092 original order. Rule19/56 merits not completed.
S_WA-P4-S062 CRLJ12. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_12_00_00.pdf Full(a)–(i), PDF0–1; Sept.1,1994.
S_WA-P4-S063 CR13. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_13_00_00.pdf Full, PDF0–1; Apr.28,2015. Initial counterclaim/setoff boundaries only.
S_WA-P4-S064 CRLJ13. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_13_00_00.pdf Full, PDF0–1; Sept.1,2022.
S_WA-P4-S065 CR15. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_15_00_00.pdf Full retrieved rule/history; reliance(a), PDF0; Apr.28,2015. Relation-back/limitation merits not used.
S_WA-P4-S066 CRLJ15. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_15_00_00.pdf Full retrieved rule/history; reliance(a), PDF0; Sept.1,2022.
S_WA-P4-S067 CRLJ14A. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_14A_00_00.pdf Full(a)–(e), PDF0; Sept.1,2004. Attachment/garnishment mechanics excluded.
S_WA-P4-S068 CR17. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_17_00_00.pdf Full, PDF0; Apr.28,2015.
S_WA-P4-S069 CRLJ17. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_17_00_00.pdf Full, PDF0; Sept.1,2022.
S_WA-P4-S070 CR54. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_54_00_00.pdf Full, PDF0–1; Apr.28,2015. Reliance judgment/demand/presentation clauses.
S_WA-P4-S071 CRLJ54. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_54_00_00.pdf Full, PDF0; Sept.1,2022.
S_WA-P4-S072 CR55. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_55_00_00.pdf Full(a)–(f), PDF0–1; July22,2025. S093 original amendment.
S_WA-P4-S073 CRLJ55. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_55_00_00.pdf Full(a)–(f), PDF0–1; July22,2025; stale(b)(3) incorporation retained.
S_WA-P4-S074 CR58. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_58_00_00.pdf Full, PDF0; 1967 adoption. Entry only; later clocks excluded.
S_WA-P4-S075 CRLJ58. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_58_00_00.pdf Full, PDF0; Sept.1,2022. Trial decision timing read but not relied on.
S_WA-P4-S076 CR59. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_59_00_00.pdf Full parsed text/history, PDF0–1; Apr.28,2015; reliance(b) and affidavit exception only
S_WA-P4-S077 CRLJ59. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_59_00_00.pdf Full parsed text/history, PDF0–1; Sept.1,2022; same bounded reliance.
S_WA-P4-S078 CR60. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_60_00_00.pdf Full(a)–(e), PDF0–1; Apr.28,2015. Appellate-rule incorporation not investigated.
S_WA-P4-S079 CRLJ60. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_60_00_00.pdf Full(a)–(e), PDF0–1; Nov.2,2021. Appellate incorporation held.
S_WA-P4-S080 GR2, holidays. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/GR/GA_GR_02_00_00.pdf Full, PDF0; 1977 history.
S_WA-P4-S081 GR3, court closure. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/GR/GA_GR_03_00_00.pdf Full, PDF0. Civil closure rule; criminal exception not developed.
S_WA-P4-S082 GR3.1, institutional mailbox. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/GR/GA_GR_03_01_00.pdf Full including blank declaration text, PDF0; Jan.1,2023.
S_WA-P4-S083 GR13, declarations. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/GR/GA_GR_13_00_00.pdf Full, PDF0; Feb.1,2021.
S_WA-P4-S084 GR21, emergency closures. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/GR/GA_GR_21_00_00.pdf Full, PDF0; Jan.1,2023. No actual closure order.
S_WA-P4-S085 GR30, electronic filing/service. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/GR/GA_GR_30_00_00.pdf Full, PDF0–2; Sept.1,2026. Original order partly checked in S094.
S_WA-P4-S086 ER602, personal knowledge. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/ER/GA_ER_06_02_00.pdf Full, PDF0; expert-rule exception identified, ER703 not read.
S_WA-P4-S087 ER803, hearsay exceptions. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/ER/GA_ER_08_03_00.pdf Intro and complete(a)(6), history; PDF0–2 document, only specified clause relied on; Jan.1,2023 footer
S_WA-P4-S088 ER901, authentication. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/ER/GA_ER_09_01_00.pdf Complete(a); selected(b) examples and history; PDF0–1; Dec.10,2013.
S_WA-P4-S089 ER1101, applicability. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/ER/GA_ER_11_01_00.pdf Full, PDF0; Jan.1,2023. Small-claims exceptions preserved.

5.4 Adopted orders, proposed order, federal sources, and instructions

Source ID Issuer / title / literal HTTPS URL Read extent / edition / status Effective/application or limitation
S_WA-P4-S090 Legislature/Court, WSR20-15-084, order25700-A-1297, CR3. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/law/wsr/2020/15/20-15-084.htm Full order and amendment July9,2020 adoption; effective on publication. Clean rule lists July28,2020; actual Reports issue not separately inspected.
S_WA-P4-S091 Court, order25700-A-1438, CRLJ amendments. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rule_related_orders/orders/25700-A-1438.pdf Order pp.1–2/PDF0–1; CRLJ4 attachment pp.3–6/PDF2–5; CRLJ8 attachment read; remaining attachments not all read Effective Sept.1,2022. Current individual rules separately read; not a claim to read all46 pages.
S_WA-P4-S092 Court, order25700-A-1636, CR12. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rule_related_orders/orders/25700-A-1636.pdf All three pages, order and amendment June5,2025 order; effective Sept.1,2025.
S_WA-P4-S093 Court, order25700-A-1648, CR55/CRLJ55. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rule_related_orders/orders/25700-A-1648.pdf All four pages parsed text July2,2025 order; effective on publication; current rule histories July22,2025. Pixel inspection not claimed.
S_WA-P4-S094 Court, order25700-A-1701, GR30. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rule_related_orders/orders/25700-A-1701.pdf Order pp.1–2/PDF0–1; attachment(a)–(c), beginning(d), pp.3–4/PDF2–3 June4,2026 order; effective Sept.1,2026. Remainder of amendment attachment not fully read; clean GR30 read in full.
S_WA-P4-S095 Court, order25700-A-1711, proposed CR8 change. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rule_related_orders/orders/25700-A-1711.pdf All four pages Oct.9,2026 proposal; January2027 publication/comment process and April30,2027 comment deadline. Not adopted law.
S_WA-P4-S096 OLRC, 15USC1692a. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-120/t15/s1692a/ Complete definitions(1)–(8), notes Displayed through PL119-120, Oct.7,2026. Original1977 act not separately read; no later-currentness guarantee.
S_WA-P4-S097 OLRC, 15USC1692i. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-121/t15/s1692i/ Complete(a)–(b), notes Displayed through PL119-121, Oct.9,2026. Real-property venue branch read but excluded from substantive development.
S_WA-P4-S098 OLRC, 50USC3911. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-134/t50/s3911/ Complete definitions(1)–(9), credits/notes Displayed through Oct.20,2026. Unused dependent cross-reference not completed.
S_WA-P4-S099 OLRC, 50USC3912. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-134/t50/s3912/ Complete(a)–(c), notes Oct.20,2026 currency. Original historical application act not separately authenticated.
S_WA-P4-S100 OLRC, 10USC101. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-134/t10/s101/ Complete relied-on(a)(4)–(5), (d)(1), (e)(4); relevant credits; partial historical notes Oct.20,2026 currency. Not all definitions or all historical/application notes read.
S_WA-P4-S101 OLRC, 32USC502. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-134/t32/s502/ Complete(a)–(f), source/historical notes through relevant amendment material Oct.20,2026 currency. Departmental regulations/orders and later unrelated executive-note material not investigated.
S_WA-P4-S102 OLRC, 50USC3931. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t50/s3931/ Alternate official2024 text: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title50/html/USCODE-2024-title50-chap50-subchapII-sec3931.htm Both complete bodies/notes read Current page displays PL119-120/Oct.7,2026 despite URL segment119-118. Alternate is2024 edition; same statute, not independent corroboration. Original2003/2004/2008 enactments not fully read.
S_WA-P4-S103 OLRC, 50USC3932. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-121/t50/s3932/ Complete(a)–(g), credits/notes Oct.9,2026 currency. Historical1991 temporary provision not treated as current. Eviction incorporation excluded.
S_WA-P4-S104 OLRC, 50USC3918. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t50/s3918/ Complete(a)–(d), notes Displayed Oct.7,2026. Current §3917 incorporated body failed; dated support S105 does not close that currentness gap.
S_WA-P4-S105 GPO/HOLC, SCRA compilation. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-11140/pdf/COMPS-11140.pdf Currency/disclaimer p.1/PDF0; §106 complete p.6/PDF5; §107 pp.6–7/PDF5–6 Dated governmental compilation, expressly not an official statutory edition. Jan.13,2025 publication, amended through PL118-159, Dec.23,2024. Provisional §3917 support only.
S_WA-P4-S106 AOC, small-claims “Serving the Notice.” https://www.courts.wa.gov/newsinfo/resources/?altMenu=smal&fa=newsinfo_jury.display&fileID=notice&folderID=brochure_scc Entire substantive service explanation Undated instruction; supports procedure, not independent legal authorization.
S_WA-P4-S107 AOC, small-claims appeal/set-aside explanation. https://www.courts.wa.gov/newsinfo/resources/?altMenu=smal&fa=newsinfo_jury.display&fileID=appeal&folderID=brochure_scc Substantive paragraphs read Used only as a navigation/consistency check. Appeal mechanics not adopted as findings.
S_WA-P4-S108 Legislature, RCW7.75.035. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=7.75.035 Complete section/credit Small-claims surcharge incorporation read; no fee, waiver, or actual county-charge conclusion used.
S_WA-P4-S109 Legislature, RCW7.120.010. https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=7.120.010 Section and 2025c306 application/effective notes Read to trace §38.42.020 note. Asset-forfeiture regime excluded; original2025 act not fully read.
S_WA-P4-S110 Legislature, RCW4.74.900. https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=4.74.900 Complete short-title/effective note Codification cross-check for S032; not independent corroboration.
S_WA-P4-S111 Legislature, RCW1.16.050, holidays. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=1.16.050 Complete(1)–(7), source credits, reviser/explanatory notes relevant to merged amendments Current published; latest credits2025c58§1001 and2025c30§1. Original acts/remaining historical finding incorporations not all read.
S_WA-P4-S112 Legislature, RCW1.12.040, computation. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=1.12.040 Complete operative text, credit, reviser note Latest credit1997c125§1. Case citations incidentally in note were not followed or used as judicial authority.

6. Read, search, navigation, and failure log

6.1 Actual substantive-read log

This log is cross-referenced to the source register so that a chapter title or retrieved index is not mistaken for a fully read legal instrument.

Read group Actual work completed Register linkage / limit
R01 — Court authority Read constitutional jurisdiction clauses, superior statute, district terminology and complete relevant district jurisdiction/venue subsections S001–S005; exact bounds above
R02 — Small claims Read complete relevant claim, notice, service, appearance, assignment, transfer, and set-aside provisions; traced cap/service/notice amendments S006, S009–S011; postjudgment collection excluded
R03 — Service Read complete relied-on chapter4.28 clauses and current CR/CRLJ4; followed entity definitions/service cross-references and original2025 repeal S012–S018, S045–S046
R04 — Service qualifications/publication Read legacy Title12 clauses, chapter65.16, and chapter18.180 to test incomplete service assumptions S019–S021; contradictions retained
R05 — Initial pleadings/response Read rules3–13,15,17 at stated bounds, including complete Rule12 waiver and timing provisions S043–S069
R06 — Default/relief Read full rules54,55,58,60; followed chapter4.72, §4.28.200, and Rule59 incorporation S024, S070–S079, S093
R07 — Filing/time/evidence Read general rules and indispensable evidence provisions; followed holiday and statutory computation references S025, S080–S089, S111–S112
R08 — Assigned/debt-buyer claims Read state definitions, filing-before-service clause, both versions of §19.16.260, original2020 application and2026 future act S022, S026–S032, S110
R09 — Federal venue Read full §1692i and necessary §1692a definitions/exemptions S096–S097
R10 — Military safeguards Read full relied-on state and federal default/stay provisions and listed definition incorporations S033–S036, S098–S104; §3917 current-body gap remains
R11 — Amendment verification Read adopted2020,2022,2025,2026 orders at listed bounds; inspected October2026 CR8 proposal body S090–S095
R12 — Official instructions Read AOC small-claims service and bounded set-aside discussion S106–S107; instructions not substituted for rules
R13 — Final dependency checks Completed Rule59(b), source-credit, holiday, entity-delivery, small-claims timing, and military-incorporation checks S076–S077, S111–S112; S105 only dated provisional support
R14 — Incidental text Some chapter returns included excluded sector, limitation, enforcement, or annotation text Not used to reopen P1/P2/P3 or to support excluded findings

6.2 Discovery and navigation routes — not substantive authority by themselves

Route group Actual query or navigation Result and treatment
N01 Official CR index: https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/?fa=court_rules.list&group=sup&set=CR Located individual PDFs subsequently read
N02 Official CRLJ index: https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/?fa=court_rules.list&group=clj&set=CRLJ Same; index itself not operative clause evidence
N03 GR index: https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/?fa=court_rules.list&group=ga&set=GR Located general rules
N04 ER index: https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/?fa=court_rules.list&group=ga&set=ER Located evidence rules
N05 Rule-order index: https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/?fa=court_rules.ruleorderpage Examined relevant2022–2026 listings; opened only identified generic orders
N06 Searches for site:courts.wa.gov "CRLJ 4" "2022" "ORDER"; "CR 3" "July 28, 2020" order; adopted2026 CR55/CRLJ55; small-claims default/service brochure Located orders, instructions, and leads; proposal/title results not accepted without bodies
N07 Searches for official15USC1692i/1692a and50USC3931/3911 routes Ordinary OLRC routes found after initial failures
N08 Searches for site:uscode.house.gov "3931" "119-", analogous3932 query, official small-claims server wording, and RCW12.04 service Located current section routes and AOC/Title12 text; incidental case-document result not opened
N09 Searches for order25700-A-1438 and2020 CR3 adoption; later exact order25700-A-1297 queries Located S090 and S091 after failed combined-WSR PDF
N10 Searches for current official10USC101,32USC502,50USC3917 and3918 Read observed current routes; §3917 failed at body retrieval
N11 Searches for GovInfo §3917/2025 and official current §3917 Found S105 compilation. Search text and secondary reproductions remained leads
N12 Title50 index: https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-124/t50/ Index readable; did not itself supply the missing §3917 operative body
N13 Previously surfaced full AOC small-claims brochure PDF Not opened; separate format unnecessary after operative statutes and relevant instruction pages
N14 Older USCode editions, secondary legal reproductions, and generic third-party results returned by searches Not used as current primary authority; no named cases/opinions investigated

Some search strings were retried in materially different forms to find an observed official route; failed document URLs were not repeatedly requested identically. A typo in one early federal site-search query and a search batch whose displayed results were truncated are recorded as search limitations, not proof of source unavailability.

6.3 Bounded failures and incomplete routes — separate from the source register

Failure ID Literal attempted route / event Actual result Different route, resolution, and remaining limit
F01 https://www.atg.wa.gov/small-claims-court-0 HTTP403 AOC service instructions and legislative bodies were readable. No blanket Washington-access failure inferred.
F02 https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1692i&num=0&edition=prelim HTTP404 Observed /us/usc/… route succeeded, S097.
F03 https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1692a&num=0&edition=prelim HTTP404 Different observed current route succeeded, S096.
F04 https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3931&num=0&edition=prelim HTTP404 Official2024 alternate and current observed route read, S102.
F05 https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3911&num=0&edition=prelim HTTP404 Different observed route succeeded, S098.
F06 https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?edition=prelim&req=granuleid%3AUSC-prelim-title50-chapter50 Maintenance response after redirect Individual sections resolved their own gaps; chapter-wide current reading not claimed.
F07 https://app.leg.wa.gov/documents/laws/WSR/2020/15/20-15MISC.pdf HTTP404 Separate official WSR HTML S090 supplied CR3 order and amendment.
F08 https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t50/s3917/ Initial title/currency-only return; subsequent body request HTTP404 Dated S105 text obtained; current official §3917 body remains held. Search excerpts were not promoted to fresh clause reading.
F09 Screenshot requests for two pages of S093 Returned image-reference markers without inspected page pixels Parsed text and clean rules used. No visual/PDF-pixel verification claimed.
F10 One bundled tool result exceeded displayed-output budget Output truncation Needed passages re-opened/read from known successful sources. This was not a website denial.
F11 Original Reports publication issues for CR3/Rule55 Not independently retrieved Adopted orders and current rule histories read; precise issue-level publication authentication remains limited.
F12 Parts of S091/S094 amendment attachments and older historical incorporation notes Not fully read Clean applicable rules read. No claim that every attachment or historical application was authenticated.
F13 Federal compilation-to-access-date gap Latest displayed dates were Oct.7/9/20,2026 Later legislative completeness through Oct.28 remains unverified; exact next inquiry in B028.

7. Wholly blank analytical worksheet

The following is an empty research worksheet. All entry cells are blank. It contains no participant, claim, date, amount, document, service attempt, or proposed action.

Analytical field Entry
Public-law component identifier
Authority edition / currency
Generic claim category
Court category
Subject-matter authorization
Monetary base
Monetary exclusions
Party-category condition
Venue authority
Personal-jurisdiction authority
Commencement provision
Required process documents
Authorized service category
Server qualification authority
Recipient/category authority
Prerequisite diligence provision
Service-completion provision
Proof-of-service provision
Appearance provision
Answer/motion provision
Response reference event
Period and unit
Inclusive/exclusive boundary
Counting rule
Holiday/closure authority
Extension authority
Filing-versus-service distinction
Default-order prerequisites
Default-judgment prerequisites
Notice prerequisites
Capacity/GAL safeguard
Military-status safeguard
Real-party/assignment provision
Pleading/document requirement
Evidence/admissibility requirement
Amount-support requirement
Set-aside/vacatur authority
Amendment/effective/application clause
Source ID and exact pinpoint
Claim ID
Unread incorporation
Contrary text
Currentness limitation
Remaining generic inquiry

8. Granular component coverage and retained gaps

“Answered” below means answered at the generic public-text level, subject to the identified conditions. It does not mean an actual legal result was determined.

Requested component Status Sources / claims / branches Exact remaining evidence or boundary
1 — Superior category Answered with construction hold S001–S002; C002; B002 Historical amount-language harmonization
1 — District ordinary money jurisdiction Answered S004/S008; C003–C005 Actual claim classification and special grants excluded
1 — Small claims as distinct optional category Answered S006/S009; C006–C008 Transfer implementation rule remains partial
1 — Amount/party/subject-matter conditions Answered, bounded C003–C009; Q001–Q004 No aggregation or eligibility decision
1 — Venue versus subject-matter/personal jurisdiction Answered C010–C016 Constitutional nexus and judicial construction held
1 — Nonresident/corporate venue Answered at text level S004/S005/S041; C010–C011 No residence, business, or service-location facts
1 — Federal collector venue overlay Answered conditionally S096–S097; C013–C014; B004 Washington federal-venue unit construction held
1 — Government/special subject matters Partial/excluded C005/C017; B005/B029 Separate government/sector regimes
2 — Filing versus service Answered C018–C021 CR3(e) disputed-scope construction held
2 — Summons versus complaint/SC notice Answered C021–C022/C036 No form completion
2 — Ordinary server qualification Answered C023–C024 No registration/status check
2 — Small-claims server qualification Partial C038; B014 Conflicting exact-age/citizenship/incorporation wording
2 — Personal/abode substitute Answered conditionally C025/C027 Predicate construction held
2 — Usual-mailing-address substitute Answered conditionally C026 Diligence/address/recipient predicates unresolved by generic text alone
2 — Entity/agent service Answered through statutory sequence; implementation partial C028–C030; B009/B010 SOS procedure and accepted electronic-agent forms
2 — Publication Answered conditionally C031–C033 Special grounds and constitutional construction remain held
2 — Court-ordered alternate mail Answered conditionally C034 No inferred order or factual basis
2 — Out-of-state service Answered with route distinctions C035/C037; B012/B013 Ordinary small-claims alternate interstate branch not established
2 — Foreign-country service Held beyond rule text C040; B016 Treaties/foreign-law incorporations unread
2 — Proof and amendment of service Answered C039/C062 No return, affidavit, or amended proof created
2 — Federal versus state process Boundary preserved C015/C035/C040; S045–S046 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure service regime not researched or imported
2 — Material service amendments Answered with stale-reference hold C030; S013 Later corrective rule authority absent
3 — Appearance versus answer Answered; informal-appearance construction held C041/C046/C059; B017 No conduct-based appearance finding
3 — Initial response periods Answered as separate branches C042–C045; Q013–Q026 No selected deadline or universal calculation
3 — Court-specific CR/CRLJ distinctions Answered C043–C044 Other district detention authority remains open
3 — Small-claims response Answered with timing overlap hold C057; B015 Ten-calendar/five-day boundary construction
3 — Filing/service/dispatch/receipt Answered conditionally C050–C053 Local electronic practice and actual transmission excluded
3 — Time computation/extension/holiday Answered, bounded C054–C056/C102; S111–S112 Local closure/order and special-statute interaction held
3 — Default order versus judgment Answered C058–C064/C101 No automatic default or entitlement conclusion
3 — Notice Answered C059–C060/C103 Informal appearance and stale mail cross-reference remain held
3 — Set aside/vacatur Answered at rule/statute level C065–C072; B022 Ground-specific judicial standards and appeal procedure excluded
4 — Real party/standing Answered as procedural rule; substantive standing held C073–C074 No ownership/assignment determination
4 — Capacity/minor safeguards Answered, bounded C027/C063/C075 Protection-order and actual-capacity branches excluded
4 — Pleading/document requirements Answered C047–C049/C076–C077 Full formatting/privacy/incorporated joinder rules not completed
4 — Evidence/amount support Answered conditionally C061–C064/C078–C080/C085 No actual admissibility or damages finding
4 — Debt-buyer/assigned-debt provisions Answered for current identified framework C081–C086 Earlier-purchase historical application remains conditional
4 — Future debt-action law Effective/application boundary answered; implementation held C087; S032 Additional future incorporations and any later amendments
4 — Military default affidavits/stays Answered conditionally; limited incorporation gap C088–C098; B025/B026 Current §3917 body and specified state construction
5 — Direct URLs and pinpoints Supplied S001–S112 Failed routes separately identified
5 — Read extent / edition / source credits Supplied at stated bounds Source register No title-wide or whole-document reading inference
5 — Original material amendments Substantially authenticated S008–S013/S029–S032/S036/S090–S095 Older/historical application and Reports issue gaps retained
5 — Enacted/proposed/future distinction Answered C030/C043/C052/C087/C099 No future/proposed text applied prematurely
5 — Search/failure log Supplied R/N/F tables Newly readable sources resolve only their own gaps
Dimension4 — Initial litigation portion Substantive component completed with explicit holds C001–C103, except numbering intentionally includes101–103 after100 Does not complete all collection/litigation/remedies coverage
Dimension3 / PASS-03 Excluded; no substantive dependence Scope boundary only Limitations, accrual, revival, choice of law, judgment duration/renewal/lien clocks unchanged
PASS-01/PASS-02 Preserved unchanged Supplied exclusion context only Provider fees, fair share, nonprofit, cancellation, funds/agreement disputes not reopened
Full discovery/trial/arbitration merits Excluded — Separate required investigations
Postjudgment collection/garnishment/exemptions Excluded — No enforcement or withholding framework supplied
Sector/secured/local/tribal law Excluded except necessary boundary identification B005/B016/B027/B029 Separate generic public-law passes
Cases/opinions/dockets/actual participants Not investigated — Judicial construction remains held; no actual status/outcome inquiry
State-wide or A066 acceptance Not implied — This is one bounded component with retained gaps

9. Researcher self-check — not independent review

I checked the findings against the actual passages read during this pass, including the complete relied-on response/default rules, the current and future versions of RCW 19.16.260, the relevant original session laws, and the specified adopted rule orders.

The checks that materially changed or constrained the answer were:

  • retaining the district money-bond limit separately from the general district ceiling;
  • preserving the small-claims assignee/transfer distinction;
  • treating the current small-claims ten-calendar-day and five-day provisions as separate text rather than discarding either;
  • recording the repeal of RCW 4.28.090 alongside the stale rule citations;
  • distinguishing the superior detention response amendment from the district rule;
  • distinguishing service validity from proof-on-file requirements for default judgment;
  • preserving the Rule60/chapter4.72 interaction and the different federal/state military periods;
  • distinguishing the 2020 purchase-date application clause from the 2027 action-commencement clause;
  • identifying the October2026 CR8 document as proposed rather than adopted.

I did not read judicial opinions or dockets, investigate participants or records, inspect the supplied prior-report files or conversation, complete forms, calculate dates, or determine an actual court, service route, default, vacatur result, ownership, or recoverable amount. Incidental case citations in official annotations were not followed or used as judicial authority.

The §3917 current-body failure, uncompleted specialized incorporations, historical/publication gaps, and federal compilation currency limits remain visible. The dated governmental SCRA compilation is labeled provisional and does not erase its current official-source gap. Multiple formats of the same instrument are not counted as independent corroboration.

The earlier Washington reports and their unresolved findings remain unchanged. All excluded broader Washington categories remain open, and no state-wide or A066 acceptance follows from this pass.

END S_WA PASS-04.

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Captured table 01

Category · Governing authority examined · What that authority establishes here · 8 data rows

CategoryGoverning authority examinedWhat that authority establishes hereBoundary
Superior courtWashington Constitution art. IV §6; RCW 2.08.010; CRGeneral civil jurisdiction and superior-court procedureConstitutional/statutory amount wording requires reading together; no actual court selection
District courtRCW 3.30.015; chapter 3.66 RCW; CRLJEnumerated jurisdiction, monetary limits, district venue, ordinary limited-jurisdiction procedureSubject-matter exclusions and special statutory grants remain material
Small-claims departmentChapter 12.40 RCW; CRLJ 81; specifically incorporated district-court set-aside rulesDistinct money-only, nonexclusive procedureCRLJ does not automatically govern the whole small-claims proceeding
Statutory serviceChapter 4.28 RCW; chapter 23.95 RCW; court-rule incorporationsAuthorized categories and conditional statutory routesA listed address, mailing, or contact is not proof that a route’s predicates exist
Court rulesCR/CRLJ 1, 81; individual operative rulesProcedure within their stated scope; inconsistent procedural statutes are addressed by the rules’ supersession clausesNo general resolution of constitutional or substantive conflicts
Federal overlay15 U.S.C. §§1692a, 1692i; SCRA provisionsCovered-collector venue restriction and military default/stay protectionsDoes not convert a state action into a federal action or supply federal service authority
Official instructionsAOC small-claims materialsUseful procedural explanationSubordinate to operative statutes and rules
Proposed ruleOctober 2026 CR 8 proposalProposal/comment statusNot an adopted amendment

Captured table 02

Claim ID · Precise proposition · Sources and exact pinpoints · 17 data rows

Claim IDPrecise propositionSources and exact pinpointsConditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
S_WA-P4-C001CR governs superior-court civil procedure; CRLJ governs civil procedure in courts of limited jurisdiction within its scope. CRLJ 81 excludes small claims except where another authority specifically incorporates a rule.S037–S040, rules 1 and 81 in fullHigh on text. Special proceedings and inconsistent-statute questions require their own scope analysis.
S_WA-P4-C002Superior-court jurisdiction cannot be reduced to the district-court ceiling. Constitution art. IV §6 contains general and residual jurisdiction language and “or as otherwise determined by law” qualifications; RCW 2.08.010 retains older monetary wording.S001 art. IV §6; S002 complete sectionHigh on texts; harmonizing every historical monetary clause is held. No minimum-amount or exclusive-forum conclusion follows from one isolated number.
S_WA-P4-C003District courts have jurisdiction over enumerated actions, including contract actions for money, when each claimant’s value or amount at issue does not exceed $100,000, excluding interest, costs, and attorney fees.S004 §3.66.020 opening paragraph and (1); S008 §1Current published text; original cap amendment checked. Claim aggregation/classification beyond the text is held.
S_WA-P4-C004The money-conditioned-bond category retains a separate $50,000 amount-claimed limit, with judgment limited to the amount actually due and claimed, even if the bond penalty is greater.S004 §3.66.020(4); S008 §1(4)This category is not silently raised to $100,000.
S_WA-P4-C005District jurisdiction under §3.66.020 excludes the categories listed in §3.66.030, including real-property title, real-estate mortgage/lien enforcement, specified torts, and actions against an executor or administrator as such.S004 §3.66.030(1)–(4)Identifies exclusions only; their separate regimes are outside this pass.
S_WA-P4-C006Small claims is a department of district court with nonexclusive jurisdiction over money only: no more than $10,000 when brought by a natural person, defined as a human being, and $5,000 otherwise.S006 §12.40.010(1)–(2); S009 §1No importation of the district statute’s exclusions from its monetary base or its per-claimant formulation.
S_WA-P4-C007An original small-claims claim must be verified by the real claimant; §12.40.070 bars filing/prosecution by an assignee, subject to the transferred-case exception.S006 §§12.40.070, .025The word “assignee” is consequential; actual assignment status is not examined.
S_WA-P4-C008A qualifying defendant-initiated transfer from district court to small claims preserves an existing plaintiff-assignee and existing plaintiff attorney under §12.40.025. An oversized counterclaim does not itself create a right to remove small claims.S006 §§12.40.025, .027 completeTransfer mechanics requiring further court rules remain held. Separate-action and court-transfer provisions are not an automatic-removal right.
S_WA-P4-C009In ordinary district litigation, a good-faith claim exceeding district jurisdiction, or seeking a remedy beyond it, requires removal of the entire case under CRLJ 14A(b).S067 rule 14A(b)–(d); S023 §§4.14.010–.040Small claims has the distinct statutory limitation in C008. No actual removal determination.
S_WA-P4-C010General superior-court venue under RCW 4.12.025 is tied to defendant residence at commencement, with corporate and specified check-related provisions; CR 82 supplies nonresident and wrong-county rules.S005 §4.12.025(1)–(3), .030(1)–(4); S041(a)–(c)Special venue statutes and federal covered-collector venue can matter. Venue is not personal jurisdiction.
S_WA-P4-C011Ordinary district contract venue follows §3.66.040(1): defendant residence when filed, or qualifying service within the residence county; reasonable unsuccessful residence inquiry permits the stated physical-employment district alternative.S004 §3.66.040(1), (6)–(8), .050, .090Nonresident, corporation, and check branches differ. “Reasonable efforts” and corporate residence are not established by assertion.
S_WA-P4-C012Small claims does not acquire an independent statewide venue permission merely because its monetary cap is satisfied; its district-court setting and applicable venue statutes remain material.S006 §12.40.010; S004 §§3.66.040–.050; S040Text-based framework. Full judicial reconciliation of Title 12 and district venue procedure is held.
S_WA-P4-C013For a covered FDCPA collector’s non-real-property debt action, 15 U.S.C. §1692i(a)(2) restricts venue to the judicial district or similar legal entity where the consumer signed the contract sued on or resided at commencement.S097 §1692i(a)(2), (b)The section does not authorize an otherwise unauthorized action. Meaning of the relevant Washington “judicial district or similar legal entity” requires construction not undertaken here.
S_WA-P4-C014The federal venue proposition is limited by the FDCPA definitions of consumer, debt, and debt collector and the enumerated exclusions; it is not an all-creditor or all-business-debt rule.S096 §1692a(3), (5), (6)(A)–(F)Consumer debt is personal/family/household in the statutory sense. Security-enforcement-only language has its stated limited application.
S_WA-P4-C015Filing/commencement and a venue basis do not, by themselves, establish jurisdiction over a defendant’s person. The rules separately recognize personal-jurisdiction and service objections.S012 §4.28.020; S045(d)(5); S046(e)(4), (g); S061–S062(b), (h)High on procedural distinction; constitutional nexus and judicial construction held.
S_WA-P4-C016RCW 4.28.185 identifies enumerated acts and limits resulting jurisdiction to claims arising from those acts; it also requires the specified inability-to-serve-in-state affidavit for its out-of-state route.S012 §4.28.185(1)–(6)No inference of nexus from debt, residence labels, internet activity, or a provider connection.
S_WA-P4-C017Claims against the state have a separate superior-court statutory branch under RCW 4.92.010. General individual/entity service does not complete government-claim prerequisites.S007 complete section; S012 §4.28.080(1)–(3)Government claim presentment, specialized service, immunity, and other public-entity regimes remain held.

Captured table 03

Claim ID · Precise proposition · Sources and exact pinpoints · 23 data rows

Claim IDPrecise propositionSources and exact pinpointsConditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
S_WA-P4-C018CR 3(a) generally permits commencement by filing a complaint or serving summons and complaint. A qualifying written demand requires filing within 14 days, otherwise the service is void under that clause.S043(a); S090 adopted CR 3 textDebt-collection qualification in C019 must also be read. This is not a limitation-period finding.
S_WA-P4-C019CR 3(e) expressly addresses filing before service in debt-collection cases. RCW 19.16.250(27) prohibits the covered collection-agency practice of serving a debtor before filing and assigning a case number.S043(e); S027(27); S029 §2(27)The rule prints operative language and a bracketed statutory reference; it is not treated as wholly empty merely because it also says “Reserved.”
S_WA-P4-C020CRLJ 3 commences a civil action by filing a signed complaint with the court.S044 complete ruleThe superior-court service-first formulation is not transferred to district court.
S_WA-P4-C021Small claims begins with filing the statutory claim; the court sets a hearing and issues a notice of claim. The first hearing need not be the trial.S006 §§12.40.020, .030, .050; S010 §§1–4Local pretrial/dispute-resolution arrangements are recognized but not investigated.
S_WA-P4-C022Ordinary CR/CRLJ process requires summons and complaint together. The summons directs the response; the complaint states the claim.S045(a)–(b), (d)(1); S046(a)–(b), (d)(1)Statutory special-process exceptions are not generalized. No form was completed.
S_WA-P4-C023Ordinary CR/CRLJ service may be made by the specified sheriff/deputy or a nonparty over 18, competent to be a witness, within each rule’s wording.S045(c); S046(c)Registration eligibility at age 18 does not amend the rules’ “over 18” wording. Small-claims uncertainty is separately recorded.
S_WA-P4-C024Chapter 18.180 RCW imposes registration/residency requirements on compensated process servers, with enumerated occupational/no-fee exceptions, and expressly does not modify CR 4.S021 §§18.180.010, .030, .900No server status lookup. Nonregistration is not automatically equated here with invalid service.
S_WA-P4-C025The ordinary individual route permits personal delivery or delivery at the usual abode to a resident of suitable age and discretion.S012 §4.28.080(14); S013 §1(14)“Usual abode,” residence, and suitable age/discretion are factual/legal predicates, not address labels.
S_WA-P4-C026The alternative usual-mailing-address route requires inability to serve under (14) with reasonable diligence, delivery to the specified suitable recipient, then prepaid first-class mailing; completion is the tenth day after mailing.S012 §4.28.080(15); S013 §1(15)The statute excludes a USPS post-office box and employment location from this definition. It is not mail-only service.
S_WA-P4-C027For a defendant under 14, §4.28.080(9) requires personal delivery to the minor plus the specified parent/guardian or fallback recipient. For a person with an appointed guardian, (10) directs delivery to the guardian.S012 §4.28.080(9)–(10); S013 §1(9)–(10)Service and litigation representation/GAL safeguards are separate; see C075.
S_WA-P4-C028A “represented entity” has a registered-agent service route through §§23.95.400 and .450. The category is defined through the domestic/registered-foreign entity provisions.S014 relevant definitions; S015 complete; S016(1); S012 §4.28.080(8)Entity classification is indispensable. No actual entity, agent, annual report, or listing was examined.
S_WA-P4-C029Section 23.95.450 has sequential fallback conditions: absent/unservable agent with reasonable diligence; prescribed delivery to the principal office shown in the latest annual report; then qualifying person in charge; then Secretary of State.S016(2)–(6); S017–S018Secretary-of-State implementation and a commercial agent’s accepted non-tangible forms are held; the statute is not blanket email permission.
S_WA-P4-C030Laws of 2025, chapter 40 changed entity-service text and repealed RCW 4.28.090 effective July 27, 2025. Published CR/CRLJ 4 still include that citation.S013 §§1–2, 4 and cover; S045(d)(2); S046(d)(2)Stale incorporation is preserved, not silently corrected or used to revive the repealed section.
S_WA-P4-C031Superior-court publication requires the inability-to-find predicate, filed affidavit, prescribed mailing or unknown-residence statement, and one enumerated statutory ground.S012 §4.28.100 introductory paragraph and (1)–(9); S045(d)(3)Unsuccessful ordinary contact alone is insufficient. Property/family/sector grounds are not completed by this pass.
S_WA-P4-C032The statutory publication route requires complaint filing first, publication once weekly for six consecutive weeks, and the prescribed summons; the answer reference event is first publication.S012 §4.28.110 complete; S020 §§65.16.010–.110Newspaper qualification/approval predicates were read generically; no newspaper was selected or investigated.
S_WA-P4-C033CRLJ 4(e) contains its own county/property-based publication and out-of-territory provisions and expressly limits their personal-jurisdiction effect. CRLJ 4(h) separately permits statewide process.S046(e)(1)–(4), (h)Do not treat every out-of-county service as publication-equivalent or reconcile these branches without the governing predicate.
S_WA-P4-C034Court-ordered alternative mail requires circumstances justifying publication, an affidavit supporting comparable likelihood of actual notice, a court order, and two prescribed mailings; the summons specifies 90 days from mailing.S045(d)(4); S046(f)This is distinct from abode substitution, entity delivery, small-claims certified mail, and service of later papers.
S_WA-P4-C035RCW 4.28.180 supplies an out-of-state personal-service category and 60-day answer period; its jurisdictional effect depends on the statutory residence/citizenship/submission predicates.S012 §§4.28.180, .185; S045(e)(2)–(3); S061(a)(3)Delivery outside Washington does not itself establish personal jurisdiction.
S_WA-P4-C036Small-claims notice may use §4.28.080 or registered/certified mail with the served party’s signed return receipt filed with the court. No other legal document/process accompanies it under §12.40.040.S006 §12.40.040; S010 §3; S106 service paragraphsOrdinary summons-and-complaint packaging is not imported into this branch.
S_WA-P4-C037RCW 3.66.100(2) excludes ordinary small claims from the §4.28.180 out-of-state route, subject to its expressly stated special exceptions.S004 §3.66.100(1)–(2)The landlord and infraction exceptions are outside this pass. No alternative interstate small-claims route is established.
S_WA-P4-C038Small-claims server qualifications require a hold: RCW 12.04.050 says Washington citizen over 18; .080 uses a nonparty 18-or-over formulation; AOC instructions use over 18/competent/nonparty.S019 §§12.04.050, .080; S106; S040Exact-age, citizenship, and incorporation reconciliation remain unresolved. No favorable synthesis is assumed.
S_WA-P4-C039Rules 4 distinguish service from proof of service. Required proof identifies the prescribed method and generally time/place/manner; failure to make proof does not itself invalidate otherwise valid service.S045(g)–(h); S046(i)–(j)Default judgment separately requires proof on file. Amendment is discretionary and limited by material prejudice.
S_WA-P4-C040CR 4(i) recognizes foreign-country methods only within its authorization, notice, treaty, and proof requirements.S045(i)(1)–(2) completeApplicable treaties, foreign law, and foreign authority were not read. No usable foreign-country route is affirmatively established.

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Claim IDPrecise propositionSources and exact pinpointsConditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
S_WA-P4-C041A written notice of appearance is distinct from an answer. CR 4 requires service of the signed notice; CRLJ 4 expressly requires service and filing.S045(a)(3); S046(a)(3); S012 §4.28.210Informal appearance and conduct-based appearance require construction not researched. Appearance does not itself supply an answer.
S_WA-P4-C042The ordinary CR/CRLJ answer period is 20 days after service, excluding the service day, subject to a different applicable statute/rule.S061(a)(1), (5); S062(a)(1), (3); S046(a)(2)CRLJ additionally specifies filing in its summons rule. Valid service and the applicable route remain predicates.
S_WA-P4-C043CR 12 distinguishes publication, qualifying out-of-state service, and service in a jail/detention/prison facility; each listed branch uses 60 days, with different reference events and statutory qualifications.S061(a)(2)–(4); S092 adopted amendmentThe detention provision became effective September 1, 2025. It is not converted into a universal district-court rule.
S_WA-P4-C044CRLJ 12 expressly lists 60 days from first publication and preserves other applicable statutes/rules; it does not contain CR 12(a)(4)’s detention clause.S062(a) complete; S046(e)(3), (f); S012 §4.28.180The separate 30-day, 60-day, and 90-day branches cannot be selected from location alone.
S_WA-P4-C045Service of a permitted Rule 12 motion alters responsive-pleading periods as stated: ordinarily 10 days after notice of denial/postponement, or 10 days after service of a more definite statement.S061(a)(A)–(B), (b), (e); S062(a)(i)–(ii), (b), (e)Court may fix another time. Filing an arbitrary document is not assumed to trigger this provision.
S_WA-P4-C046Personal-jurisdiction, venue, process, and service defenses have Rule 12 consolidation/waiver provisions. Subject-matter jurisdiction is treated separately under (h)(3).S061–S062(b), (g), (h); S065–S066(a)Voluntary appearance does not alone eliminate the preserved objections; later omission can matter. No actual waiver conclusion.
S_WA-P4-C047Rules 7–9 distinguish pleadings from motions, require a short/plain claim and demand, and prescribe admissions, denials, affirmative defenses, and special pleading matters. Uncontroverted allegations and the amount of damages are treated differently.S051–S056; specifically rules 7(a)–(b), 8(a)–(e), 9(a)–(c), (g), (l)Pleading sufficiency does not itself prove the allegation. Fraud/conditions/capacity have distinct provisions.
S_WA-P4-C048Rule 15(a) contains limited amendment-as-of-course categories and a response period tied to the remaining original period or 10 days, whichever is longer, subject to court order.S065–S066(a)CRLJ text includes service or notice language. Amendment is not an unlimited cure for an omitted defense.
S_WA-P4-C049Rules 12 and 13 separately govern replies/cross-claim answers and compulsory counterclaims, with stated exceptions; assignment/setoff provisions do not establish a substantive setoff in an unidentified claim.S061–S064; rules 12(a), 13(a), (j), and CRLJ 13(l)No counterclaim, setoff, compulsory-claim, or preclusion decision is made.
S_WA-P4-C050Rule 5 generally governs later papers, including service through counsel and filing; new/additional claims against a party in default for failure to appear require Rule 4 service.S047–S048(a)–(e)Initial process is not made valid merely by a later-paper service method.
S_WA-P4-C051Rule 5’s mail/electronic completion provisions and Rule 6(e)’s additional-mail-time provision have distinct triggers. Dispatch, completion of service, receipt, and filing are not interchangeable.S047–S050; rules 5(b), 6(e)The three-day provisions are not automatically stacked onto every original summons period.
S_WA-P4-C052Under current GR 30, accepted electronic submissions during business hours are filed at the submission date/time; accepted submissions outside those hours are filed the next business day. Lack of confirmation defeats a presumption of receipt.S085(c); S094 applicable amendmentElectronic service of parties of record depends on the rule’s agreement/local-rule predicates. No initial-process email permission follows.
S_WA-P4-C053GR 3.1 supplies a conditional institutional-mailbox rule for confined persons, requiring the specified system/proof; the other party’s response clock is tied to receipt as stated.S082 complete ruleNo actual institutional mailing, declaration, or filing was constructed.
S_WA-P4-C054CR/CRLJ 6(a) exclude the triggering day, include the last day subject to weekend/holiday rollover, and omit intermediate weekends/holidays when the period is less than seven days.S049–S050(a); S080–S081; S111–S112This is not a universal counting convention for every statute, small-claims provision, federal period, or court order.
S_WA-P4-C055Rule 6(b) permits discretionary enlargement for cause before expiration and, on motion, excusable neglect after expiration; specified Rule 50/52/59/60 periods are excluded from enlargement.S049–S050(b)Superior and district exclusion lists differ concerning Rule 52(b). No extension exists merely because it is requested.
S_WA-P4-C056Rule 6(d) has a general five-day motion-notice framework and supporting/opposing affidavit provisions, subject to different rules or court orders.S049–S050(d); S076–S077(c)Local motion schedules and actual orders were not investigated.
S_WA-P4-C057Small claims requires appearance at the stated hearing; formal pleadings beyond claim and notice are generally unnecessary. Section .040’s 10-calendar-day service minimum and .060’s five-day notice wording both remain published.S006 §§12.40.030, .040, .060, .080, .090; S010; S011The five-day wording is not treated as permission to disregard the ten-calendar-day requirement.
S_WA-P4-C102Legal holidays are defined by RCW 1.16.050(1), with weekend observance in (5); days merely recognized under (7) are expressly not legal holidays.S111(1), (5), (7); S080No actual holiday calendar or deadline was calculated. Emergency/local closures remain a separate question.

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Claim ID · Precise proposition · Sources and exact pinpoints · 17 data rows

Claim IDPrecise propositionSources and exact pinpointsConditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
S_WA-P4-C058Rule 55 permits a default motion when failure to appear, plead, or otherwise defend is shown by motion and affidavit; it does not make judgment automatic upon elapsed time.S072–S073(a)(1)–(2)Before-motion and before-hearing opportunities differ according to prior appearance.
S_WA-P4-C059A party who appeared receives written default-motion notice and supporting affidavit at least five days before hearing. The ordinary no-appearance rule is subject to Rule 55(f).S072–S073(a)(3), (f)What qualifies as an informal appearance remains held.
S_WA-P4-C060After more than one year from summons service without appearance, Rule 55(f) requires additional notice before default order/judgment, with its specified service and fallback publication/mailing alternatives.S072–S073(f)(1)–(2)This is a default-notice trigger, not a claim limitation or judgment-duration clock.
S_WA-P4-C061A sum-certain default judgment requires the Rule 55 motion/amount affidavit predicates; an uncertain amount can require hearings, proof, findings, and conclusions.S072–S073(b)(1)–(2); S093 amendmentArithmetic certainty does not establish ownership, liability, service, or admissibility.
S_WA-P4-C062Publication/authorized-mail default has additional proof-of-demand and payment-examination requirements. Both rules require proof of service on file before default judgment.S072–S073(b)(3)–(4); S093CRLJ 55(b)(3) still cites “4(d)(4)” although CRLJ alternative mail is in 4(f); exact reconciliation is held.
S_WA-P4-C063Default judgment against a minor/incapacitated person requires the stated guardian/GAL representation safeguard.S072–S073(b)(1); S068–S069Service on a minor or guardian does not itself establish adequate litigation representation.
S_WA-P4-C064Default relief cannot differ in kind from, or exceed the amount demanded under, Rule 54(c).S070–S071(c); S072–S073(b), (d)This ceiling is not affirmative proof that the demanded amount is recoverable.
S_WA-P4-C065Rule 55(c)(1) distinguishes setting aside an entry of default for good cause from relief from an entered default judgment under Rule 60(b).S072–S073(c)(1); S078–S079(b)Neither result is guaranteed merely by making a motion.
S_WA-P4-C066Rule 55 prohibits default where improper venue clearly appears; its later improper-venue vacatur clause has specified written-stipulation and noticed-appearance exceptions.S072–S073(a)(4), (c)(2); S041(c)The rule calls the resulting judgment valid but subject to its vacatur mechanism; improper venue is not automatically equated with absent subject-matter jurisdiction.
S_WA-P4-C067Rule 60(b) supplies separately stated grounds: mistake/neglect/irregularity; protected-person error; new evidence; fraud/misconduct; voidness; satisfaction/prospective inequity; publication relief; death; unavoidable misfortune; minor error; other justification.S078–S079(b)(1)–(11) completeListing a ground does not establish it; judicial standards and actual merits remain held.
S_WA-P4-C068Rule 60 requires reasonable time, adds a one-year outer period for (b)(1)–(3), and contains disability and minor-specific language. The motion itself does not suspend judgment operation.S078–S079(b), final paragraph and (10)A universal one-year deadline for every ground is unsupported. Ground-specific construction remains held.
S_WA-P4-C069Rule 60(e) requires a filed motion, supporting factual/error affidavit and defense facts where applicable, a court-set show-cause hearing, and prescribed service.S078–S079(e)(1)–(3)A letter or informal request is not assumed to satisfy this procedure. No motion or affidavit was created.
S_WA-P4-C070CR 60(e)(4) retains RCW 4.72.010–.090 except as modified by the rule. The statute’s separate periods and substantive predicates cannot be mechanically substituted for CR 60.S078(e)(4); S024 complete listed sectionsIn particular, no automatic importation of the statute’s fraud timing into CR 60(b)(4).
S_WA-P4-C071Rule 60(b)(3) incorporates the inability, despite due diligence, to discover evidence in time for Rule 59(b); Rule 59(b) uses a 10-day filing period and its own hearing/noting provision.S076–S079, rules 59(b), 60(b)(3)New-trial merits and full posttrial practice remain outside scope.
S_WA-P4-C072RCW 12.40.120 expressly makes district-court set-aside law/rules applicable to small-claims judgments.S006 §12.40.120; S079This specific incorporation does not import all CRLJ procedure into small claims. Appeal procedure is not completed here.
S_WA-P4-C101Superior CR 58 links entry to delivery for filing after signature, subject to its qualifications. CRLJ 54/58 use different judgment/entry language.S070(a); S071(a); S074(a)–(b); S075No universal “signed = entered” rule or judgment-duration calculation is supplied.
S_WA-P4-C103CR 54(f) separately addresses notice of presentation of proposed judgments/orders to opposing counsel, subject to emergency, approval/waiver, and specified open-court exceptions.S070(f)(1)–(3)It is not collapsed into Rule 55’s appearance-based motion notice, and not generalized to every small-claims judgment.

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Claim ID · Precise proposition · Sources and exact pinpoints · 15 data rows

Claim IDPrecise propositionSources and exact pinpointsConditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
S_WA-P4-C073Rule 17(a) requires prosecution in the real party’s name, allows specified representative categories, and affords a reasonable opportunity for ratification, joinder, or substitution after objection before dismissal on that ground.S068–S069(a)This is not a finding of ownership, standing, capacity, or entitlement for an unidentified claimant.
S_WA-P4-C074RCW 4.08.080 permits suit in an assignee’s name on a written assignment signed by the assignor, while preserving stated defenses/setoffs and a negotiable-instrument qualification.S022 §4.08.080 completeAssignment validity, chain sufficiency, and the negotiable branch remain factual/construction dependencies. Small-claims restrictions still matter.
S_WA-P4-C075Rules 17 and RCW 4.08.050–.060 prescribe minor/incapacity representation and GAL procedures, with age, application, and service-location distinctions.S068–S069(b)–(c); S022 §§4.08.050–.060The protection-order exceptions are outside scope. No capacity determination or appointment is made.
S_WA-P4-C076Rules 10 make attached written instruments part of the pleading; that procedural treatment does not itself establish authentication, truth, or admissibility.S057(c); S058(b); S088(a)No actual contract or exhibit was examined.
S_WA-P4-C077Rule 11 signature certifies the stated inquiry, factual/legal basis, and proper-purpose predicates; it is not an adjudication of the signed allegations.S059–S060(a)Full sanctions/remedies are excluded.
S_WA-P4-C078GR 13 permits qualifying unsworn declarations under penalty of perjury with required signature/date/place language, subject to its exceptions; GR 30 supplies applicable electronic-signature treatment.S083 complete; S085(d)Not every special oath or official certification is replaceable by an ordinary declaration. No declaration was completed.
S_WA-P4-C079Washington ER 803(a)(6) points to chapter 5.45 RCW. Section 5.45.020 requires the qualified witness/custodian, identity/preparation, regular-course, near-time, and judicial trustworthiness predicates stated there.S087(a)(6); S025 §5.45.020; S086A business-record label, attachment, or balance calculation alone does not satisfy the predicates.
S_WA-P4-C080ER 1101 generally governs civil evidence but treats small claims separately; authentication under ER 901(a) and personal knowledge under ER 602 remain distinct concepts.S089(a), (c)(4); S088(a); S086Small-claims evidence relaxation retains the rule’s express exceptions. It does not transform allegations into adjudicated facts.
S_WA-P4-C081Current RCW 19.16.260(1) requires covered collection agencies to allege and prove licensing and applicable bonding; default dispenses with proving those matters, not with the allegation or the underlying legal requirement.S028 current (1)(a)–(b); S031 §3This is an initial-suit prerequisite only. No provider licensing investigation or actual authorization finding.
S_WA-P4-C082The state “claim,” “collection agency,” exclusions, “out-of-state collection agency,” and “debt buyer” definitions control the state documentation branch; they are not interchangeable with FDCPA definitions.S026(2), (4)–(8), (12)–(13); S096State “claim” is not limited by the federal consumer-debt definition. Exclusions require their own conditions.
S_WA-P4-C083Current debt-buyer complaints require the signed original-debt writing, or the precise credit-card/electronic-transaction alternatives where the specified signed writing does not or never did exist.S028(2)(a)(i)–(ii); S030 §2Credit-card breach claims also require the applicable terms/conditions described by the statute. A missing document is not automatically excused.
S_WA-P4-C084The complaint must contain the six statutory debt-buyer disclosures in type no smaller than 10 point.S028(2)(c)(i)–(vi); S030 §2Purchase status/date/source, possible discount, applicable no-warranty statement, and timeliness assertion are disclosure requirements, not proven facts. Limitation merits are outside this pass.
S_WA-P4-C085A debt-buyer default request requires qualifying evidence of amount/nature plus the listed account, charge-off/itemization, payment/transaction, incurrence, and unbroken ownership-chain materials.S028(2)(b)(i)–(vii); S030 §2; S025; S087Evidence must satisfy the specified business-record route or another legally authorized route. This is not an automatic hearsay exception for all purchased records.
S_WA-P4-C086The 2020 act applies prospectively to delinquent/charged-off claims purchased for collection by a debt buyer on or after June 11, 2020.S030 §5 and cover; S026 application noteEarlier-purchase treatment requires historical/version analysis; it does not imply absence of ordinary pleading/evidence duties.
S_WA-P4-C087Laws of 2026, chapter 107 creates a new debt-action framework and changes §19.16.260 effective January 1, 2027, applying to actions commenced on or after that date.S032 §§1–16, especially §§12–16; S028 future version; S110Enacted/future-effective. Full future implementation and its additional incorporations remain held.

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Claim IDPrecise propositionSources and exact pinpointsConditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
S_WA-P4-C088The SCRA’s civil scope includes state courts; its defined service categories are narrower and more specific than a generic military affiliation.S098 §3911(1)–(5); S099 §3912(a)–(c); S100 relevant definitions; S101(f)No actual military status established. Certain pre-reporting and dependent incorporations remain held in B025.
S_WA-P4-C089In a covered no-appearance proceeding, §3931 requires an affidavit addressing military service or inability to determine it; apparent military service requires appointed counsel before judgment.S102 §3931(a), (b)(1)–(4)Unknown status has its own possible bond mechanism; it is not automatically nonmilitary status.
S_WA-P4-C090Section 3931(d) requires a stay of at least 90 days on the specified application/court initiative when its defense/contact predicates are satisfied.S102 §3931(d)–(f)An appointed attorney’s inability to locate the servicemember does not waive defenses. Actual-notice cases have a separate branch.
S_WA-P4-C091Federal reopening applies to qualifying default entered during service or within 60 days afterward, with material effect and a meritorious/legal defense; application must be within 90 days after service ends.S102 §3931(g)–(h)Bona-fide-purchaser protection is retained. This is not a universal default-vacatur period.
S_WA-P4-C092Section 3932’s actual-notice branch has a qualifying application, material-effect and commanding-officer communications, an initial stay of at least 90 days, and additional-stay/counsel provisions.S103 §3932(a)–(g)Its applicability extends through the stated 90-day post-service period; unsuccessful use has the express §3931 consequence.
S_WA-P4-C093Washington chapter 38.42 has its own service/dependent definitions and order-receipt protection period. Its service definition includes a call exceeding 30 consecutive days; the 2026 amendment expands specified service-member categories.S033 §§.010–.020; S034–S036State and federal definitions are not assumed identical. Registered-domestic-partnership construction is a retained incorporation gap.
S_WA-P4-C094Washington’s no-appearance default provision requires an affidavit concerning service-member/dependent status and appointed counsel when its protected-status predicate appears.S033 §38.42.050(1)–(4)No status record or certificate was sought.
S_WA-P4-C095The optional Washington dependent-status notice creates only the stated discretionary presumption after its service/mailing and response conditions.S033 §38.42.050(3)(a)–(c)It does not establish nonmilitary status, valid summons service, liability, or waiver. Its narrower template terminology is held against the expanded definition.
S_WA-P4-C096Washington’s conditional no-appearance stay and reopening provisions use 180 days after release/termination, with defense/material-effect predicates.S033 §38.42.050(5), (7), (9)–(10)The statute does not reproduce the federal 90-day reopening-application clause. No missing state deadline is invented.
S_WA-P4-C097Washington’s actual-notice stay requires the stated communications and conditions; applying is not a jurisdictional appearance or waiver under that provision.S033 §38.42.060(1)–(7)Additional-stay refusal/counsel and unsuccessful-application consequences remain part of the clause.
S_WA-P4-C098Military-protection waiver provisions have document, timing, and scope conditions; neither an ordinary contract term nor participation is assumed to waive every protection.S033 §38.42.040; S104 §3918(a)–(d)Federal pre-reporting incorporation remains partially currentness-held; no actual waiver reviewed.
S_WA-P4-C099The October 2026 CR 8 order examined is a proposal for publication/comment, despite an “ADOPTION ORDER” file title.S095 operative order and attachmentIt supplies no current amendment to CR 8.
S_WA-P4-C100The answer’s federal currency ceiling is source-specific: published compilations checked through October 7, 9, or 20, 2026, not an independently verified October 28 legislative cutoff.S096–S104 metadata and notesWashington read bodies resolve their own source gaps only; neither broad access failure nor comprehensive currentness is inferred.

Captured table 08

Q ID · Quantity / unit / operator · Reference event or base · 58 data rows

Q IDQuantity / unit / operatorReference event or baseInclusion, exception, or counting boundaryClaims / source
Q001Constitution $3,000 wording; RCW $300 wordingSuperior jurisdiction clausesBoth qualified by broader language; no isolated minimum selectedC002; S001–S002
Q002≤ $100,000 per claimantValue/amount at issueExcludes interest, costs, attorney fees; enumerated actions onlyC003; S004/S008
Q003≤ $50,000Amount claimed on money-conditioned bondActual-due and complaint-demand restrictionsC004; S004(4)
Q004≤ $10,000 / ≤ $5,000Small-claims amount claimed; natural-person/other plaintiffMoney only; district exclusions/aggregation not importedC006; S006/S009
Q00514 daysService of qualifying written demand to file superior actionFailure consequence stated in CR 3(a); C019 qualificationC018; S043
Q006Over 18 yearsOrdinary private process serverCompetent witness; nonparty; sheriff/deputy alternativeC023; S045–S046
Q007At least 18 yearsCompensated-server registration statuteDoes not modify CR 4; statutory exceptionsC024; S021
Q008Over 18 / 18 or overLegacy small-claims-relevant server textsExact-age/citizenship reconciliation heldC038; S019/S106
Q009Under 14 yearsMinor defendant serviceMinor personally plus prescribed additional recipientC027; S012(9)
Q010Tenth day after mailing§4.28.080(15) required mailing following deliveryDiligence and qualifying address/recipient first; not ordinary mail aloneC026
Q011Earliest of receipt, executed receipt date, or five days after depositEntity fallback mail/commercial deliveryCorrect principal-office address and sufficient payment; prior-agent predicateC029; S016(2)
Q012Once weekly for six consecutive weeksAuthorized publicationComplaint first; qualification of publication; completion at statutory endpointC032; S012 .110
Q01360 days from first publicationPublication answerDifferent from six-week publication completionC043–C044
Q014At least 30 daysCRLJ 4(e)(3) specified out-of-territory serviceProperty/jurisdiction branch; not every out-of-county serviceC033
Q015Two copies; 90 days from mailingCourt-ordered publication-alternative mailFirst class plus signed-receipt method; court/affidavit predicatesC034
Q01660 days after serviceQualifying out-of-state personal serviceStatutory authorization and jurisdictional predicatesC035/C043
Q017At least 10 calendar daysSmall-claims service completion before first hearingExpress “calendar” unit; no actual hearing selectedC036/C057
Q018Not less than five daysSmall-claims notice’s appearance wordingDoes not displace Q017; reconciliation beyond text heldC057; S011
Q01920 days; service day excludedOrdinary summons-and-complaint serviceDifferent statute/rule may apply; district filing requirement distinctC042
Q02060 days after serviceSuperior service in jail/detention/prisonDifferent statutory time controls where specifically statedC043
Q02120 daysCross-claim service; counterclaim answer service; ordered reply serviceCourt may direct otherwise for ordered replyC049; rules 12(a)
Q02210 daysNotice of Rule 12 motion denial/postponementCourt may fix another timeC045
Q02310 daysService of more definite statementDistinct from notice of the order requiring the statementC045
Q02410 daysNotice of order for more definite statementCourt may fix another period; noncompliance permits specified discretionary actionC045; rules 12(e)
Q02520 daysMotion-to-strike branch where no responsive pleading permittedOtherwise before responding; court initiative separateC045–C047; rules 12(f)
Q02620 days / remaining period or 10 days, whichever longerRule 15(a) amendment and amended-pleading response branchesConditions differ by procedural stage; court order may alter responseC048
Q027Third day after mailing, with stated weekend/holiday adjustmentRule 5 later-paper mail completionNot the §4.28.080(15), entity, or small-claims routeC051
Q0285 p.m. / 9 a.m. next judicial dayApplicable Rule 5 electronic-service completion wordingConsent/authorized method and failure-of-delivery provisions matterC051; S047–S048
Q029Three additional daysRule 6(e): act due after service of a notice/paper by mailNot automatically applicable to a period measured from mailing or every initial summonsC051
Q030Trigger day excluded; last included; < seven days special ruleApplicable CR/CRLJ 6(a) periodLast-day weekend/holiday rollover; intermediate exclusions only for short periodsC054
Q031Five days before hearing; one day before hearingGeneral motion notice; opposing affidavitDifferent rule/order and Rule 59(c) exceptionC056
Q032At least five days before hearingDefault motion to appeared partyMotion and supporting affidavit; applicable computationC059
Q033More than one yearSummons service without appearanceStrict “more than,” not “one year or more”C060
Q034Not less than 10 days before entryRule 55(f)(1) noticeNotice of application time/place; proof filedC060
Q035One publication; mailing 10 days before hearingRule 55(f)(2)(D) fallbackInability under the specified alternatives; both acts requiredC060
Q036Five daysCR 54(f) proposed-order/judgment presentation noticeOpposing counsel and listed exceptions; separate from Q032C103
Q037Reasonable time; ≤ one year for grounds (1)–(3)Rule 60 judgment/order/proceeding entry or takingOther grounds not assigned that universal ceilingC068
Q038One year after disability ceases; 12 months after full ageRule 60 disability / minor-error clausesDistinct clauses; exact construction heldC068
Q039One year after renditionPublication-relief branch §4.28.200Sufficient cause and statutory conditions; not ordinary answer periodC067/C070
Q04010 days; within 30 days unless court directs otherwiseRule 59(b) filing after entry; noting/hearing considerationNecessary incorporation for Rule 60(b)(3), not full posttrial adviceC071
Q04114-year minor application distinction; 30 / 60 daysGAL provisions and service-location branchExact statutory representation predicates; no capacity conclusionC075; S022
Q042At least 10-point typeCurrent debt-buyer complaint disclosuresSix disclosures; not proof of their truthC084
Q043At least 90 daysFederal §3931(d) or §3932(b) qualifying stayDifferent no-appearance/actual-notice predicatesC090/C092
Q044During service or within 60 days afterward; application within 90 days afterwardFederal default reopeningMaterial effect and meritorious/legal defenseC091
Q045>30 consecutive days; >one-half support for 180 preceding days; 180 days after releaseWashington service/dependent/protection definitionsDifferent actors and bases; not interchangeable periodsC093/C096
Q046June 11, 2020, purchases on or after2020 debt-buyer actPurchase-date boundary; prospective onlyC086; S030 §5
Q047January 1, 2027, actions commenced on or after2026 debt-action actFuture-effective on access dateC087; S032 §§12,15
Q048July 27, 2025; September 1, 2025; September 1, 2026Entity-service act; CR 12 detention amendment; GR 30 amendmentEnactment/order dates differ from operative datesC030/C043/C052
Q049July 22, 2025 in current Rule 55 footersPublished default-rule amendmentOriginal order says effective on publication; report-issue publication not separately inspectedC062; S072–S073/S093
Q05020 days after receipt; served ≥20 days or mailed >23 days before applicationOptional state dependent-status noticeStrict boundaries differ; only stated presumption, not summons responseC095
Q051180 days after release/terminationState no-appearance stay/reopening and actual-notice protectionNo invented state counterpart to federal 90-day reopening applicationC096–C097
Q052At least 12-point typeFederal written waiver applying to contract/lease/similar instrumentOther writing/separate-instrument/timing conditions remainC098; S104(c)
Q053At least 21 years or court designationCR 4(i)(1)(C)/(G) foreign-country server provisionEntire foreign-country usable route held pending treaty/law predicatesC040
Q05420 days after receipt of specified pleading/paperChapter 4.14 removal petition branchOnly its stated removal category; small-claims exception remainsC009; S023 .020
Q055No universal number“Reasonable time,” “reasonable diligence,” “promptly,” “suitable age and discretion”No numerical substitutes suppliedC026/C029/C036/C068/C073
Q056No universal rounding or percentageJurisdictional amounts, pleaded demand, evidentiary itemizationNo arithmetic example, estimated damages, fee percentage, or rounding convention inventedC003–C006/C061/C064/C085
Q057Statutory holiday dates and observanceRCW 1.16.050(1), (5)Recognized days in (7) excluded; no calendar generatedC102
Q058Filing at submission time or next business day after acceptanceGR 30(c)Acceptance/business hours/confirmation predicates; no generic “sent = filed” ruleC052

Captured table 09

Branch · Supported conditional relation · Missing predicate or authority · 30 data rows

BranchSupported conditional relationMissing predicate or authorityAdverse inference to avoidExact next generic inquiry
B001 — Court amountIf the action fits §3.66.020(1) and its base/cap, district monetary jurisdiction is available under that clause.Classification, aggregation, special grant/exclusion“Below $100,000 means every district action is permitted”Read the particular generic cause-of-action grant and its relationship to §§3.66.020–.030. C003–C005
B002 — Superior wordingConstitution and RCW contain different historical monetary formulations plus broader jurisdiction clauses.Full harmonizing constructionSelecting a superior minimum from $300 or $3,000Generic constitutional/statutory construction would require separately authorized judicial research. C002
B003 — Small-claims claimantNatural-human plaintiff and other plaintiff have different caps; assignees face a bar and transfer exception.Correct statutory category and transfer-rule mechanism“All debts under $10,000 qualify”Authenticate the generic court rule implementing §12.40.025 transfer without examining a case. C006–C008
B004 — Venue layersState venue and §1692i can both constrain a covered consumer collection action.Federal coverage; Washington unit meant by “judicial district or similar legal entity”Treating county, court district, residence, and personal jurisdiction as synonymsGeneric statutory/rule inquiry first; judicial construction remains held. C010–C016
B005 — Government defendantRCW 4.92.010 creates a distinct state-claim branch.Presentment, service recipient, immunity, special causeOrdinary individual service completes government procedureRead generic applicable government-claim statutes in a separate authorized branch. C017
B006 — Service-first commencementCR 3(a) is qualified by debt-collection language.Scope of CR 3(e) and state collection-agency definition in a disputed classificationUnfiled debt summons is always authorizedRead any later amendment/formal generic rule explanation of CR 3(e); construction held. C018–C020
B007 — Abode substituteDelivery works only if usual-abode and resident/suitability predicates exist.Legal meaning and factual predicatesAny relative, coworker, or listed address sufficesGeneric construction would require judicial authority, expressly not researched. C025
B008 — Mailing-address substituteDelivery plus subsequent mail is conditional on reasonable diligence and statutory address/recipient status.Diligence, statutory address, completion predicateMailing alone or a workplace/post-office box satisfies (15)Further generic interpretation of §4.28.080(15); no service reconstruction. C026
B009 — Entity sequenceLater §23.95.450 routes depend on inability to use earlier ones.Entity classification; principal-office statutory source; SOS implementationAny agent, office, email, or registry label worksRead public SOS service instructions and any operative implementing rule; no entity lookup. C028–C029
B010 — Repealed incorporationRCW 4.28.090 was repealed; rule citation persists.Formal rule correction or authoritative generic reconciliationStale citation preserves repealed textMonitor/read adopted CR/CRLJ 4 amendment, not a guessed replacement. C030
B011 — PublicationPublication requires statutory grounds and preliminary affidavit/mailing predicates.Applicable enumerated ground; constitutional adequacy; qualifying publication“Could not contact” automatically permits publicationRead only the indispensable generic incorporated ground; constitutional construction held. C031–C033
B012 — CRLJ territorial textCRLJ 4(e) and 4(h) address different mechanisms.Which route is invoked and how overlap is construedEvery out-of-county service gets the 30-day property-only branchFormal generic amendment/interpretation or separately authorized judicial construction. C033–C035
B013 — Small-claims interstate§3.66.100 excludes ordinary small claims from §4.28.180.Any separately authorized nonexcluded interstate mechanismCertified mail necessarily creates interstate personal jurisdictionRead generic legislative/rule authority for that precise route; current answer holds it. C037
B014 — Small-claims serverTitle 12 and AOC wording differ.Exact-age/citizenship applicability and procedural supersessionRegistration at 18 proves authority to serve small claimsGeneric official clarification or construction of §§12.04.050/.080 and CRLJ 81. C038
B015 — Small-claims timing.040 says ten calendar days; .060 retains five-day language.Counting/interaction at unusual boundariesFive-day notice alone satisfies current lawRead any formal amendment or generic rule addressing the overlap; do not calculate a hearing date. C057
B016 — Foreign countryCR 4(i) recognizes alternatives subject to treaty/law/notice conditions.Applicable treaty, foreign law, competent authorityDomestic mail/email rule universally works abroadGeneric treaty and implementing-law research only if that branch is separately commissioned. C040
B017 — AppearanceFormal appearance preserves notice rights and does not itself answer.Informal/conduct-based appearance constructionEvery contact is an appearance, or appearance permanently preserves all defensesJudicial construction remains outside this pass. C041/C046/C059
B018 — Detention responseSuperior CR 12 has the 2025 clause; CRLJ 12 does not mirror it.Other applicable district statute/ruleCopying the superior 60-day clause into all district actionsSearch/read later adopted CRLJ amendment or indispensable generic statute. C043–C044
B019 — Electronic transmissionLater-paper service and accepted filing have distinct rules.Agreement/local rule; acceptance; business hours; failed transmissionSending email/uploading equals service and filingRead generic applicable local filing/service rule in a later local-law pass. C050–C053
B020 — Default stageEntry of default, judgment, and relief each have separate predicates.Appearance, proof, demand, capacity, military status, evidenceExpired response time conclusively establishes damages or judgmentNo factual inquiry authorized; generic rule framework is established. C058–C069
B021 — CRLJ default-mail citationCRLJ 55(b)(3) cites 4(d)(4), while mail is in 4(f).Corrective amendment/authoritative reconciliationSilently treating a nonexistent subdivision as operativeRead future adopted corrective order or formal generic explanation. C062
B022 — Vacatur interactionCR 60 retains chapter 4.72 only as modified.Ground-specific interpretation, especially voidness/fraud/defense requirementOne-year period applies to every ground; every omission is voidnessSeparately authorized judicial construction; no actual relief decision. C067–C071
B023 — Debt-buyer date2020 purchase-date and 2027 commencement-date clauses use different events.Correct version and event classificationSale date resets litigation periods or future law applies nowRead only additional generic transition/application text; limitation/revival merits remain P3. C083–C087
B024 — Debt evidenceDocuments must satisfy the statutory/rule evidence route.Qualified witness, record-making predicates, chain, amount supportAttached spreadsheet/contract/affidavit automatically proves debtGeneric evidence incorporation inquiry; actual records remain prohibited. C076–C085
B025 — Federal military incorporationCurrent §3911/§3931/§3932 bodies were read; current §3917 body route failed. A dated governmental compilation contains §3917.Current official §3917 body; original relevant amendment/application text; unused dependent incorporationTitle/snippet or 2025 compilation is fully current official statutory proofRetrieve an ordinary official current U.S. Code/Statutes at Large route for §3917; preserve its exact scope. C088/C098/C100
B026 — State military wordingExpanded 2026 definition coexists with older dependent-notice template.Domestic-partnership incorporation and template reconciliationTemplate narrows all current protection or establishes actual nonmilitary statusRead §38.42.904 and any operative corrective amendment/formal interpretation. C093–C098
B027 — Holidays/closuresGeneral holiday and closure rules exist.Actual local emergency order/business hours; special-period interactionEvery recognized day is a holiday; universal mailbox or rollover ruleLater generic local/emergency-rule pass; no calendar calculation. C052–C055/C102
B028 — CurrentnessEach compilation states its own currency.Later federal enactments through access date; uninspected original publication issuesAccess date proves enactment-complete currencyRead ordinary official classification/public-law updates for the precise gap; no blanket failure inference. C100
B029 — Specialized recipients§4.28.080 contains government, insurer, transport, and other special recipients.Their incorporated operative provisionsOrdinary entity clause overrides all specialized statutesSeparate sector/government public-law investigation; remain excluded here. C017/C027–C030
B030 — Rule proposalOctober 2026 CR 8 document is a proposal.Later adoption, effective clause, final wordingPDF title means current law changedRead any later adopted order and effective text. C099

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Source ID · Issuer / title / literal HTTPS URL · Exact read extent and status · 36 data rows

Source IDIssuer / title / literal HTTPS URLExact read extent and statusEffective/application and limitations
S_WA-P4-S001Legislature, Washington Constitution. https://leg.wa.gov/state-laws-and-rules/washington-state-constitution/?section=ae405373-5163-4b8e-a2ab-690941cc89acArt. IV §§6, 10, 12 complete; associated displayed history§6 history identifies amendment 87, approved Nov. 2, 1993. Original amendment instrument not separately read; no whole-constitution claim.
S_WA-P4-S002Legislature, RCW 2.08.010, superior jurisdiction. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=2.08.010Complete section and credit; current publishedCredit: 1955 c 38 §3 and predecessors. Historical monetary wording retained; construction held.
S_WA-P4-S003Legislature, RCW 3.30.015, district terminology. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=3.30.015Complete section/credit1984 c 258 §90; effective-date incorporation to .010 not followed. Terminology only.
S_WA-P4-S004Legislature, chapter 3.66 RCW. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=3.66&full=true§§.010, .020, .030, .040, .050, .090, .100 complete; displayed notesMaterial credits: .020—2015 c 260 §1; .040—2007 c 46 §2; .100—2011 c 132 §3. Other chapter subjects excluded.
S_WA-P4-S005Legislature, chapter 4.12 RCW, venue. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.12&full=true§§.020, .025(1)–(3), .030(1)–(4) complete and creditsGeneral venue only. Transfer-fee and other sections not completed.
S_WA-P4-S006Legislature, chapter 12.40 RCW, small claims. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=12.40&full=true§§.010–.090 and .120 bodies read; .100/.105/.130 not relied on; .800 not readMaterial credits separately authenticated in S009–S011. Historical cross-reference notes not all followed.
S_WA-P4-S007Legislature, RCW 4.92.010, actions against state. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.92.010Complete section and displayed notesUsed to flag distinct court/venue category, not complete government procedure.
S_WA-P4-S008Legislature, Laws 2015 c 260, district jurisdiction. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/5125.SL.pdf?cite=2015+c+260+s+1Entire instrument: cover and §1; printed pp.1–2, PDF indices 0–2 including coverCover states effective July 24, 2015. $100,000 amendment and retained $50,000 clause read.
S_WA-P4-S009Legislature, Laws 2019 c 86, small-claims cap. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/5621-S.SL.pdf?cite=2019+c+86+s+1Entire two-page instrument; §1 printed p.1, PDF index1Effective July 28, 2019 on cover.
S_WA-P4-S010Legislature, Laws 2019 c 251, small-claims procedure. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/1048-S2.SL.pdf?cite=2019+c+251+s+1Cover; §§1–4; §6; printed pp.1–4, PDF indices1–4 at relevant clausesEffective July 28, 2019. Other judgment-collection provisions not used.
S_WA-P4-S011Legislature, Laws 2025 c 34, small-claims notice. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/1007.SL.pdf?cite=2025+c+34+s+1Entire cover/operative §1; PDF indices0–1Effective July 27, 2025; changes judgment warning from mandatory to permissive wording, retains five-day text.
S_WA-P4-S012Legislature, chapter 4.28 RCW. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.28&full=true§§.020, .080(1)–(15), .100(1)–(9), .110, .180, .185(1)–(6), .200, .210, .290 completeCurrent service/appearance text and displayed credits read. Specialized incorporations and later lien sections excluded.
S_WA-P4-S013Legislature, Laws 2025 c 40, service amendments/repeal. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/1361.SL.pdf?cite=2025+c+40+s+1Cover; §1 complete relevant service text; §2 intro/changed entity clause; §4 repeal, printed p.7/PDF7Effective July 27, 2025. Original §2 remainder and motorist §3 not fully relied upon; current §.100 read in S012.
S_WA-P4-S014Legislature, RCW 23.95.105, definitions. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=23.95.105Complete relied-on definitions (4), (6), (10), (24), (27), (28), (33)–(38), credits/notesLatest displayed credit 2021 c 176 §5208. Other entity-law application notes not fully followed.
S_WA-P4-S015Legislature, RCW 23.95.400, represented entity. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=23.95.400Complete section/notesEntity-category incorporation only; no entity record.
S_WA-P4-S016Legislature, RCW 23.95.450, entity service. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=23.95.450Complete (1)–(6), credits and noteCredits 2020 c 57 §33; 2015 c 176 §1411. Historical contingent-effective note and §.420 listing implementation not completed.
S_WA-P4-S017Legislature, RCW 23B.05.040. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=23B.05.040Complete corporate service cross-referenceLeads to §23.95.450; not independent corroboration of that section.
S_WA-P4-S018Legislature, RCW 23B.15.100. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=23B.15.100Complete foreign-corporation service cross-referenceSame incorporation limitation.
S_WA-P4-S019Legislature, chapter 12.04 RCW. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=12.04&full=true§§.010–.160 bodies/credits; .170–.180 encountered but not relied uponLegacy wording recorded as contrary/incorporation evidence. Not treated as overriding CRLJ or chapter12.40.
S_WA-P4-S020Legislature, chapter 65.16 RCW, legal publication. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=65.16&full=trueComplete chapter body/creditsNewspaper qualification, approval, proof and exceptions read generically. No publication roster or actual newspaper examined.
S_WA-P4-S021Legislature, chapter 18.180 RCW, process servers. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=18.180&full=trueComplete chapter body/creditsReliance limited to §§.010, .030, .900. Fee/recovery provisions read but not used for service-validity conclusions.
S_WA-P4-S022Legislature, chapter 4.08 RCW, parties. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.08&full=true§§.050, .060, .080 complete; .110/.120/.140/.160–.180 also readMinor/incapacity/assignment reliance only. §.050 latest displayed credit 2022 c 268 §32; protection-order incorporation excluded.
S_WA-P4-S023Legislature, chapter 4.14 RCW, removal. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.14&full=true§§.010–.040 completeGeneric removal incorporation; no federal removal or actual case.
S_WA-P4-S024Legislature, chapter 4.72 RCW, vacation. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.72&full=true§§.010, .020, .030, .050, .060, .070, .080, .090 complete and notesUsed subject to CR60(e)(4). Damages/remedy provision not substantively developed.
S_WA-P4-S025Legislature, chapter 5.45 RCW, business records. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=5.45&full=trueAll four sections complete§.020 credit 1947 c 53 §2; current published text.
S_WA-P4-S026Legislature, RCW 19.16.100, definitions. https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=19.16.100Complete relied-on (2), (4)–(8), (12)–(13); full displayed credits/application notesLatest section credit 2025 c145 §1; 2020/2013 application clauses independently checked below. Medical sector not investigated.
S_WA-P4-S027Legislature, RCW 19.16.250. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=19.16.250Introductory prohibition, complete (27), credits and relevant purpose noteLatest section credit 2025 c145 §3; reliance limited to filing-before-service clause, traced to S029.
S_WA-P4-S028Legislature, RCW 19.16.260, current and future versions. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=19.16.260Both versions complete, all subsections/notesCurrent version expressly until Jan.1,2027; future version thereafter. Page title alone is misleading if read without bodies.
S_WA-P4-S029Legislature, Laws 2019 c201. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/1066.SL.pdf?cite=2019+c+201+s+2Cover; relevant purpose; §2 introductory text and (27), printed p.11/PDF11Effective July28,2019. Other collection-conduct amendments not relied on.
S_WA-P4-S030Legislature, Laws 2020 c30. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/2476-S.SL.pdf?cite=2020+c+30+s+2Cover; §2 complete, printed pp.4–5/PDF4–5; §5 complete, printed p.6/PDF6Effective June11,2020; prospective purchase-date clause read. Other remedies excluded.
S_WA-P4-S031Legislature, Laws 2013 c148. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2013-14/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/1822-S.SL.pdf?cite=2013+c+148+s+3§1 definitions; §§3–4 complete, printed p.12/PDF12§§1 and3 effective Oct.1,2013. Historical comparison only; no current debt-buyer document waiver inferred.
S_WA-P4-S032Legislature, Laws 2026 c107. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/5720-S.SL.pdf?cite=2026+c+107+s+13All operative §§1–16; cover and printed pp.1–10/PDF0–10§15 effective Jan.1,2027; §12 action-commencement application. Additional future-law incorporations not all followed.
S_WA-P4-S033Legislature, chapter 38.42 RCW. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=38.42&full=true§§.010–.060 complete; .080 and .120 complete; notes at those sections.010 amended2026; .020 amended2025; .050 credit2012 c24 §2. Other relief/limitation/sector provisions not relied on.
S_WA-P4-S034Legislature, RCW 38.04.010. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=38.04.010Complete definitions and credit2026 c207 §2; supporting definition only.
S_WA-P4-S035Legislature, RCW 38.08.040. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=38.08.040Complete call-to-service authority and notes2005 c9 §1 displayed; no actual order/status determination.
S_WA-P4-S036Legislature, Laws 2026 c207. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/5420.SL.pdf?cite=2026+c+207+s+3Cover; §§2–3 complete, printed pp.1–4/PDF1–4Effective June11,2026. Remaining benefit/sector amendments not read as operative support.
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Captured table 11

Source ID · Rule / literal HTTPS URL · Actual read extent; displayed version; limits · 53 data rows

Source IDRule / literal HTTPS URLActual read extent; displayed version; limits
S_WA-P4-S037CR1. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_01_00_00.pdfFull rule/history, PDF0; July9,2024.
S_WA-P4-S038CRLJ1. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_01_00_00.pdfFull, PDF0; Sept.1,2005.
S_WA-P4-S039CR81. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_81_00_00.pdfFull, PDF0; 1967 adoption text. Special-proceeding qualification retained.
S_WA-P4-S040CRLJ81. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_81_00_00.pdfFull, PDF0; June2,1998; small-claims exclusion.
S_WA-P4-S041CR82. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_82_00_00.pdfFull(a)–(d), PDF0; Jan.1,1981. Transfer-fee incorporation not completed.
S_WA-P4-S042CRLJ82. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_82_00_00.pdfFull, PDF0; Sept.1,1989.
S_WA-P4-S043CR3. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_03_00_00.pdfFull rule/history, PDF0; July28,2020. Original order S090.
S_WA-P4-S044CRLJ3. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_03_00_00.pdfFull, PDF0; Sept.1,1989.
S_WA-P4-S045CR4. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_04_00_00.pdfFull(a)–(j), blank embedded form/history, PDF0–3; Apr.28,2015. Specialized statutes/treaties not all followed.
S_WA-P4-S046CRLJ4. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_04_00_00.pdfFull(a)–(j), blank form/history, PDF0–3; Sept.1,2022; S091 amendment checked.
S_WA-P4-S047CR5. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_05_00_00.pdfFull, PDF0–2; Apr.28,2015. Local electronic-service rules not read.
S_WA-P4-S048CRLJ5. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_05_00_00.pdfFull, PDF0–2; Jan.2,2018.
S_WA-P4-S049CR6. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_06_00_00.pdfFull(a)–(e), PDF0; Apr.28,2015. Holiday incorporation S111.
S_WA-P4-S050CRLJ6. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_06_00_00.pdfFull(a)–(e), PDF0; Sept.1,1989.
S_WA-P4-S051CR7. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_07_00_00.pdfFull, PDF0; July9,2024.
S_WA-P4-S052CRLJ7. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_07_00_00.pdfFull, PDF0; July9,2024.
S_WA-P4-S053CR8. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_08_00_00.pdfFull, PDF0; July1,1976 history. S095 is only proposed later change.
S_WA-P4-S054CRLJ8. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_08_00_00.pdfFull, PDF0; Sept.1,2022.
S_WA-P4-S055CR9. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_09_00_00.pdfFull, PDF0–1; Apr.28,2015. Reliance(a)–(c),(g),(l); foreign-law merits excluded.
S_WA-P4-S056CRLJ9. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_09_00_00.pdfFull, PDF0–1; Sept.1,1989; same bounded reliance.
S_WA-P4-S057CR10. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_10_00_00.pdfFull text ultimately read, PDF0–1; Apr.28,2015. Reliance(a)–(d); format/privacy incorporations not completed.
S_WA-P4-S058CRLJ10. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_10_00_00.pdfFull, PDF0; Sept.1,2007. GR14/31 formatting branch held.
S_WA-P4-S059CR11. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_11_00_00.pdfFull, PDF0; Sept.1,2005. Sanctions not developed.
S_WA-P4-S060CRLJ11. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_11_00_00.pdfFull, PDF0; Sept.1,2005.
S_WA-P4-S061CR12. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_12_00_00.pdfFull(a)–(i), PDF0–2; Sept.1,2025. S092 original order. Rule19/56 merits not completed.
S_WA-P4-S062CRLJ12. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_12_00_00.pdfFull(a)–(i), PDF0–1; Sept.1,1994.
S_WA-P4-S063CR13. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_13_00_00.pdfFull, PDF0–1; Apr.28,2015. Initial counterclaim/setoff boundaries only.
S_WA-P4-S064CRLJ13. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_13_00_00.pdfFull, PDF0–1; Sept.1,2022.
S_WA-P4-S065CR15. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_15_00_00.pdfFull retrieved rule/history; reliance(a), PDF0; Apr.28,2015. Relation-back/limitation merits not used.
S_WA-P4-S066CRLJ15. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_15_00_00.pdfFull retrieved rule/history; reliance(a), PDF0; Sept.1,2022.
S_WA-P4-S067CRLJ14A. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_14A_00_00.pdfFull(a)–(e), PDF0; Sept.1,2004. Attachment/garnishment mechanics excluded.
S_WA-P4-S068CR17. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_17_00_00.pdfFull, PDF0; Apr.28,2015.
S_WA-P4-S069CRLJ17. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_17_00_00.pdfFull, PDF0; Sept.1,2022.
S_WA-P4-S070CR54. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_54_00_00.pdfFull, PDF0–1; Apr.28,2015. Reliance judgment/demand/presentation clauses.
S_WA-P4-S071CRLJ54. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_54_00_00.pdfFull, PDF0; Sept.1,2022.
S_WA-P4-S072CR55. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_55_00_00.pdfFull(a)–(f), PDF0–1; July22,2025. S093 original amendment.
S_WA-P4-S073CRLJ55. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_55_00_00.pdfFull(a)–(f), PDF0–1; July22,2025; stale(b)(3) incorporation retained.
S_WA-P4-S074CR58. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_58_00_00.pdfFull, PDF0; 1967 adoption. Entry only; later clocks excluded.
S_WA-P4-S075CRLJ58. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_58_00_00.pdfFull, PDF0; Sept.1,2022. Trial decision timing read but not relied on.
S_WA-P4-S076CR59. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_59_00_00.pdfFull parsed text/history, PDF0–1; Apr.28,2015; reliance(b) and affidavit exception only
S_WA-P4-S077CRLJ59. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_59_00_00.pdfFull parsed text/history, PDF0–1; Sept.1,2022; same bounded reliance.
S_WA-P4-S078CR60. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_60_00_00.pdfFull(a)–(e), PDF0–1; Apr.28,2015. Appellate-rule incorporation not investigated.
S_WA-P4-S079CRLJ60. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CRLJ/CLJ_CRLJ_60_00_00.pdfFull(a)–(e), PDF0–1; Nov.2,2021. Appellate incorporation held.
S_WA-P4-S080GR2, holidays. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/GR/GA_GR_02_00_00.pdfFull, PDF0; 1977 history.
S_WA-P4-S081GR3, court closure. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/GR/GA_GR_03_00_00.pdfFull, PDF0. Civil closure rule; criminal exception not developed.
S_WA-P4-S082GR3.1, institutional mailbox. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/GR/GA_GR_03_01_00.pdfFull including blank declaration text, PDF0; Jan.1,2023.
S_WA-P4-S083GR13, declarations. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/GR/GA_GR_13_00_00.pdfFull, PDF0; Feb.1,2021.
S_WA-P4-S084GR21, emergency closures. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/GR/GA_GR_21_00_00.pdfFull, PDF0; Jan.1,2023. No actual closure order.
S_WA-P4-S085GR30, electronic filing/service. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/GR/GA_GR_30_00_00.pdfFull, PDF0–2; Sept.1,2026. Original order partly checked in S094.
S_WA-P4-S086ER602, personal knowledge. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/ER/GA_ER_06_02_00.pdfFull, PDF0; expert-rule exception identified, ER703 not read.
S_WA-P4-S087ER803, hearsay exceptions. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/ER/GA_ER_08_03_00.pdfIntro and complete(a)(6), history; PDF0–2 document, only specified clause relied on; Jan.1,2023 footer
S_WA-P4-S088ER901, authentication. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/ER/GA_ER_09_01_00.pdfComplete(a); selected(b) examples and history; PDF0–1; Dec.10,2013.
S_WA-P4-S089ER1101, applicability. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/ER/GA_ER_11_01_00.pdfFull, PDF0; Jan.1,2023. Small-claims exceptions preserved.
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Captured table 12

Source ID · Issuer / title / literal HTTPS URL · Read extent / edition / status · 23 data rows

Source IDIssuer / title / literal HTTPS URLRead extent / edition / statusEffective/application or limitation
S_WA-P4-S090Legislature/Court, WSR20-15-084, order25700-A-1297, CR3. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/law/wsr/2020/15/20-15-084.htmFull order and amendmentJuly9,2020 adoption; effective on publication. Clean rule lists July28,2020; actual Reports issue not separately inspected.
S_WA-P4-S091Court, order25700-A-1438, CRLJ amendments. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rule_related_orders/orders/25700-A-1438.pdfOrder pp.1–2/PDF0–1; CRLJ4 attachment pp.3–6/PDF2–5; CRLJ8 attachment read; remaining attachments not all readEffective Sept.1,2022. Current individual rules separately read; not a claim to read all46 pages.
S_WA-P4-S092Court, order25700-A-1636, CR12. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rule_related_orders/orders/25700-A-1636.pdfAll three pages, order and amendmentJune5,2025 order; effective Sept.1,2025.
S_WA-P4-S093Court, order25700-A-1648, CR55/CRLJ55. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rule_related_orders/orders/25700-A-1648.pdfAll four pages parsed textJuly2,2025 order; effective on publication; current rule histories July22,2025. Pixel inspection not claimed.
S_WA-P4-S094Court, order25700-A-1701, GR30. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rule_related_orders/orders/25700-A-1701.pdfOrder pp.1–2/PDF0–1; attachment(a)–(c), beginning(d), pp.3–4/PDF2–3June4,2026 order; effective Sept.1,2026. Remainder of amendment attachment not fully read; clean GR30 read in full.
S_WA-P4-S095Court, order25700-A-1711, proposed CR8 change. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rule_related_orders/orders/25700-A-1711.pdfAll four pagesOct.9,2026 proposal; January2027 publication/comment process and April30,2027 comment deadline. Not adopted law.
S_WA-P4-S096OLRC, 15USC1692a. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-120/t15/s1692a/Complete definitions(1)–(8), notesDisplayed through PL119-120, Oct.7,2026. Original1977 act not separately read; no later-currentness guarantee.
S_WA-P4-S097OLRC, 15USC1692i. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-121/t15/s1692i/Complete(a)–(b), notesDisplayed through PL119-121, Oct.9,2026. Real-property venue branch read but excluded from substantive development.
S_WA-P4-S098OLRC, 50USC3911. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-134/t50/s3911/Complete definitions(1)–(9), credits/notesDisplayed through Oct.20,2026. Unused dependent cross-reference not completed.
S_WA-P4-S099OLRC, 50USC3912. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-134/t50/s3912/Complete(a)–(c), notesOct.20,2026 currency. Original historical application act not separately authenticated.
S_WA-P4-S100OLRC, 10USC101. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-134/t10/s101/Complete relied-on(a)(4)–(5), (d)(1), (e)(4); relevant credits; partial historical notesOct.20,2026 currency. Not all definitions or all historical/application notes read.
S_WA-P4-S101OLRC, 32USC502. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-134/t32/s502/Complete(a)–(f), source/historical notes through relevant amendment materialOct.20,2026 currency. Departmental regulations/orders and later unrelated executive-note material not investigated.
S_WA-P4-S102OLRC, 50USC3931. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t50/s3931/ Alternate official2024 text: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title50/html/USCODE-2024-title50-chap50-subchapII-sec3931.htmBoth complete bodies/notes readCurrent page displays PL119-120/Oct.7,2026 despite URL segment119-118. Alternate is2024 edition; same statute, not independent corroboration. Original2003/2004/2008 enactments not fully read.
S_WA-P4-S103OLRC, 50USC3932. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-121/t50/s3932/Complete(a)–(g), credits/notesOct.9,2026 currency. Historical1991 temporary provision not treated as current. Eviction incorporation excluded.
S_WA-P4-S104OLRC, 50USC3918. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t50/s3918/Complete(a)–(d), notesDisplayed Oct.7,2026. Current §3917 incorporated body failed; dated support S105 does not close that currentness gap.
S_WA-P4-S105GPO/HOLC, SCRA compilation. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-11140/pdf/COMPS-11140.pdfCurrency/disclaimer p.1/PDF0; §106 complete p.6/PDF5; §107 pp.6–7/PDF5–6Dated governmental compilation, expressly not an official statutory edition. Jan.13,2025 publication, amended through PL118-159, Dec.23,2024. Provisional §3917 support only.
S_WA-P4-S106AOC, small-claims “Serving the Notice.” https://www.courts.wa.gov/newsinfo/resources/?altMenu=smal&fa=newsinfo_jury.display&fileID=notice&folderID=brochure_sccEntire substantive service explanationUndated instruction; supports procedure, not independent legal authorization.
S_WA-P4-S107AOC, small-claims appeal/set-aside explanation. https://www.courts.wa.gov/newsinfo/resources/?altMenu=smal&fa=newsinfo_jury.display&fileID=appeal&folderID=brochure_sccSubstantive paragraphs readUsed only as a navigation/consistency check. Appeal mechanics not adopted as findings.
S_WA-P4-S108Legislature, RCW7.75.035. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=7.75.035Complete section/creditSmall-claims surcharge incorporation read; no fee, waiver, or actual county-charge conclusion used.
S_WA-P4-S109Legislature, RCW7.120.010. https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=7.120.010Section and 2025c306 application/effective notesRead to trace §38.42.020 note. Asset-forfeiture regime excluded; original2025 act not fully read.
S_WA-P4-S110Legislature, RCW4.74.900. https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=4.74.900Complete short-title/effective noteCodification cross-check for S032; not independent corroboration.
S_WA-P4-S111Legislature, RCW1.16.050, holidays. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=1.16.050Complete(1)–(7), source credits, reviser/explanatory notes relevant to merged amendmentsCurrent published; latest credits2025c58§1001 and2025c30§1. Original acts/remaining historical finding incorporations not all read.
S_WA-P4-S112Legislature, RCW1.12.040, computation. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=1.12.040Complete operative text, credit, reviser noteLatest credit1997c125§1. Case citations incidentally in note were not followed or used as judicial authority.
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Captured table 13

Read group · Actual work completed · Register linkage / limit · 14 data rows

Read groupActual work completedRegister linkage / limit
R01 — Court authorityRead constitutional jurisdiction clauses, superior statute, district terminology and complete relevant district jurisdiction/venue subsectionsS001–S005; exact bounds above
R02 — Small claimsRead complete relevant claim, notice, service, appearance, assignment, transfer, and set-aside provisions; traced cap/service/notice amendmentsS006, S009–S011; postjudgment collection excluded
R03 — ServiceRead complete relied-on chapter4.28 clauses and current CR/CRLJ4; followed entity definitions/service cross-references and original2025 repealS012–S018, S045–S046
R04 — Service qualifications/publicationRead legacy Title12 clauses, chapter65.16, and chapter18.180 to test incomplete service assumptionsS019–S021; contradictions retained
R05 — Initial pleadings/responseRead rules3–13,15,17 at stated bounds, including complete Rule12 waiver and timing provisionsS043–S069
R06 — Default/reliefRead full rules54,55,58,60; followed chapter4.72, §4.28.200, and Rule59 incorporationS024, S070–S079, S093
R07 — Filing/time/evidenceRead general rules and indispensable evidence provisions; followed holiday and statutory computation referencesS025, S080–S089, S111–S112
R08 — Assigned/debt-buyer claimsRead state definitions, filing-before-service clause, both versions of §19.16.260, original2020 application and2026 future actS022, S026–S032, S110
R09 — Federal venueRead full §1692i and necessary §1692a definitions/exemptionsS096–S097
R10 — Military safeguardsRead full relied-on state and federal default/stay provisions and listed definition incorporationsS033–S036, S098–S104; §3917 current-body gap remains
R11 — Amendment verificationRead adopted2020,2022,2025,2026 orders at listed bounds; inspected October2026 CR8 proposal bodyS090–S095
R12 — Official instructionsRead AOC small-claims service and bounded set-aside discussionS106–S107; instructions not substituted for rules
R13 — Final dependency checksCompleted Rule59(b), source-credit, holiday, entity-delivery, small-claims timing, and military-incorporation checksS076–S077, S111–S112; S105 only dated provisional support
R14 — Incidental textSome chapter returns included excluded sector, limitation, enforcement, or annotation textNot used to reopen P1/P2/P3 or to support excluded findings

Captured table 14

Route group · Actual query or navigation · Result and treatment · 14 data rows

Route groupActual query or navigationResult and treatment
N01Official CR index: https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/?fa=court_rules.list&group=sup&set=CRLocated individual PDFs subsequently read
N02Official CRLJ index: https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/?fa=court_rules.list&group=clj&set=CRLJSame; index itself not operative clause evidence
N03GR index: https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/?fa=court_rules.list&group=ga&set=GRLocated general rules
N04ER index: https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/?fa=court_rules.list&group=ga&set=ERLocated evidence rules
N05Rule-order index: https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/?fa=court_rules.ruleorderpageExamined relevant2022–2026 listings; opened only identified generic orders
N06Searches for site:courts.wa.gov "CRLJ 4" "2022" "ORDER"; "CR 3" "July 28, 2020" order; adopted2026 CR55/CRLJ55; small-claims default/service brochureLocated orders, instructions, and leads; proposal/title results not accepted without bodies
N07Searches for official15USC1692i/1692a and50USC3931/3911 routesOrdinary OLRC routes found after initial failures
N08Searches for site:uscode.house.gov "3931" "119-", analogous3932 query, official small-claims server wording, and RCW12.04 serviceLocated current section routes and AOC/Title12 text; incidental case-document result not opened
N09Searches for order25700-A-1438 and2020 CR3 adoption; later exact order25700-A-1297 queriesLocated S090 and S091 after failed combined-WSR PDF
N10Searches for current official10USC101,32USC502,50USC3917 and3918Read observed current routes; §3917 failed at body retrieval
N11Searches for GovInfo §3917/2025 and official current §3917Found S105 compilation. Search text and secondary reproductions remained leads
N12Title50 index: https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-124/t50/Index readable; did not itself supply the missing §3917 operative body
N13Previously surfaced full AOC small-claims brochure PDFNot opened; separate format unnecessary after operative statutes and relevant instruction pages
N14Older USCode editions, secondary legal reproductions, and generic third-party results returned by searchesNot used as current primary authority; no named cases/opinions investigated
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Captured table 15

Failure ID · Literal attempted route / event · Actual result · 13 data rows

Failure IDLiteral attempted route / eventActual resultDifferent route, resolution, and remaining limit
F01https://www.atg.wa.gov/small-claims-court-0HTTP403AOC service instructions and legislative bodies were readable. No blanket Washington-access failure inferred.
F02https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1692i&num=0&edition=prelimHTTP404Observed /us/usc/… route succeeded, S097.
F03https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1692a&num=0&edition=prelimHTTP404Different observed current route succeeded, S096.
F04https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3931&num=0&edition=prelimHTTP404Official2024 alternate and current observed route read, S102.
F05https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3911&num=0&edition=prelimHTTP404Different observed route succeeded, S098.
F06https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?edition=prelim&req=granuleid%3AUSC-prelim-title50-chapter50Maintenance response after redirectIndividual sections resolved their own gaps; chapter-wide current reading not claimed.
F07https://app.leg.wa.gov/documents/laws/WSR/2020/15/20-15MISC.pdfHTTP404Separate official WSR HTML S090 supplied CR3 order and amendment.
F08https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t50/s3917/Initial title/currency-only return; subsequent body request HTTP404Dated S105 text obtained; current official §3917 body remains held. Search excerpts were not promoted to fresh clause reading.
F09Screenshot requests for two pages of S093Returned image-reference markers without inspected page pixelsParsed text and clean rules used. No visual/PDF-pixel verification claimed.
F10One bundled tool result exceeded displayed-output budgetOutput truncationNeeded passages re-opened/read from known successful sources. This was not a website denial.
F11Original Reports publication issues for CR3/Rule55Not independently retrievedAdopted orders and current rule histories read; precise issue-level publication authentication remains limited.
F12Parts of S091/S094 amendment attachments and older historical incorporation notesNot fully readClean applicable rules read. No claim that every attachment or historical application was authenticated.
F13Federal compilation-to-access-date gapLatest displayed dates were Oct.7/9/20,2026Later legislative completeness through Oct.28 remains unverified; exact next inquiry in B028.
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Captured table 16

Analytical field · Entry · 44 data rows

Analytical fieldEntry
Public-law component identifier
Authority edition / currency
Generic claim category
Court category
Subject-matter authorization
Monetary base
Monetary exclusions
Party-category condition
Venue authority
Personal-jurisdiction authority
Commencement provision
Required process documents
Authorized service category
Server qualification authority
Recipient/category authority
Prerequisite diligence provision
Service-completion provision
Proof-of-service provision
Appearance provision
Answer/motion provision
Response reference event
Period and unit
Inclusive/exclusive boundary
Counting rule
Holiday/closure authority
Extension authority
Filing-versus-service distinction
Default-order prerequisites
Default-judgment prerequisites
Notice prerequisites
Capacity/GAL safeguard
Military-status safeguard
Real-party/assignment provision
Pleading/document requirement
Evidence/admissibility requirement
Amount-support requirement
Set-aside/vacatur authority
Amendment/effective/application clause
Source ID and exact pinpoint
Claim ID
Unread incorporation
Contrary text
Currentness limitation
Remaining generic inquiry

Captured table 17

Requested component · Status · Sources / claims / branches · 51 data rows

Requested componentStatusSources / claims / branchesExact remaining evidence or boundary
1 — Superior categoryAnswered with construction holdS001–S002; C002; B002Historical amount-language harmonization
1 — District ordinary money jurisdictionAnsweredS004/S008; C003–C005Actual claim classification and special grants excluded
1 — Small claims as distinct optional categoryAnsweredS006/S009; C006–C008Transfer implementation rule remains partial
1 — Amount/party/subject-matter conditionsAnswered, boundedC003–C009; Q001–Q004No aggregation or eligibility decision
1 — Venue versus subject-matter/personal jurisdictionAnsweredC010–C016Constitutional nexus and judicial construction held
1 — Nonresident/corporate venueAnswered at text levelS004/S005/S041; C010–C011No residence, business, or service-location facts
1 — Federal collector venue overlayAnswered conditionallyS096–S097; C013–C014; B004Washington federal-venue unit construction held
1 — Government/special subject mattersPartial/excludedC005/C017; B005/B029Separate government/sector regimes
2 — Filing versus serviceAnsweredC018–C021CR3(e) disputed-scope construction held
2 — Summons versus complaint/SC noticeAnsweredC021–C022/C036No form completion
2 — Ordinary server qualificationAnsweredC023–C024No registration/status check
2 — Small-claims server qualificationPartialC038; B014Conflicting exact-age/citizenship/incorporation wording
2 — Personal/abode substituteAnswered conditionallyC025/C027Predicate construction held
2 — Usual-mailing-address substituteAnswered conditionallyC026Diligence/address/recipient predicates unresolved by generic text alone
2 — Entity/agent serviceAnswered through statutory sequence; implementation partialC028–C030; B009/B010SOS procedure and accepted electronic-agent forms
2 — PublicationAnswered conditionallyC031–C033Special grounds and constitutional construction remain held
2 — Court-ordered alternate mailAnswered conditionallyC034No inferred order or factual basis
2 — Out-of-state serviceAnswered with route distinctionsC035/C037; B012/B013Ordinary small-claims alternate interstate branch not established
2 — Foreign-country serviceHeld beyond rule textC040; B016Treaties/foreign-law incorporations unread
2 — Proof and amendment of serviceAnsweredC039/C062No return, affidavit, or amended proof created
2 — Federal versus state processBoundary preservedC015/C035/C040; S045–S046Federal Rules of Civil Procedure service regime not researched or imported
2 — Material service amendmentsAnswered with stale-reference holdC030; S013Later corrective rule authority absent
3 — Appearance versus answerAnswered; informal-appearance construction heldC041/C046/C059; B017No conduct-based appearance finding
3 — Initial response periodsAnswered as separate branchesC042–C045; Q013–Q026No selected deadline or universal calculation
3 — Court-specific CR/CRLJ distinctionsAnsweredC043–C044Other district detention authority remains open
3 — Small-claims responseAnswered with timing overlap holdC057; B015Ten-calendar/five-day boundary construction
3 — Filing/service/dispatch/receiptAnswered conditionallyC050–C053Local electronic practice and actual transmission excluded
3 — Time computation/extension/holidayAnswered, boundedC054–C056/C102; S111–S112Local closure/order and special-statute interaction held
3 — Default order versus judgmentAnsweredC058–C064/C101No automatic default or entitlement conclusion
3 — NoticeAnsweredC059–C060/C103Informal appearance and stale mail cross-reference remain held
3 — Set aside/vacaturAnswered at rule/statute levelC065–C072; B022Ground-specific judicial standards and appeal procedure excluded
4 — Real party/standingAnswered as procedural rule; substantive standing heldC073–C074No ownership/assignment determination
4 — Capacity/minor safeguardsAnswered, boundedC027/C063/C075Protection-order and actual-capacity branches excluded
4 — Pleading/document requirementsAnsweredC047–C049/C076–C077Full formatting/privacy/incorporated joinder rules not completed
4 — Evidence/amount supportAnswered conditionallyC061–C064/C078–C080/C085No actual admissibility or damages finding
4 — Debt-buyer/assigned-debt provisionsAnswered for current identified frameworkC081–C086Earlier-purchase historical application remains conditional
4 — Future debt-action lawEffective/application boundary answered; implementation heldC087; S032Additional future incorporations and any later amendments
4 — Military default affidavits/staysAnswered conditionally; limited incorporation gapC088–C098; B025/B026Current §3917 body and specified state construction
5 — Direct URLs and pinpointsSuppliedS001–S112Failed routes separately identified
5 — Read extent / edition / source creditsSupplied at stated boundsSource registerNo title-wide or whole-document reading inference
5 — Original material amendmentsSubstantially authenticatedS008–S013/S029–S032/S036/S090–S095Older/historical application and Reports issue gaps retained
5 — Enacted/proposed/future distinctionAnsweredC030/C043/C052/C087/C099No future/proposed text applied prematurely
5 — Search/failure logSuppliedR/N/F tablesNewly readable sources resolve only their own gaps
Dimension4 — Initial litigation portionSubstantive component completed with explicit holdsC001–C103, except numbering intentionally includes101–103 after100Does not complete all collection/litigation/remedies coverage
Dimension3 / PASS-03Excluded; no substantive dependenceScope boundary onlyLimitations, accrual, revival, choice of law, judgment duration/renewal/lien clocks unchanged
PASS-01/PASS-02Preserved unchangedSupplied exclusion context onlyProvider fees, fair share, nonprofit, cancellation, funds/agreement disputes not reopened
Full discovery/trial/arbitration meritsExcluded—Separate required investigations
Postjudgment collection/garnishment/exemptionsExcluded—No enforcement or withholding framework supplied
Sector/secured/local/tribal lawExcluded except necessary boundary identificationB005/B016/B027/B029Separate generic public-law passes
Cases/opinions/dockets/actual participantsNot investigated—Judicial construction remains held; no actual status/outcome inquiry
State-wide or A066 acceptanceNot implied—This is one bounded component with retained gaps

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S_WA-P4-C001 Saved research record

CR governs superior-court civil procedure; CRLJ governs civil procedure in courts of limited jurisdiction within its scope. CRLJ 81 excludes small claims except where another authority specifically incorporates a rule.

Recorded check status: whole report text reviewed underlying primary not separately reverified

Sources and exact pinpoints
S037–S040, rules 1 and 81 in full
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
High on text. Special proceedings and inconsistent-statute questions require their own scope analysis.
S_WA-P4-C002 Saved research record

Superior-court jurisdiction cannot be reduced to the district-court ceiling. Constitution art. IV §6 contains general and residual jurisdiction language and “or as otherwise determined by law” qualifications; RCW 2.08.010 retains older monetary wording.

Recorded check status: whole report text reviewed underlying primary not separately reverified

Sources and exact pinpoints
S001 art. IV §6; S002 complete section
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
High on texts; harmonizing every historical monetary clause is held. No minimum-amount or exclusive-forum conclusion follows from one isolated number.
S_WA-P4-C003 Saved research record

District courts have jurisdiction over enumerated actions, including contract actions for money, when each claimant’s value or amount at issue does not exceed $100,000, excluding interest, costs, and attorney fees.

Recorded check status: selected primary aspects compared remaining definition history incorporation construction held

Sources and exact pinpoints
S004 §3.66.020 opening paragraph and (1); S008 §1
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Current published text; original cap amendment checked. Claim aggregation/classification beyond the text is held.
S_WA-P4-C004 Saved research record

The money-conditioned-bond category retains a separate $50,000 amount-claimed limit, with judgment limited to the amount actually due and claimed, even if the bond penalty is greater.

Recorded check status: selected primary aspects compared remaining definition history incorporation construction held

Sources and exact pinpoints
S004 §3.66.020(4); S008 §1(4)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
This category is not silently raised to $100,000.
S_WA-P4-C005 Saved research record

District jurisdiction under §3.66.020 excludes the categories listed in §3.66.030, including real-property title, real-estate mortgage/lien enforcement, specified torts, and actions against an executor or administrator as such.

Recorded check status: whole report text reviewed underlying primary not separately reverified

Sources and exact pinpoints
S004 §3.66.030(1)–(4)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Identifies exclusions only; their separate regimes are outside this pass.
S_WA-P4-C006 Saved research record

Small claims is a department of district court with nonexclusive jurisdiction over money only: no more than $10,000 when brought by a natural person, defined as a human being, and $5,000 otherwise.

Recorded check status: selected primary aspects compared remaining definition history incorporation construction held

Sources and exact pinpoints
S006 §12.40.010(1)–(2); S009 §1
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
No importation of the district statute’s exclusions from its monetary base or its per-claimant formulation.
S_WA-P4-C007 Saved research record

An original small-claims claim must be verified by the real claimant; §12.40.070 bars filing/prosecution by an assignee, subject to the transferred-case exception.

Recorded check status: whole report text reviewed underlying primary not separately reverified

Sources and exact pinpoints
S006 §§12.40.070, .025
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
The word “assignee” is consequential; actual assignment status is not examined.
S_WA-P4-C008 Saved research record

A qualifying defendant-initiated transfer from district court to small claims preserves an existing plaintiff-assignee and existing plaintiff attorney under §12.40.025. An oversized counterclaim does not itself create a right to remove small claims.

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S006 §§12.40.025, .027 complete
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Transfer mechanics requiring further court rules remain held. Separate-action and court-transfer provisions are not an automatic-removal right.
S_WA-P4-C009 Saved research record

In ordinary district litigation, a good-faith claim exceeding district jurisdiction, or seeking a remedy beyond it, requires removal of the entire case under CRLJ 14A(b).

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S067 rule 14A(b)–(d); S023 §§4.14.010–.040
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Small claims has the distinct statutory limitation in C008. No actual removal determination.
S_WA-P4-C010 Saved research record

General superior-court venue under RCW 4.12.025 is tied to defendant residence at commencement, with corporate and specified check-related provisions; CR 82 supplies nonresident and wrong-county rules.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S005 §4.12.025(1)–(3), .030(1)–(4); S041(a)–(c)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Special venue statutes and federal covered-collector venue can matter. Venue is not personal jurisdiction.
S_WA-P4-C011 Saved research record

Ordinary district contract venue follows §3.66.040(1): defendant residence when filed, or qualifying service within the residence county; reasonable unsuccessful residence inquiry permits the stated physical-employment district alternative.

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S004 §3.66.040(1), (6)–(8), .050, .090
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Nonresident, corporation, and check branches differ. “Reasonable efforts” and corporate residence are not established by assertion.
S_WA-P4-C012 Saved research record

Small claims does not acquire an independent statewide venue permission merely because its monetary cap is satisfied; its district-court setting and applicable venue statutes remain material.

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S006 §12.40.010; S004 §§3.66.040–.050; S040
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Text-based framework. Full judicial reconciliation of Title 12 and district venue procedure is held.
S_WA-P4-C013 Saved research record

For a covered FDCPA collector’s non-real-property debt action, 15 U.S.C. §1692i(a)(2) restricts venue to the judicial district or similar legal entity where the consumer signed the contract sued on or resided at commencement.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S097 §1692i(a)(2), (b)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
The section does not authorize an otherwise unauthorized action. Meaning of the relevant Washington “judicial district or similar legal entity” requires construction not undertaken here.
S_WA-P4-C014 Saved research record

The federal venue proposition is limited by the FDCPA definitions of consumer, debt, and debt collector and the enumerated exclusions; it is not an all-creditor or all-business-debt rule.

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S096 §1692a(3), (5), (6)(A)–(F)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Consumer debt is personal/family/household in the statutory sense. Security-enforcement-only language has its stated limited application.
S_WA-P4-C015 Saved research record

Filing/commencement and a venue basis do not, by themselves, establish jurisdiction over a defendant’s person. The rules separately recognize personal-jurisdiction and service objections.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S012 §4.28.020; S045(d)(5); S046(e)(4), (g); S061–S062(b), (h)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
High on procedural distinction; constitutional nexus and judicial construction held.
S_WA-P4-C016 Saved research record

RCW 4.28.185 identifies enumerated acts and limits resulting jurisdiction to claims arising from those acts; it also requires the specified inability-to-serve-in-state affidavit for its out-of-state route.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S012 §4.28.185(1)–(6)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
No inference of nexus from debt, residence labels, internet activity, or a provider connection.
S_WA-P4-C017 Saved research record

Claims against the state have a separate superior-court statutory branch under RCW 4.92.010. General individual/entity service does not complete government-claim prerequisites.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S007 complete section; S012 §4.28.080(1)–(3)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Government claim presentment, specialized service, immunity, and other public-entity regimes remain held.
S_WA-P4-C018 Saved research record

CR 3(a) generally permits commencement by filing a complaint or serving summons and complaint. A qualifying written demand requires filing within 14 days, otherwise the service is void under that clause.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S043(a); S090 adopted CR 3 text
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Debt-collection qualification in C019 must also be read. This is not a limitation-period finding.
S_WA-P4-C019 Saved research record

CR 3(e) expressly addresses filing before service in debt-collection cases. RCW 19.16.250(27) prohibits the covered collection-agency practice of serving a debtor before filing and assigning a case number.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S043(e); S027(27); S029 §2(27)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
The rule prints operative language and a bracketed statutory reference; it is not treated as wholly empty merely because it also says “Reserved.”
S_WA-P4-C020 Saved research record

CRLJ 3 commences a civil action by filing a signed complaint with the court.

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S044 complete rule
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
The superior-court service-first formulation is not transferred to district court.
S_WA-P4-C021 Saved research record

Small claims begins with filing the statutory claim; the court sets a hearing and issues a notice of claim. The first hearing need not be the trial.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S006 §§12.40.020, .030, .050; S010 §§1–4
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Local pretrial/dispute-resolution arrangements are recognized but not investigated.
S_WA-P4-C022 Saved research record

Ordinary CR/CRLJ process requires summons and complaint together. The summons directs the response; the complaint states the claim.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S045(a)–(b), (d)(1); S046(a)–(b), (d)(1)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Statutory special-process exceptions are not generalized. No form was completed.
S_WA-P4-C023 Saved research record

Ordinary CR/CRLJ service may be made by the specified sheriff/deputy or a nonparty over 18, competent to be a witness, within each rule’s wording.

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S045(c); S046(c)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Registration eligibility at age 18 does not amend the rules’ “over 18” wording. Small-claims uncertainty is separately recorded.
S_WA-P4-C024 Saved research record

Chapter 18.180 RCW imposes registration/residency requirements on compensated process servers, with enumerated occupational/no-fee exceptions, and expressly does not modify CR 4.

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S021 §§18.180.010, .030, .900
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
No server status lookup. Nonregistration is not automatically equated here with invalid service.
S_WA-P4-C025 Saved research record

The ordinary individual route permits personal delivery or delivery at the usual abode to a resident of suitable age and discretion.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S012 §4.28.080(14); S013 §1(14)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
“Usual abode,” residence, and suitable age/discretion are factual/legal predicates, not address labels.
S_WA-P4-C026 Saved research record

The alternative usual-mailing-address route requires inability to serve under (14) with reasonable diligence, delivery to the specified suitable recipient, then prepaid first-class mailing; completion is the tenth day after mailing.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S012 §4.28.080(15); S013 §1(15)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
The statute excludes a USPS post-office box and employment location from this definition. It is not mail-only service.
S_WA-P4-C027 Saved research record

For a defendant under 14, §4.28.080(9) requires personal delivery to the minor plus the specified parent/guardian or fallback recipient. For a person with an appointed guardian, (10) directs delivery to the guardian.

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S012 §4.28.080(9)–(10); S013 §1(9)–(10)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Service and litigation representation/GAL safeguards are separate; see C075.
S_WA-P4-C028 Saved research record

A “represented entity” has a registered-agent service route through §§23.95.400 and .450. The category is defined through the domestic/registered-foreign entity provisions.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S014 relevant definitions; S015 complete; S016(1); S012 §4.28.080(8)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Entity classification is indispensable. No actual entity, agent, annual report, or listing was examined.
S_WA-P4-C029 Saved research record

Section 23.95.450 has sequential fallback conditions: absent/unservable agent with reasonable diligence; prescribed delivery to the principal office shown in the latest annual report; then qualifying person in charge; then Secretary of State.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S016(2)–(6); S017–S018
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Secretary-of-State implementation and a commercial agent’s accepted non-tangible forms are held; the statute is not blanket email permission.
S_WA-P4-C030 Saved research record

Laws of 2025, chapter 40 changed entity-service text and repealed RCW 4.28.090 effective July 27, 2025. Published CR/CRLJ 4 still include that citation.

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S013 §§1–2, 4 and cover; S045(d)(2); S046(d)(2)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Stale incorporation is preserved, not silently corrected or used to revive the repealed section.
S_WA-P4-C031 Saved research record

Superior-court publication requires the inability-to-find predicate, filed affidavit, prescribed mailing or unknown-residence statement, and one enumerated statutory ground.

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S012 §4.28.100 introductory paragraph and (1)–(9); S045(d)(3)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Unsuccessful ordinary contact alone is insufficient. Property/family/sector grounds are not completed by this pass.
S_WA-P4-C032 Saved research record

The statutory publication route requires complaint filing first, publication once weekly for six consecutive weeks, and the prescribed summons; the answer reference event is first publication.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S012 §4.28.110 complete; S020 §§65.16.010–.110
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Newspaper qualification/approval predicates were read generically; no newspaper was selected or investigated.
S_WA-P4-C033 Saved research record

CRLJ 4(e) contains its own county/property-based publication and out-of-territory provisions and expressly limits their personal-jurisdiction effect. CRLJ 4(h) separately permits statewide process.

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S046(e)(1)–(4), (h)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Do not treat every out-of-county service as publication-equivalent or reconcile these branches without the governing predicate.
S_WA-P4-C034 Saved research record

Court-ordered alternative mail requires circumstances justifying publication, an affidavit supporting comparable likelihood of actual notice, a court order, and two prescribed mailings; the summons specifies 90 days from mailing.

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S045(d)(4); S046(f)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
This is distinct from abode substitution, entity delivery, small-claims certified mail, and service of later papers.
S_WA-P4-C035 Saved research record

RCW 4.28.180 supplies an out-of-state personal-service category and 60-day answer period; its jurisdictional effect depends on the statutory residence/citizenship/submission predicates.

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S012 §§4.28.180, .185; S045(e)(2)–(3); S061(a)(3)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Delivery outside Washington does not itself establish personal jurisdiction.
S_WA-P4-C036 Saved research record

Small-claims notice may use §4.28.080 or registered/certified mail with the served party’s signed return receipt filed with the court. No other legal document/process accompanies it under §12.40.040.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S006 §12.40.040; S010 §3; S106 service paragraphs
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Ordinary summons-and-complaint packaging is not imported into this branch.
S_WA-P4-C037 Saved research record

RCW 3.66.100(2) excludes ordinary small claims from the §4.28.180 out-of-state route, subject to its expressly stated special exceptions.

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S004 §3.66.100(1)–(2)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
The landlord and infraction exceptions are outside this pass. No alternative interstate small-claims route is established.
S_WA-P4-C038 Saved research record

Small-claims server qualifications require a hold: RCW 12.04.050 says Washington citizen over 18; .080 uses a nonparty 18-or-over formulation; AOC instructions use over 18/competent/nonparty.

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S019 §§12.04.050, .080; S106; S040
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Exact-age, citizenship, and incorporation reconciliation remain unresolved. No favorable synthesis is assumed.
S_WA-P4-C039 Saved research record

Rules 4 distinguish service from proof of service. Required proof identifies the prescribed method and generally time/place/manner; failure to make proof does not itself invalidate otherwise valid service.

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S045(g)–(h); S046(i)–(j)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Default judgment separately requires proof on file. Amendment is discretionary and limited by material prejudice.
S_WA-P4-C040 Saved research record

CR 4(i) recognizes foreign-country methods only within its authorization, notice, treaty, and proof requirements.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S045(i)(1)–(2) complete
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Applicable treaties, foreign law, and foreign authority were not read. No usable foreign-country route is affirmatively established.
S_WA-P4-C041 Saved research record

A written notice of appearance is distinct from an answer. CR 4 requires service of the signed notice; CRLJ 4 expressly requires service and filing.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S045(a)(3); S046(a)(3); S012 §4.28.210
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Informal appearance and conduct-based appearance require construction not researched. Appearance does not itself supply an answer.
S_WA-P4-C042 Saved research record

The ordinary CR/CRLJ answer period is 20 days after service, excluding the service day, subject to a different applicable statute/rule.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S061(a)(1), (5); S062(a)(1), (3); S046(a)(2)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
CRLJ additionally specifies filing in its summons rule. Valid service and the applicable route remain predicates.
S_WA-P4-C043 Saved research record

CR 12 distinguishes publication, qualifying out-of-state service, and service in a jail/detention/prison facility; each listed branch uses 60 days, with different reference events and statutory qualifications.

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S061(a)(2)–(4); S092 adopted amendment
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
The detention provision became effective September 1, 2025. It is not converted into a universal district-court rule.
S_WA-P4-C044 Saved research record

CRLJ 12 expressly lists 60 days from first publication and preserves other applicable statutes/rules; it does not contain CR 12(a)(4)’s detention clause.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S062(a) complete; S046(e)(3), (f); S012 §4.28.180
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
The separate 30-day, 60-day, and 90-day branches cannot be selected from location alone.
S_WA-P4-C045 Saved research record

Service of a permitted Rule 12 motion alters responsive-pleading periods as stated: ordinarily 10 days after notice of denial/postponement, or 10 days after service of a more definite statement.

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S061(a)(A)–(B), (b), (e); S062(a)(i)–(ii), (b), (e)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Court may fix another time. Filing an arbitrary document is not assumed to trigger this provision.
S_WA-P4-C046 Saved research record

Personal-jurisdiction, venue, process, and service defenses have Rule 12 consolidation/waiver provisions. Subject-matter jurisdiction is treated separately under (h)(3).

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S061–S062(b), (g), (h); S065–S066(a)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Voluntary appearance does not alone eliminate the preserved objections; later omission can matter. No actual waiver conclusion.
S_WA-P4-C047 Saved research record

Rules 7–9 distinguish pleadings from motions, require a short/plain claim and demand, and prescribe admissions, denials, affirmative defenses, and special pleading matters. Uncontroverted allegations and the amount of damages are treated differently.

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S051–S056; specifically rules 7(a)–(b), 8(a)–(e), 9(a)–(c), (g), (l)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Pleading sufficiency does not itself prove the allegation. Fraud/conditions/capacity have distinct provisions.
S_WA-P4-C048 Saved research record

Rule 15(a) contains limited amendment-as-of-course categories and a response period tied to the remaining original period or 10 days, whichever is longer, subject to court order.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S065–S066(a)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
CRLJ text includes service or notice language. Amendment is not an unlimited cure for an omitted defense.
S_WA-P4-C049 Saved research record

Rules 12 and 13 separately govern replies/cross-claim answers and compulsory counterclaims, with stated exceptions; assignment/setoff provisions do not establish a substantive setoff in an unidentified claim.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S061–S064; rules 12(a), 13(a), (j), and CRLJ 13(l)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
No counterclaim, setoff, compulsory-claim, or preclusion decision is made.
S_WA-P4-C050 Saved research record

Rule 5 generally governs later papers, including service through counsel and filing; new/additional claims against a party in default for failure to appear require Rule 4 service.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S047–S048(a)–(e)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Initial process is not made valid merely by a later-paper service method.
S_WA-P4-C051 Saved research record

Rule 5’s mail/electronic completion provisions and Rule 6(e)’s additional-mail-time provision have distinct triggers. Dispatch, completion of service, receipt, and filing are not interchangeable.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S047–S050; rules 5(b), 6(e)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
The three-day provisions are not automatically stacked onto every original summons period.
S_WA-P4-C052 Saved research record

Under current GR 30, accepted electronic submissions during business hours are filed at the submission date/time; accepted submissions outside those hours are filed the next business day. Lack of confirmation defeats a presumption of receipt.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S085(c); S094 applicable amendment
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Electronic service of parties of record depends on the rule’s agreement/local-rule predicates. No initial-process email permission follows.
S_WA-P4-C053 Saved research record

GR 3.1 supplies a conditional institutional-mailbox rule for confined persons, requiring the specified system/proof; the other party’s response clock is tied to receipt as stated.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S082 complete rule
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
No actual institutional mailing, declaration, or filing was constructed.
S_WA-P4-C054 Saved research record

CR/CRLJ 6(a) exclude the triggering day, include the last day subject to weekend/holiday rollover, and omit intermediate weekends/holidays when the period is less than seven days.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S049–S050(a); S080–S081; S111–S112
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
This is not a universal counting convention for every statute, small-claims provision, federal period, or court order.
S_WA-P4-C055 Saved research record

Rule 6(b) permits discretionary enlargement for cause before expiration and, on motion, excusable neglect after expiration; specified Rule 50/52/59/60 periods are excluded from enlargement.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S049–S050(b)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Superior and district exclusion lists differ concerning Rule 52(b). No extension exists merely because it is requested.
S_WA-P4-C056 Saved research record

Rule 6(d) has a general five-day motion-notice framework and supporting/opposing affidavit provisions, subject to different rules or court orders.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S049–S050(d); S076–S077(c)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Local motion schedules and actual orders were not investigated.
S_WA-P4-C057 Saved research record

Small claims requires appearance at the stated hearing; formal pleadings beyond claim and notice are generally unnecessary. Section .040’s 10-calendar-day service minimum and .060’s five-day notice wording both remain published.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S006 §§12.40.030, .040, .060, .080, .090; S010; S011
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
The five-day wording is not treated as permission to disregard the ten-calendar-day requirement.
S_WA-P4-C102 Saved research record

Legal holidays are defined by RCW 1.16.050(1), with weekend observance in (5); days merely recognized under (7) are expressly not legal holidays.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S111(1), (5), (7); S080
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
No actual holiday calendar or deadline was calculated. Emergency/local closures remain a separate question.
S_WA-P4-C058 Saved research record

Rule 55 permits a default motion when failure to appear, plead, or otherwise defend is shown by motion and affidavit; it does not make judgment automatic upon elapsed time.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S072–S073(a)(1)–(2)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Before-motion and before-hearing opportunities differ according to prior appearance.
S_WA-P4-C059 Saved research record

A party who appeared receives written default-motion notice and supporting affidavit at least five days before hearing. The ordinary no-appearance rule is subject to Rule 55(f).

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S072–S073(a)(3), (f)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
What qualifies as an informal appearance remains held.
S_WA-P4-C060 Saved research record

After more than one year from summons service without appearance, Rule 55(f) requires additional notice before default order/judgment, with its specified service and fallback publication/mailing alternatives.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S072–S073(f)(1)–(2)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
This is a default-notice trigger, not a claim limitation or judgment-duration clock.
S_WA-P4-C061 Saved research record

A sum-certain default judgment requires the Rule 55 motion/amount affidavit predicates; an uncertain amount can require hearings, proof, findings, and conclusions.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S072–S073(b)(1)–(2); S093 amendment
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Arithmetic certainty does not establish ownership, liability, service, or admissibility.
S_WA-P4-C062 Saved research record

Publication/authorized-mail default has additional proof-of-demand and payment-examination requirements. Both rules require proof of service on file before default judgment.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S072–S073(b)(3)–(4); S093
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
CRLJ 55(b)(3) still cites “4(d)(4)” although CRLJ alternative mail is in 4(f); exact reconciliation is held.
S_WA-P4-C063 Saved research record

Default judgment against a minor/incapacitated person requires the stated guardian/GAL representation safeguard.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S072–S073(b)(1); S068–S069
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Service on a minor or guardian does not itself establish adequate litigation representation.
S_WA-P4-C064 Saved research record

Default relief cannot differ in kind from, or exceed the amount demanded under, Rule 54(c).

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S070–S071(c); S072–S073(b), (d)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
This ceiling is not affirmative proof that the demanded amount is recoverable.
S_WA-P4-C065 Saved research record

Rule 55(c)(1) distinguishes setting aside an entry of default for good cause from relief from an entered default judgment under Rule 60(b).

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S072–S073(c)(1); S078–S079(b)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Neither result is guaranteed merely by making a motion.
S_WA-P4-C066 Saved research record

Rule 55 prohibits default where improper venue clearly appears; its later improper-venue vacatur clause has specified written-stipulation and noticed-appearance exceptions.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S072–S073(a)(4), (c)(2); S041(c)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
The rule calls the resulting judgment valid but subject to its vacatur mechanism; improper venue is not automatically equated with absent subject-matter jurisdiction.
S_WA-P4-C067 Saved research record

Rule 60(b) supplies separately stated grounds: mistake/neglect/irregularity; protected-person error; new evidence; fraud/misconduct; voidness; satisfaction/prospective inequity; publication relief; death; unavoidable misfortune; minor error; other justification.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S078–S079(b)(1)–(11) complete
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Listing a ground does not establish it; judicial standards and actual merits remain held.
S_WA-P4-C068 Saved research record

Rule 60 requires reasonable time, adds a one-year outer period for (b)(1)–(3), and contains disability and minor-specific language. The motion itself does not suspend judgment operation.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S078–S079(b), final paragraph and (10)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
A universal one-year deadline for every ground is unsupported. Ground-specific construction remains held.
S_WA-P4-C069 Saved research record

Rule 60(e) requires a filed motion, supporting factual/error affidavit and defense facts where applicable, a court-set show-cause hearing, and prescribed service.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S078–S079(e)(1)–(3)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
A letter or informal request is not assumed to satisfy this procedure. No motion or affidavit was created.
S_WA-P4-C070 Saved research record

CR 60(e)(4) retains RCW 4.72.010–.090 except as modified by the rule. The statute’s separate periods and substantive predicates cannot be mechanically substituted for CR 60.

Recorded check status: selected primary aspects compared remaining definition history incorporation construction held

Sources and exact pinpoints
S078(e)(4); S024 complete listed sections
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
In particular, no automatic importation of the statute’s fraud timing into CR 60(b)(4).
S_WA-P4-C071 Saved research record

Rule 60(b)(3) incorporates the inability, despite due diligence, to discover evidence in time for Rule 59(b); Rule 59(b) uses a 10-day filing period and its own hearing/noting provision.

Recorded check status: selected primary aspects compared remaining definition history incorporation construction held

Sources and exact pinpoints
S076–S079, rules 59(b), 60(b)(3)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
New-trial merits and full posttrial practice remain outside scope.
S_WA-P4-C072 Saved research record

RCW 12.40.120 expressly makes district-court set-aside law/rules applicable to small-claims judgments.

Recorded check status: whole report text reviewed underlying primary not separately reverified

Sources and exact pinpoints
S006 §12.40.120; S079
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
This specific incorporation does not import all CRLJ procedure into small claims. Appeal procedure is not completed here.
S_WA-P4-C101 Saved research record

Superior CR 58 links entry to delivery for filing after signature, subject to its qualifications. CRLJ 54/58 use different judgment/entry language.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S070(a); S071(a); S074(a)–(b); S075
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
No universal “signed = entered” rule or judgment-duration calculation is supplied.
S_WA-P4-C103 Saved research record

CR 54(f) separately addresses notice of presentation of proposed judgments/orders to opposing counsel, subject to emergency, approval/waiver, and specified open-court exceptions.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S070(f)(1)–(3)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
It is not collapsed into Rule 55’s appearance-based motion notice, and not generalized to every small-claims judgment.
S_WA-P4-C073 Saved research record

Rule 17(a) requires prosecution in the real party’s name, allows specified representative categories, and affords a reasonable opportunity for ratification, joinder, or substitution after objection before dismissal on that ground.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S068–S069(a)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
This is not a finding of ownership, standing, capacity, or entitlement for an unidentified claimant.
S_WA-P4-C074 Saved research record

RCW 4.08.080 permits suit in an assignee’s name on a written assignment signed by the assignor, while preserving stated defenses/setoffs and a negotiable-instrument qualification.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S022 §4.08.080 complete
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Assignment validity, chain sufficiency, and the negotiable branch remain factual/construction dependencies. Small-claims restrictions still matter.
S_WA-P4-C075 Saved research record

Rules 17 and RCW 4.08.050–.060 prescribe minor/incapacity representation and GAL procedures, with age, application, and service-location distinctions.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S068–S069(b)–(c); S022 §§4.08.050–.060
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
The protection-order exceptions are outside scope. No capacity determination or appointment is made.
S_WA-P4-C076 Saved research record

Rules 10 make attached written instruments part of the pleading; that procedural treatment does not itself establish authentication, truth, or admissibility.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S057(c); S058(b); S088(a)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
No actual contract or exhibit was examined.
S_WA-P4-C077 Saved research record

Rule 11 signature certifies the stated inquiry, factual/legal basis, and proper-purpose predicates; it is not an adjudication of the signed allegations.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S059–S060(a)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Full sanctions/remedies are excluded.
S_WA-P4-C078 Saved research record

GR 13 permits qualifying unsworn declarations under penalty of perjury with required signature/date/place language, subject to its exceptions; GR 30 supplies applicable electronic-signature treatment.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S083 complete; S085(d)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Not every special oath or official certification is replaceable by an ordinary declaration. No declaration was completed.
S_WA-P4-C079 Saved research record

Washington ER 803(a)(6) points to chapter 5.45 RCW. Section 5.45.020 requires the qualified witness/custodian, identity/preparation, regular-course, near-time, and judicial trustworthiness predicates stated there.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S087(a)(6); S025 §5.45.020; S086
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
A business-record label, attachment, or balance calculation alone does not satisfy the predicates.
S_WA-P4-C080 Saved research record

ER 1101 generally governs civil evidence but treats small claims separately; authentication under ER 901(a) and personal knowledge under ER 602 remain distinct concepts.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S089(a), (c)(4); S088(a); S086
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Small-claims evidence relaxation retains the rule’s express exceptions. It does not transform allegations into adjudicated facts.
S_WA-P4-C081 Saved research record

Current RCW 19.16.260(1) requires covered collection agencies to allege and prove licensing and applicable bonding; default dispenses with proving those matters, not with the allegation or the underlying legal requirement.

Recorded check status: selected primary aspects compared remaining definition history incorporation construction held

Sources and exact pinpoints
S028 current (1)(a)–(b); S031 §3
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
This is an initial-suit prerequisite only. No provider licensing investigation or actual authorization finding.
S_WA-P4-C082 Saved research record

The state “claim,” “collection agency,” exclusions, “out-of-state collection agency,” and “debt buyer” definitions control the state documentation branch; they are not interchangeable with FDCPA definitions.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S026(2), (4)–(8), (12)–(13); S096
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
State “claim” is not limited by the federal consumer-debt definition. Exclusions require their own conditions.
S_WA-P4-C083 Saved research record

Current debt-buyer complaints require the signed original-debt writing, or the precise credit-card/electronic-transaction alternatives where the specified signed writing does not or never did exist.

Recorded check status: selected primary aspects compared remaining definition history incorporation construction held

Sources and exact pinpoints
S028(2)(a)(i)–(ii); S030 §2
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Credit-card breach claims also require the applicable terms/conditions described by the statute. A missing document is not automatically excused.
S_WA-P4-C084 Saved research record

The complaint must contain the six statutory debt-buyer disclosures in type no smaller than 10 point.

Recorded check status: selected primary aspects compared remaining definition history incorporation construction held

Sources and exact pinpoints
S028(2)(c)(i)–(vi); S030 §2
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Purchase status/date/source, possible discount, applicable no-warranty statement, and timeliness assertion are disclosure requirements, not proven facts. Limitation merits are outside this pass.
S_WA-P4-C085 Saved research record

A debt-buyer default request requires qualifying evidence of amount/nature plus the listed account, charge-off/itemization, payment/transaction, incurrence, and unbroken ownership-chain materials.

Recorded check status: selected primary aspects compared remaining definition history incorporation construction held

Sources and exact pinpoints
S028(2)(b)(i)–(vii); S030 §2; S025; S087
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Evidence must satisfy the specified business-record route or another legally authorized route. This is not an automatic hearsay exception for all purchased records.
S_WA-P4-C086 Saved research record

The 2020 act applies prospectively to delinquent/charged-off claims purchased for collection by a debt buyer on or after June 11, 2020.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S030 §5 and cover; S026 application note
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Earlier-purchase treatment requires historical/version analysis; it does not imply absence of ordinary pleading/evidence duties.
S_WA-P4-C087 Saved research record

Laws of 2026, chapter 107 creates a new debt-action framework and changes §19.16.260 effective January 1, 2027, applying to actions commenced on or after that date.

Recorded check status: selected primary aspects compared remaining definition history incorporation construction held

Sources and exact pinpoints
S032 §§1–16, especially §§12–16; S028 future version; S110
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Enacted/future-effective. Full future implementation and its additional incorporations remain held.
S_WA-P4-C088 Saved research record

The SCRA’s civil scope includes state courts; its defined service categories are narrower and more specific than a generic military affiliation.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S098 §3911(1)–(5); S099 §3912(a)–(c); S100 relevant definitions; S101(f)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
No actual military status established. Certain pre-reporting and dependent incorporations remain held in B025.
S_WA-P4-C089 Saved research record

In a covered no-appearance proceeding, §3931 requires an affidavit addressing military service or inability to determine it; apparent military service requires appointed counsel before judgment.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S102 §3931(a), (b)(1)–(4)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Unknown status has its own possible bond mechanism; it is not automatically nonmilitary status.
S_WA-P4-C090 Saved research record

Section 3931(d) requires a stay of at least 90 days on the specified application/court initiative when its defense/contact predicates are satisfied.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S102 §3931(d)–(f)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
An appointed attorney’s inability to locate the servicemember does not waive defenses. Actual-notice cases have a separate branch.
S_WA-P4-C091 Saved research record

Federal reopening applies to qualifying default entered during service or within 60 days afterward, with material effect and a meritorious/legal defense; application must be within 90 days after service ends.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S102 §3931(g)–(h)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Bona-fide-purchaser protection is retained. This is not a universal default-vacatur period.
S_WA-P4-C092 Saved research record

Section 3932’s actual-notice branch has a qualifying application, material-effect and commanding-officer communications, an initial stay of at least 90 days, and additional-stay/counsel provisions.

Recorded check status: whole report text reviewed underlying primary not separately reverified

Sources and exact pinpoints
S103 §3932(a)–(g)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Its applicability extends through the stated 90-day post-service period; unsuccessful use has the express §3931 consequence.
S_WA-P4-C093 Saved research record

Washington chapter 38.42 has its own service/dependent definitions and order-receipt protection period. Its service definition includes a call exceeding 30 consecutive days; the 2026 amendment expands specified service-member categories.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S033 §§.010–.020; S034–S036
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
State and federal definitions are not assumed identical. Registered-domestic-partnership construction is a retained incorporation gap.
S_WA-P4-C094 Saved research record

Washington’s no-appearance default provision requires an affidavit concerning service-member/dependent status and appointed counsel when its protected-status predicate appears.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S033 §38.42.050(1)–(4)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
No status record or certificate was sought.
S_WA-P4-C095 Saved research record

The optional Washington dependent-status notice creates only the stated discretionary presumption after its service/mailing and response conditions.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S033 §38.42.050(3)(a)–(c)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
It does not establish nonmilitary status, valid summons service, liability, or waiver. Its narrower template terminology is held against the expanded definition.
S_WA-P4-C096 Saved research record

Washington’s conditional no-appearance stay and reopening provisions use 180 days after release/termination, with defense/material-effect predicates.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S033 §38.42.050(5), (7), (9)–(10)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
The statute does not reproduce the federal 90-day reopening-application clause. No missing state deadline is invented.
S_WA-P4-C097 Saved research record

Washington’s actual-notice stay requires the stated communications and conditions; applying is not a jurisdictional appearance or waiver under that provision.

Recorded check status: whole report text reviewed underlying primary not separately reverified

Sources and exact pinpoints
S033 §38.42.060(1)–(7)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Additional-stay refusal/counsel and unsuccessful-application consequences remain part of the clause.
S_WA-P4-C098 Saved research record

Military-protection waiver provisions have document, timing, and scope conditions; neither an ordinary contract term nor participation is assumed to waive every protection.

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Sources and exact pinpoints
S033 §38.42.040; S104 §3918(a)–(d)
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Federal pre-reporting incorporation remains partially currentness-held; no actual waiver reviewed.
S_WA-P4-C099 Saved research record

The October 2026 CR 8 order examined is a proposal for publication/comment, despite an “ADOPTION ORDER” file title.

Recorded check status: whole report text reviewed underlying primary not separately reverified

Sources and exact pinpoints
S095 operative order and attachment
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
It supplies no current amendment to CR 8.
S_WA-P4-C100 Saved research record

The answer’s federal currency ceiling is source-specific: published compilations checked through October 7, 9, or 20, 2026, not an independently verified October 28 legislative cutoff.

Recorded check status: whole report text reviewed underlying primary not separately reverified

Sources and exact pinpoints
S096–S104 metadata and notes
Conditions, exceptions, and confidence limit
Washington read bodies resolve their own source gaps only; neither broad access failure nor comprehensive currentness is inferred.

Sources, pinpoints and access limits

Keep the source version, actual read extent and jurisdiction with the proposition. A link or researcher access claim is not a substitute for an operative primary passage.

S_WA-P4-S001 Saved research record

Legislature, Washington Constitution. https://leg.wa.gov/state-laws-and-rules/washington-state-constitution/?section=ae405373-5163-4b8e-a2ab-690941cc89ac

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Exact read extent and status
Art. IV §§6, 10, 12 complete; associated displayed history
Effective/application and limitations
§6 history identifies amendment 87, approved Nov. 2, 1993. Original amendment instrument not separately read; no whole-constitution claim.
Direct source URLs
https://leg.wa.gov/state-laws-and-rules/washington-state-constitution/?section=ae405373-5163-4b8e-a2ab-690941cc89ac
https://leg.wa.gov/state-laws-and-rules/washington-state-constitution/?section=ae405373-5163-4b8e-a2ab-690941cc89ac&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S002 Saved research record

Legislature, RCW 2.08.010, superior jurisdiction. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=2.08.010

Recorded check status: not separately reopened in this scoped primary check

Exact read extent and status
Complete section and credit; current published
Effective/application and limitations
Credit: 1955 c 38 §3 and predecessors. Historical monetary wording retained; construction held.
Direct source URLs
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=2.08.010
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=2.08.010&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S003 Saved research record

Legislature, RCW 3.30.015, district terminology. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=3.30.015

Recorded check status: not separately reopened in this scoped primary check

Exact read extent and status
Complete section/credit
Effective/application and limitations
1984 c 258 §90; effective-date incorporation to .010 not followed. Terminology only.
Direct source URLs
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=3.30.015
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=3.30.015&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S004 Saved research record

Legislature, chapter 3.66 RCW. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=3.66&full=true

Recorded check status: fresh selected primary aspects compared other dependencies held

Exact read extent and status
§§.010, .020, .030, .040, .050, .090, .100 complete; displayed notes
Effective/application and limitations
Material credits: .020—2015 c 260 §1; .040—2007 c 46 §2; .100—2011 c 132 §3. Other chapter subjects excluded.
Direct source URLs
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=3.66&full=true
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=3.66&full=true&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S005 Saved research record

Legislature, chapter 4.12 RCW, venue. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.12&full=true

Recorded check status: not separately reopened in this scoped primary check

Exact read extent and status
§§.020, .025(1)–(3), .030(1)–(4) complete and credits
Effective/application and limitations
General venue only. Transfer-fee and other sections not completed.
Direct source URLs
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.12&full=true
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.12&full=true&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S006 Saved research record

Legislature, chapter 12.40 RCW, small claims. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=12.40&full=true

Recorded check status: fresh selected primary aspects compared other dependencies held

Exact read extent and status
§§.010–.090 and .120 bodies read; .100/.105/.130 not relied on; .800 not read
Effective/application and limitations
Material credits separately authenticated in S009–S011. Historical cross-reference notes not all followed.
Direct source URLs
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=12.40&full=true
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=12.40&full=true&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S007 Saved research record

Legislature, RCW 4.92.010, actions against state. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.92.010

Recorded check status: not separately reopened in this scoped primary check

Exact read extent and status
Complete section and displayed notes
Effective/application and limitations
Used to flag distinct court/venue category, not complete government procedure.
Direct source URLs
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.92.010
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.92.010&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S008 Saved research record

Legislature, Laws 2015 c 260, district jurisdiction. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/5125.SL.pdf?cite=2015+c+260+s+1

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Exact read extent and status
Entire instrument: cover and §1; printed pp.1–2, PDF indices 0–2 including cover
Effective/application and limitations
Cover states effective July 24, 2015. $100,000 amendment and retained $50,000 clause read.
Direct source URLs
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/5125.SL.pdf?cite=2015+c+260+s+1
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/5125.SL.pdf?cite=2015+c+260+s+1&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S009 Saved research record

Legislature, Laws 2019 c 86, small-claims cap. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/5621-S.SL.pdf?cite=2019+c+86+s+1

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Exact read extent and status
Entire two-page instrument; §1 printed p.1, PDF index1
Effective/application and limitations
Effective July 28, 2019 on cover.
Direct source URLs
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/5621-S.SL.pdf?cite=2019+c+86+s+1
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/5621-S.SL.pdf?cite=2019+c+86+s+1&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S010 Saved research record

Legislature, Laws 2019 c 251, small-claims procedure. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/1048-S2.SL.pdf?cite=2019+c+251+s+1

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Exact read extent and status
Cover; §§1–4; §6; printed pp.1–4, PDF indices1–4 at relevant clauses
Effective/application and limitations
Effective July 28, 2019. Other judgment-collection provisions not used.
Direct source URLs
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/1048-S2.SL.pdf?cite=2019+c+251+s+1
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/1048-S2.SL.pdf?cite=2019+c+251+s+1&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S011 Saved research record

Legislature, Laws 2025 c 34, small-claims notice. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/1007.SL.pdf?cite=2025+c+34+s+1

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Exact read extent and status
Entire cover/operative §1; PDF indices0–1
Effective/application and limitations
Effective July 27, 2025; changes judgment warning from mandatory to permissive wording, retains five-day text.
Direct source URLs
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/1007.SL.pdf?cite=2025+c+34+s+1
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/1007.SL.pdf?cite=2025+c+34+s+1&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S012 Saved research record

Legislature, chapter 4.28 RCW. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.28&full=true

Recorded check status: not separately reopened in this scoped primary check

Exact read extent and status
§§.020, .080(1)–(15), .100(1)–(9), .110, .180, .185(1)–(6), .200, .210, .290 complete
Effective/application and limitations
Current service/appearance text and displayed credits read. Specialized incorporations and later lien sections excluded.
Direct source URLs
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.28&full=true
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.28&full=true&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S013 Saved research record

Legislature, Laws 2025 c 40, service amendments/repeal. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/1361.SL.pdf?cite=2025+c+40+s+1

Recorded check status: not separately reopened in this scoped primary check

Exact read extent and status
Cover; §1 complete relevant service text; §2 intro/changed entity clause; §4 repeal, printed p.7/PDF7
Effective/application and limitations
Effective July 27, 2025. Original §2 remainder and motorist §3 not fully relied upon; current §.100 read in S012.
Direct source URLs
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/1361.SL.pdf?cite=2025+c+40+s+1
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/1361.SL.pdf?cite=2025+c+40+s+1&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S014 Saved research record

Legislature, RCW 23.95.105, definitions. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=23.95.105

Recorded check status: not separately reopened in this scoped primary check

Exact read extent and status
Complete relied-on definitions (4), (6), (10), (24), (27), (28), (33)–(38), credits/notes
Effective/application and limitations
Latest displayed credit 2021 c 176 §5208. Other entity-law application notes not fully followed.
Direct source URLs
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=23.95.105
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=23.95.105&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S016 Saved research record

Legislature, RCW 23.95.450, entity service. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=23.95.450

Recorded check status: not separately reopened in this scoped primary check

Exact read extent and status
Complete (1)–(6), credits and note
Effective/application and limitations
Credits 2020 c 57 §33; 2015 c 176 §1411. Historical contingent-effective note and §.420 listing implementation not completed.
Direct source URLs
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=23.95.450
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=23.95.450&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S017 Saved research record

Legislature, RCW 23B.05.040. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=23B.05.040

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Exact read extent and status
Complete corporate service cross-reference
Effective/application and limitations
Leads to §23.95.450; not independent corroboration of that section.
Direct source URLs
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=23B.05.040
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=23B.05.040&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S019 Saved research record

Legislature, chapter 12.04 RCW. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=12.04&full=true

Recorded check status: not separately reopened in this scoped primary check

Exact read extent and status
§§.010–.160 bodies/credits; .170–.180 encountered but not relied upon
Effective/application and limitations
Legacy wording recorded as contrary/incorporation evidence. Not treated as overriding CRLJ or chapter12.40.
Direct source URLs
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=12.04&full=true
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=12.04&full=true&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S020 Saved research record

Legislature, chapter 65.16 RCW, legal publication. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=65.16&full=true

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Exact read extent and status
Complete chapter body/credits
Effective/application and limitations
Newspaper qualification, approval, proof and exceptions read generically. No publication roster or actual newspaper examined.
Direct source URLs
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=65.16&full=true
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=65.16&full=true&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S021 Saved research record

Legislature, chapter 18.180 RCW, process servers. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=18.180&full=true

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Exact read extent and status
Complete chapter body/credits
Effective/application and limitations
Reliance limited to §§.010, .030, .900. Fee/recovery provisions read but not used for service-validity conclusions.
Direct source URLs
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=18.180&full=true
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=18.180&full=true&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S022 Saved research record

Legislature, chapter 4.08 RCW, parties. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.08&full=true

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Exact read extent and status
§§.050, .060, .080 complete; .110/.120/.140/.160–.180 also read
Effective/application and limitations
Minor/incapacity/assignment reliance only. §.050 latest displayed credit 2022 c 268 §32; protection-order incorporation excluded.
Direct source URLs
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.08&full=true
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.08&full=true&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S023 Saved research record

Legislature, chapter 4.14 RCW, removal. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.14&full=true

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Exact read extent and status
§§.010–.040 complete
Effective/application and limitations
Generic removal incorporation; no federal removal or actual case.
Direct source URLs
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.14&full=true
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.14&full=true&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S024 Saved research record

Legislature, chapter 4.72 RCW, vacation. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.72&full=true

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Exact read extent and status
§§.010, .020, .030, .050, .060, .070, .080, .090 complete and notes
Effective/application and limitations
Used subject to CR60(e)(4). Damages/remedy provision not substantively developed.
Direct source URLs
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.72&full=true
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.72&full=true&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S025 Saved research record

Legislature, chapter 5.45 RCW, business records. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=5.45&full=true

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Exact read extent and status
All four sections complete
Effective/application and limitations
§.020 credit 1947 c 53 §2; current published text.
Direct source URLs
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=5.45&full=true
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=5.45&full=true&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S026 Saved research record

Legislature, RCW 19.16.100, definitions. https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=19.16.100

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Exact read extent and status
Complete relied-on (2), (4)–(8), (12)–(13); full displayed credits/application notes
Effective/application and limitations
Latest section credit 2025 c145 §1; 2020/2013 application clauses independently checked below. Medical sector not investigated.
Direct source URLs
https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=19.16.100
https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=19.16.100&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S027 Saved research record

Legislature, RCW 19.16.250. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=19.16.250

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Exact read extent and status
Introductory prohibition, complete (27), credits and relevant purpose note
Effective/application and limitations
Latest section credit 2025 c145 §3; reliance limited to filing-before-service clause, traced to S029.
Direct source URLs
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=19.16.250
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=19.16.250&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S028 Saved research record

Legislature, RCW 19.16.260, current and future versions. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=19.16.260

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Exact read extent and status
Both versions complete, all subsections/notes
Effective/application and limitations
Current version expressly until Jan.1,2027; future version thereafter. Page title alone is misleading if read without bodies.
Direct source URLs
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=19.16.260
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=19.16.260&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S029 Saved research record

Legislature, Laws 2019 c201. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/1066.SL.pdf?cite=2019+c+201+s+2

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Exact read extent and status
Cover; relevant purpose; §2 introductory text and (27), printed p.11/PDF11
Effective/application and limitations
Effective July28,2019. Other collection-conduct amendments not relied on.
Direct source URLs
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/1066.SL.pdf?cite=2019+c+201+s+2
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/1066.SL.pdf?cite=2019+c+201+s+2&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S030 Saved research record

Legislature, Laws 2020 c30. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/2476-S.SL.pdf?cite=2020+c+30+s+2

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Cover; §2 complete, printed pp.4–5/PDF4–5; §5 complete, printed p.6/PDF6
Effective/application and limitations
Effective June11,2020; prospective purchase-date clause read. Other remedies excluded.
Direct source URLs
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/2476-S.SL.pdf?cite=2020+c+30+s+2
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/2476-S.SL.pdf?cite=2020+c+30+s+2&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S031 Saved research record

Legislature, Laws 2013 c148. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2013-14/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/1822-S.SL.pdf?cite=2013+c+148+s+3

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Exact read extent and status
§1 definitions; §§3–4 complete, printed p.12/PDF12
Effective/application and limitations
§§1 and3 effective Oct.1,2013. Historical comparison only; no current debt-buyer document waiver inferred.
Direct source URLs
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2013-14/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/1822-S.SL.pdf?cite=2013+c+148+s+3
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2013-14/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/1822-S.SL.pdf?cite=2013+c+148+s+3&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S032 Saved research record

Legislature, Laws 2026 c107. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/5720-S.SL.pdf?cite=2026+c+107+s+13

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Exact read extent and status
All operative §§1–16; cover and printed pp.1–10/PDF0–10
Effective/application and limitations
§15 effective Jan.1,2027; §12 action-commencement application. Additional future-law incorporations not all followed.
Direct source URLs
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/5720-S.SL.pdf?cite=2026+c+107+s+13
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/5720-S.SL.pdf?cite=2026+c+107+s+13&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S033 Saved research record

Legislature, chapter 38.42 RCW. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=38.42&full=true

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Exact read extent and status
§§.010–.060 complete; .080 and .120 complete; notes at those sections
Effective/application and limitations
.010 amended2026; .020 amended2025; .050 credit2012 c24 §2. Other relief/limitation/sector provisions not relied on.
Direct source URLs
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=38.42&full=true
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=38.42&full=true&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S035 Saved research record

Legislature, RCW 38.08.040. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=38.08.040

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Exact read extent and status
Complete call-to-service authority and notes
Effective/application and limitations
2005 c9 §1 displayed; no actual order/status determination.
Direct source URLs
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=38.08.040
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=38.08.040&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S036 Saved research record

Legislature, Laws 2026 c207. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/5420.SL.pdf?cite=2026+c+207+s+3

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Exact read extent and status
Cover; §§2–3 complete, printed pp.1–4/PDF1–4
Effective/application and limitations
Effective June11,2026. Remaining benefit/sector amendments not read as operative support.
Direct source URLs
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/5420.SL.pdf?cite=2026+c+207+s+3
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/5420.SL.pdf?cite=2026+c+207+s+3&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S045 Saved research record

CR4. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_04_00_00.pdf

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Actual read extent; displayed version; limits
Full(a)–(j), blank embedded form/history, PDF0–3; Apr.28,2015. Specialized statutes/treaties not all followed.
Direct source URLs
https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_04_00_00.pdf
https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_04_00_00.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S057 Saved research record

CR10. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_10_00_00.pdf

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Actual read extent; displayed version; limits
Full text ultimately read, PDF0–1; Apr.28,2015. Reliance(a)–(d); format/privacy incorporations not completed.
Direct source URLs
https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_10_00_00.pdf
https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/CR/SUP_CR_10_00_00.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S087 Saved research record

ER803, hearsay exceptions. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/ER/GA_ER_08_03_00.pdf

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Intro and complete(a)(6), history; PDF0–2 document, only specified clause relied on; Jan.1,2023 footer
Direct source URLs
https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/ER/GA_ER_08_03_00.pdf
https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/ER/GA_ER_08_03_00.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S090 Saved research record

Legislature/Court, WSR20-15-084, order25700-A-1297, CR3. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/law/wsr/2020/15/20-15-084.htm

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Full order and amendment
Effective/application or limitation
July9,2020 adoption; effective on publication. Clean rule lists July28,2020; actual Reports issue not separately inspected.
Direct source URLs
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/law/wsr/2020/15/20-15-084.htm
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/law/wsr/2020/15/20-15-084.htm?utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S091 Saved research record

Court, order25700-A-1438, CRLJ amendments. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rule_related_orders/orders/25700-A-1438.pdf

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Order pp.1–2/PDF0–1; CRLJ4 attachment pp.3–6/PDF2–5; CRLJ8 attachment read; remaining attachments not all read
Effective/application or limitation
Effective Sept.1,2022. Current individual rules separately read; not a claim to read all46 pages.
Direct source URLs
https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rule_related_orders/orders/25700-A-1438.pdf
https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rule_related_orders/orders/25700-A-1438.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S092 Saved research record

Court, order25700-A-1636, CR12. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rule_related_orders/orders/25700-A-1636.pdf

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All three pages, order and amendment
Effective/application or limitation
June5,2025 order; effective Sept.1,2025.
Direct source URLs
https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rule_related_orders/orders/25700-A-1636.pdf
https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rule_related_orders/orders/25700-A-1636.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S093 Saved research record

Court, order25700-A-1648, CR55/CRLJ55. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rule_related_orders/orders/25700-A-1648.pdf

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All four pages parsed text
Effective/application or limitation
July2,2025 order; effective on publication; current rule histories July22,2025. Pixel inspection not claimed.
Direct source URLs
https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rule_related_orders/orders/25700-A-1648.pdf
https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rule_related_orders/orders/25700-A-1648.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S094 Saved research record

Court, order25700-A-1701, GR30. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rule_related_orders/orders/25700-A-1701.pdf

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Order pp.1–2/PDF0–1; attachment(a)–(c), beginning(d), pp.3–4/PDF2–3
Effective/application or limitation
June4,2026 order; effective Sept.1,2026. Remainder of amendment attachment not fully read; clean GR30 read in full.
Direct source URLs
https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rule_related_orders/orders/25700-A-1701.pdf
https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rule_related_orders/orders/25700-A-1701.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S095 Saved research record

Court, order25700-A-1711, proposed CR8 change. https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rule_related_orders/orders/25700-A-1711.pdf

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All four pages
Effective/application or limitation
Oct.9,2026 proposal; January2027 publication/comment process and April30,2027 comment deadline. Not adopted law.
Direct source URLs
https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rule_related_orders/orders/25700-A-1711.pdf
https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rule_related_orders/orders/25700-A-1711.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S096 Saved research record

OLRC, 15USC1692a. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-120/t15/s1692a/

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Complete definitions(1)–(8), notes
Effective/application or limitation
Displayed through PL119-120, Oct.7,2026. Original1977 act not separately read; no later-currentness guarantee.
Direct source URLs
https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-120/t15/s1692a/
https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-120/t15/s1692a/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S097 Saved research record

OLRC, 15USC1692i. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-121/t15/s1692i/

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Complete(a)–(b), notes
Effective/application or limitation
Displayed through PL119-121, Oct.9,2026. Real-property venue branch read but excluded from substantive development.
Direct source URLs
https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-121/t15/s1692i/
https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-121/t15/s1692i/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S098 Saved research record

OLRC, 50USC3911. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-134/t50/s3911/

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Complete definitions(1)–(9), credits/notes
Effective/application or limitation
Displayed through Oct.20,2026. Unused dependent cross-reference not completed.
Direct source URLs
https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-134/t50/s3911/
https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-134/t50/s3911/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S100 Saved research record

OLRC, 10USC101. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-134/t10/s101/

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Complete relied-on(a)(4)–(5), (d)(1), (e)(4); relevant credits; partial historical notes
Effective/application or limitation
Oct.20,2026 currency. Not all definitions or all historical/application notes read.
Direct source URLs
https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-134/t10/s101/
https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-134/t10/s101/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S101 Saved research record

OLRC, 32USC502. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-134/t32/s502/

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Complete(a)–(f), source/historical notes through relevant amendment material
Effective/application or limitation
Oct.20,2026 currency. Departmental regulations/orders and later unrelated executive-note material not investigated.
Direct source URLs
https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-134/t32/s502/
https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-134/t32/s502/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S102 Saved research record

OLRC, 50USC3931. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t50/s3931/ Alternate official2024 text: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title50/html/USCODE-2024-title50-chap50-subchapII-sec3931.htm

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Both complete bodies/notes read
Effective/application or limitation
Current page displays PL119-120/Oct.7,2026 despite URL segment119-118. Alternate is2024 edition; same statute, not independent corroboration. Original2003/2004/2008 enactments not fully read.
Direct source URLs
https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t50/s3931/
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title50/html/USCODE-2024-title50-chap50-subchapII-sec3931.htm
https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t50/s3931/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title50/html/USCODE-2024-title50-chap50-subchapII-sec3931.htm?utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S103 Saved research record

OLRC, 50USC3932. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-121/t50/s3932/

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Complete(a)–(g), credits/notes
Effective/application or limitation
Oct.9,2026 currency. Historical1991 temporary provision not treated as current. Eviction incorporation excluded.
Direct source URLs
https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-121/t50/s3932/
https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-121/t50/s3932/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S104 Saved research record

OLRC, 50USC3918. https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t50/s3918/

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Complete(a)–(d), notes
Effective/application or limitation
Displayed Oct.7,2026. Current §3917 incorporated body failed; dated support S105 does not close that currentness gap.
Direct source URLs
https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t50/s3918/
https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t50/s3918/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S105 Saved research record

GPO/HOLC, SCRA compilation. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-11140/pdf/COMPS-11140.pdf

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Currency/disclaimer p.1/PDF0; §106 complete p.6/PDF5; §107 pp.6–7/PDF5–6
Effective/application or limitation
Dated governmental compilation, expressly not an official statutory edition. Jan.13,2025 publication, amended through PL118-159, Dec.23,2024. Provisional §3917 support only.
Direct source URLs
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-11140/pdf/COMPS-11140.pdf
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-11140/pdf/COMPS-11140.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S106 Saved research record

AOC, small-claims “Serving the Notice.” https://www.courts.wa.gov/newsinfo/resources/?altMenu=smal&fa=newsinfo_jury.display&fileID=notice&folderID=brochure_scc

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Entire substantive service explanation
Effective/application or limitation
Undated instruction; supports procedure, not independent legal authorization.
Direct source URLs
https://www.courts.wa.gov/newsinfo/resources/?altMenu=smal&fa=newsinfo_jury.display&fileID=notice&folderID=brochure_scc
https://www.courts.wa.gov/newsinfo/resources/?altMenu=smal&fa=newsinfo_jury.display&fileID=notice&folderID=brochure_scc&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S107 Saved research record

AOC, small-claims appeal/set-aside explanation. https://www.courts.wa.gov/newsinfo/resources/?altMenu=smal&fa=newsinfo_jury.display&fileID=appeal&folderID=brochure_scc

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Substantive paragraphs read
Effective/application or limitation
Used only as a navigation/consistency check. Appeal mechanics not adopted as findings.
Direct source URLs
https://www.courts.wa.gov/newsinfo/resources/?altMenu=smal&fa=newsinfo_jury.display&fileID=appeal&folderID=brochure_scc
https://www.courts.wa.gov/newsinfo/resources/?altMenu=smal&fa=newsinfo_jury.display&fileID=appeal&folderID=brochure_scc&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S108 Saved research record

Legislature, RCW7.75.035. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=7.75.035

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Complete section/credit
Effective/application or limitation
Small-claims surcharge incorporation read; no fee, waiver, or actual county-charge conclusion used.
Direct source URLs
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=7.75.035
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=7.75.035&utm_source=chatgpt.com
S_WA-P4-S109 Saved research record

Legislature, RCW7.120.010. https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=7.120.010

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Read extent / edition / status
Section and 2025c306 application/effective notes
Effective/application or limitation
Read to trace §38.42.020 note. Asset-forfeiture regime excluded; original2025 act not fully read.
Direct source URLs
https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=7.120.010
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Legislature, RCW1.16.050, holidays. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=1.16.050

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Read extent / edition / status
Complete(1)–(7), source credits, reviser/explanatory notes relevant to merged amendments
Effective/application or limitation
Current published; latest credits2025c58§1001 and2025c30§1. Original acts/remaining historical finding incorporations not all read.
Direct source URLs
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=1.16.050
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Legislature, RCW1.12.040, computation. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=1.12.040

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Read extent / edition / status
Complete operative text, credit, reviser note
Effective/application or limitation
Latest credit1997c125§1. Case citations incidentally in note were not followed or used as judicial authority.
Direct source URLs
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=1.12.040
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1 — Superior category

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Status
Answered with construction hold
Sources / claims / branches
S001–S002; C002; B002
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Historical amount-language harmonization

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1 — District ordinary money jurisdiction

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Status
Answered
Sources / claims / branches
S004/S008; C003–C005
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Actual claim classification and special grants excluded

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1 — Small claims as distinct optional category

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Status
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Sources / claims / branches
S006/S009; C006–C008
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1 — Amount/party/subject-matter conditions

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Status
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Sources / claims / branches
C003–C009; Q001–Q004
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No aggregation or eligibility decision

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1 — Venue versus subject-matter/personal jurisdiction

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Status
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Sources / claims / branches
C010–C016
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Constitutional nexus and judicial construction held

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1 — Nonresident/corporate venue

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Status
Answered at text level
Sources / claims / branches
S004/S005/S041; C010–C011
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No residence, business, or service-location facts

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1 — Federal collector venue overlay

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Status
Answered conditionally
Sources / claims / branches
S096–S097; C013–C014; B004
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Washington federal-venue unit construction held

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1 — Government/special subject matters

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Status
Partial/excluded
Sources / claims / branches
C005/C017; B005/B029
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Separate government/sector regimes

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2 — Filing versus service

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Status
Answered
Sources / claims / branches
C018–C021
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
CR3(e) disputed-scope construction held

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2 — Summons versus complaint/SC notice

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Status
Answered
Sources / claims / branches
C021–C022/C036
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
No form completion

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2 — Ordinary server qualification

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Status
Answered
Sources / claims / branches
C023–C024
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
No registration/status check

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2 — Small-claims server qualification

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Status
Partial
Sources / claims / branches
C038; B014
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Conflicting exact-age/citizenship/incorporation wording

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2 — Personal/abode substitute

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Status
Answered conditionally
Sources / claims / branches
C025/C027
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Predicate construction held

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2 — Usual-mailing-address substitute

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Status
Answered conditionally
Sources / claims / branches
C026
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Diligence/address/recipient predicates unresolved by generic text alone

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2 — Entity/agent service

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Status
Answered through statutory sequence; implementation partial
Sources / claims / branches
C028–C030; B009/B010
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
SOS procedure and accepted electronic-agent forms

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2 — Publication

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Status
Answered conditionally
Sources / claims / branches
C031–C033
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Special grounds and constitutional construction remain held

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2 — Court-ordered alternate mail

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Status
Answered conditionally
Sources / claims / branches
C034
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
No inferred order or factual basis

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2 — Out-of-state service

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Status
Answered with route distinctions
Sources / claims / branches
C035/C037; B012/B013
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Ordinary small-claims alternate interstate branch not established

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2 — Foreign-country service

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Status
Held beyond rule text
Sources / claims / branches
C040; B016
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Treaties/foreign-law incorporations unread

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2 — Proof and amendment of service

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status
Answered
Sources / claims / branches
C039/C062
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
No return, affidavit, or amended proof created

Recorded coordinator check boundaries

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coverage-21 Saved research record

2 — Federal versus state process

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status
Boundary preserved
Sources / claims / branches
C015/C035/C040; S045–S046
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure service regime not researched or imported

Recorded coordinator check boundaries

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2 — Material service amendments

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status
Answered with stale-reference hold
Sources / claims / branches
C030; S013
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Later corrective rule authority absent

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3 — Appearance versus answer

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status
Answered; informal-appearance construction held
Sources / claims / branches
C041/C046/C059; B017
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
No conduct-based appearance finding

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3 — Initial response periods

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status
Answered as separate branches
Sources / claims / branches
C042–C045; Q013–Q026
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
No selected deadline or universal calculation

Recorded coordinator check boundaries

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3 — Court-specific CR/CRLJ distinctions

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Status
Answered
Sources / claims / branches
C043–C044
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Other district detention authority remains open

Recorded coordinator check boundaries

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3 — Small-claims response

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status
Answered with timing overlap hold
Sources / claims / branches
C057; B015
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Ten-calendar/five-day boundary construction

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coverage-27 Saved research record

3 — Filing/service/dispatch/receipt

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status
Answered conditionally
Sources / claims / branches
C050–C053
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Local electronic practice and actual transmission excluded

Recorded coordinator check boundaries

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coverage-28 Saved research record

3 — Time computation/extension/holiday

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Status
Answered, bounded
Sources / claims / branches
C054–C056/C102; S111–S112
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Local closure/order and special-statute interaction held

Recorded coordinator check boundaries

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coverage-29 Saved research record

3 — Default order versus judgment

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status
Answered
Sources / claims / branches
C058–C064/C101
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
No automatic default or entitlement conclusion

Recorded coordinator check boundaries

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3 — Notice

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status
Answered
Sources / claims / branches
C059–C060/C103
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Informal appearance and stale mail cross-reference remain held

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3 — Set aside/vacatur

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status
Answered at rule/statute level
Sources / claims / branches
C065–C072; B022
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Ground-specific judicial standards and appeal procedure excluded

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4 — Real party/standing

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Status
Answered as procedural rule; substantive standing held
Sources / claims / branches
C073–C074
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
No ownership/assignment determination

Recorded coordinator check boundaries

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4 — Capacity/minor safeguards

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status
Answered, bounded
Sources / claims / branches
C027/C063/C075
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Protection-order and actual-capacity branches excluded

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4 — Pleading/document requirements

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status
Answered
Sources / claims / branches
C047–C049/C076–C077
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Full formatting/privacy/incorporated joinder rules not completed

Recorded coordinator check boundaries

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4 — Evidence/amount support

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status
Answered conditionally
Sources / claims / branches
C061–C064/C078–C080/C085
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
No actual admissibility or damages finding

Recorded coordinator check boundaries

coordinator acceptance
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coverage-36 Saved research record

4 — Debt-buyer/assigned-debt provisions

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status
Answered for current identified framework
Sources / claims / branches
C081–C086
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Earlier-purchase historical application remains conditional

Recorded coordinator check boundaries

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coverage-37 Saved research record

4 — Future debt-action law

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status
Effective/application boundary answered; implementation held
Sources / claims / branches
C087; S032
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Additional future incorporations and any later amendments

Recorded coordinator check boundaries

coordinator acceptance
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coverage-38 Saved research record

4 — Military default affidavits/stays

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status
Answered conditionally; limited incorporation gap
Sources / claims / branches
C088–C098; B025/B026
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Current §3917 body and specified state construction

Recorded coordinator check boundaries

coordinator acceptance
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coverage-39 Saved research record

5 — Direct URLs and pinpoints

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status
Supplied
Sources / claims / branches
S001–S112
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Failed routes separately identified

Recorded coordinator check boundaries

coordinator acceptance
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coverage-40 Saved research record

5 — Read extent / edition / source credits

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status
Supplied at stated bounds
Sources / claims / branches
Source register
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
No title-wide or whole-document reading inference

Recorded coordinator check boundaries

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coverage-41 Saved research record

5 — Original material amendments

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status
Substantially authenticated
Sources / claims / branches
S008–S013/S029–S032/S036/S090–S095
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Older/historical application and Reports issue gaps retained

Recorded coordinator check boundaries

coordinator acceptance
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coverage-42 Saved research record

5 — Enacted/proposed/future distinction

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status
Answered
Sources / claims / branches
C030/C043/C052/C087/C099
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
No future/proposed text applied prematurely

Recorded coordinator check boundaries

coordinator acceptance
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coverage-43 Saved research record

5 — Search/failure log

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status
Supplied
Sources / claims / branches
R/N/F tables
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Newly readable sources resolve only their own gaps

Recorded coordinator check boundaries

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Dimension4 — Initial litigation portion

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status
Substantive component completed with explicit holds
Sources / claims / branches
C001–C103, except numbering intentionally includes101–103 after100
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Does not complete all collection/litigation/remedies coverage

Recorded coordinator check boundaries

coordinator acceptance
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coverage-45 Saved research record

Dimension3 / PASS-03

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status
Excluded; no substantive dependence
Sources / claims / branches
Scope boundary only
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Limitations, accrual, revival, choice of law, judgment duration/renewal/lien clocks unchanged

Recorded coordinator check boundaries

coordinator acceptance
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coverage-46 Saved research record

PASS-01/PASS-02

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status
Preserved unchanged
Sources / claims / branches
Supplied exclusion context only
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Provider fees, fair share, nonprofit, cancellation, funds/agreement disputes not reopened

Recorded coordinator check boundaries

coordinator acceptance
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coverage-47 Saved research record

Full discovery/trial/arbitration merits

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status
Excluded
Sources / claims / branches
—
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Separate required investigations

Recorded coordinator check boundaries

coordinator acceptance
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coverage-48 Saved research record

Postjudgment collection/garnishment/exemptions

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status
Excluded
Sources / claims / branches
—
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
No enforcement or withholding framework supplied

Recorded coordinator check boundaries

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coverage-49 Saved research record

Sector/secured/local/tribal law

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status
Excluded except necessary boundary identification
Sources / claims / branches
B005/B016/B027/B029
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Separate generic public-law passes

Recorded coordinator check boundaries

coordinator acceptance
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coverage-50 Saved research record

Cases/opinions/dockets/actual participants

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status
Not investigated
Sources / claims / branches
—
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
Judicial construction remains held; no actual status/outcome inquiry

Recorded coordinator check boundaries

coordinator acceptance
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coverage-51 Saved research record

State-wide or A066 acceptance

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status
Not implied
Sources / claims / branches
—
Exact remaining evidence or boundary
This is one bounded component with retained gaps

Recorded coordinator check boundaries

coordinator acceptance
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Corrections, review and scope

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How to read the research →

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S_WApass-14

SWA Regulated residential electricity and natural-gas arrears, disconnection and restoration

Inside: Reading key and limits · 1.1 Statutes: instruments, literal URLs and read bounds · 1.2 Administrative-code instruments and section-by-section usage

19 tables114 claim records19 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-28
S_WApass-15

SWA Hospital charity care, medical billing, and medical-debt collection

Inside: 1. Material legal-category and actor comparisons · 2A. Current codified operative sources · 2B. Adopted originals, federal poverty publication, interpretation, and status sources

19 tables112 claim records41 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-28
S_WApass-16

Washington student-loan servicing and borrower protection

Inside: Washington student-loan servicing and borrower protection · 1. Material category and authority comparisons · Reading and identification conventions

18 tables120 claim records22 source recordsCorrections to readCaptured 2026-10-28
S_WApass-17

SWA Washington small-loan / payday / deferred-deposit component

Inside: 1. Reading conventions and evidentiary status · A. Category, actor, exemption, and territorial boundaries · B. License, endorsement, limited-agent, and financial-security structure

29 tables141 claim records134 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-28
S_WApass-18

Ordinary nonmortgage Consumer Loan Act origination, pricing, agreement, payment, prepayment, refinancing and refund

Inside: Ordinary nonmortgage Consumer Loan Act origination, pricing, agreement, payment, prepayment, refinancing and refund · Reading conventions · 2. Atomic consequential claim ledger

23 tables122 claim records78 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-29
S_WApass-19

Washington residential real-property tax arrears, relief, deferral, exemption and tax-foreclosure boundaries

Inside: Washington residential real-property tax arrears, relief, deferral, exemption and tax-foreclosure boundaries · 2. Source and usage ledger · Reading conventions

24 tables120 claim records82 source recordsCorrections to readCaptured 2026-10-29
S_WApass-20

Ordinary contested civil debt proof in Washington

Inside: Ordinary contested civil debt proof in Washington · 1.2 Assertions, admissions, affidavits, and declarations · 1.3 Documentary and electronic proof

21 tables165 claim records123 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-29
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