AN ACT Relating to statutes superseded by court rules; amending RCW 4.12.025; and repealing RCW 4.08.010, 4.08.070, 4.08.200, 4.12.026, 4.12.027, 4.28.005, 4.32.040, 4.32.230, 4.36.180, 4.36.200, 4.44.030, 4.44.050, 4.44.430, 4.56.020, 4.76.020, 4.76.040, 4.76.050, 4.76.060, 4.84.180, 5.04.010, 5.36.020, 5.56.020, 5.56.030, 5.56.040, 5.60.010, 5.60.040, 7.16.090, 10.16.090, 10.46.030, and 10.52.020.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:

(1) Section 3, page 131, Laws of 1854, section 4, page 3, Laws of 1869, section 1, page 4, Laws of 1875, section 4, page 4, Laws of 1877, section 4, Code of 1881 and RCW 4.08.010;

(2) Section 9, page 132, Laws of 1854, section 15, page 5, Laws of 1877, section 14, Code of 1881 and RCW 4.08.070;

(3) Section 24, page 7, Laws of 1877, section 24, Code of 1881, section 1, chapter 9, Laws of 1957 and RCW 4.08.200;

(4) Section 2, chapter 173, Laws of 1927 and RCW 4.12.026;

(5) Section 3, chapter 173, Laws of 1927 and RCW 4.12.027;

(6) Section 26, chapter 127, Laws of 1893 and RCW 4.28.005;

(7) Section 39, page 139, Laws of 1854, section 76, page 17, Laws of 1877, section 76, Code of 1881, section 1, chapter 62, Laws of 1891 and RCW 4.32.040;

(8) Section 10, page 10, Laws of 1857, section 90, page 20, Laws of 1877, section 90, Code of 1881 and RCW 4.32.230;

(9) Section 66, page 143, Laws of 1854, section 105, page 23, Laws of 1877, section 105, Code of 1881 and RCW 4.36.180;

(10) Section 68, page 144, Laws of 1854, section 107, page 23, Laws of 1877, section 107, Code of 1881, section 3, chapter 76, Laws of 1984 and RCW 4.36.200;

(11) Section 36, chapter 127, Laws of 1893 and RCW 4.44.030;

(12) Section 205, page 168, Laws of 1854, section 250, page 60, Laws of 1869, section 250, page 51, Laws of 1877, section 246, Code of 1881 and RCW 4.44.050;

(13) Section 200, page 167, Laws of 1854, section 246, page 59, Laws of 1869, section 246, page 50, Laws of 1877, section 242, Code of 1881 and RCW 4.44.430;

(14) Section 1, chapter 10, Laws of 1897 and RCW 4.56.020;

(15) Section 216, page 170, Laws of 1854, section 278, page 67, Laws of 1869, section 276, Code of 1881, section 1, chapter 34, Laws of 1909, section 1, chapter 138, Laws of 1933 and RCW 4.76.020;

(16) Section 1, page 30, Laws of 1888 and RCW 4.76.040;

(17) Section 283, page 68, Laws of 1869, section 282, page 57, Laws of 1877, section 278, Code of 1881 and RCW 4.76.050;

(18) Section 282, page 68, Laws of 1869, section 283, page 57, Laws of 1877, sections 279, 280, Code of 1881, section 1, chapter 59, Laws of 1891, section 1, chapter 14, Laws of 1897 and RCW 4.76.060;

(19) Section 385, page 204, Laws of 1854, section 527, page 110, Laws of 1877, section 523, Code of 1881, section 23, chapter 81, Laws of 1971 and RCW 4.84.180;

(20) Section 305, page 189, Laws of 1854, section 398, page 106, Laws of 1869, section 405, page 88, Laws of 1877, section 403, Code of 1881 and RCW 5.04.010;

(21) Section 333, page 195, Laws of 1854, section 425, page 115, Laws of 1869, section 431, page 94, Laws of 1877, section 429, Code of 1881 and RCW 5.36.020;

(22) Section 297, page 188, Laws of 1854, section 390, page 105, Laws of 1869, section 397, page 87, Laws of 1877, section 395, Code of 1881, section 1, chapter 96, Laws of 1895 and RCW 5.56.020;

(23) Section 296, page 188, Laws of 1854, section 389, page 105, Laws of 1869, section 396, page 87, Laws of 1877, section 394, Code of 1881 and RCW 5.56.030;

(24) Section 298, page 188, Laws of 1854, section 391, page 105, Laws of 1869, section 398, page 87, Laws of 1877, section 396, Code of 1881 and RCW 5.56.040;

(25) Section 232, page 57, Laws of 1869, section 232, page 48, Laws of 1877, section 228, Code of 1881 and RCW 5.60.010;

(26) Section 292, page 186, Laws of 1854, section 385, page 103, Laws of 1869, section 392, page 86, Laws of 1877, section 390, Code of 1881, section 1, chapter 19, Laws of 1891 and RCW 5.60.040;

(27) Section 9, chapter 65, Laws of 1895 and RCW 7.16.090;

(28) Section 16, chapter 11, Laws of 1891 and RCW 10.16.090;

(29) Section 82, page 114, Laws of 1854, section 218, page 230, Laws of 1873, section 1038, Code of 1881, section 44, chapter 28, Laws of 1891 and RCW 10.46.030; and

(30) Section 95, page 117, Laws of 1854, section 231, page 233, Laws of 1873, section 1069, Code of 1881, section 1, chapter 81, Laws of 1977 ex. sess. and RCW 10.52.020.

Sec. 2. Section 1, chapter 173, Laws of 1927 as last amended by section 1, chapter 31, Laws of 1983 and RCW 4.12.025 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) An action may be brought in any county in which the defendant resides, or, if there be more than one defendant, where some one of the defendants resides at the time of the commencement of the action. For the purpose of this section, ((~~RCW 4.12.026, and 4.12.027,~~)) the residence of a corporation defendant shall be deemed to be in any county where the corporation: (a) Transacts business; (b) has an office for the transaction of business; (c) transacted business at the time the cause of action arose; or (d) where any person resides upon whom process may be served upon the corporation.

(2) The venue of any action brought against a corporation, at the option of the plaintiff, shall be: (a) In the county where the tort was committed; (b) in the county where the work was performed for said corporation; (c) in the county where the agreement entered into with the corporation was made; or (d) in the county where the corporation has its residence.