H-3684              _______________________________________________

                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1524

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1986 Regular Session

By Representatives P. King, G. Nelson, Appelwick, Miller and Padden

Read first time 1/17/86 and referred to Committee on Judiciary.

AN ACT Relating to judgment liens; and amending RCW 4.56.200.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 2, chapter 60, Laws of 1929 as amended by section 17, chapter 81, Laws of 1971 and RCW 4.56.200 are each amended to read as follows:

          The lien of judgments upon the real estate of the judgment debtor shall commence as follows:

          (1) Judgments of the district court of the United States rendered in the county in which the real estate of the judgment debtor is situated, and judgments of the superior court for the county in which the real estate of the judgment debtor is situated, from the time of the entry thereof;

          (2) Judgments of the district court of the United States rendered in any county in this state other than that in which the real estate of the judgment debtor to be affected is situated, judgments of the supreme court of this state, judgments of the court of appeals of this state, and judgments of the superior court for any county other than that in which the real estate of the judgment debtor to be affected is situated, from the time of the filing of a duly certified abstract of such judgment with the county clerk of the county in which the real estate of the judgment debtor to be affected is situated, as provided in this act;

          (3) Judgments of a ((justice of peace)) court of limited jurisdiction rendered in the county in which the real estate of the judgment debtor is situated, from the time of the filing of a duly certified transcript of the docket of the ((justice of the peace)) court of limited jurisdiction with the county clerk of the county in which such judgment was rendered, and upon such filing said judgment shall become ((to all intents and purposes)) a judgment of the superior court for said county only for the purpose of the lien of judgment upon the real estate of the judgment debtor.  For all other purposes the judgment is considered a judgment of the court of limited jurisdiction and is retained under the jurisdiction of the court; and

          (4) Judgments of a ((justice of the peace)) court of limited jurisdiction rendered in any other county in this state than that in which the real estate of the judgment debtor to be affected is situated, a transcript of the docket of which has been filed with the county clerk of the county where such judgment was rendered, from the time of filing, with the county clerk of the county in which the real estate of the judgment debtor to be affected is situated, of a duly certified abstract of the record of said judgment in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the certified transcript of the docket of said judgment of ((said justice of the peace)) the court of limited jurisdiction was originally filed.  The superior court shall retain jurisdiction only for the purposes of the lien of judgment on the real estate of the judgment debtor.  For all other purposes, the judgment is considered a judgment of the court of limited jurisdiction and is retained under the jurisdiction of the court.