| Passed by the House March 4, 2013 Yeas 98 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 17, 2013 Yeas 48 ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1065 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 63rd Legislature | 2013 Regular Session |
Prefiled 01/11/13. Read first time 01/14/13. Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
AN ACT Relating to the applicability of statutes of limitation in arbitration proceedings; and amending RCW 7.04A.090.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 7.04A.090 and 2005 c 433 s 9 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) A person initiates an arbitration proceeding by giving notice
in a record to the other parties to the agreement to arbitrate in the
agreed manner between the parties or, in the absence of agreement, by
mail certified or registered, return receipt requested and obtained, or
by service as authorized for the initiation of a civil action. The
notice must describe the nature of the controversy and the remedy
sought.
(2) Unless a person interposes an objection as to lack or
insufficiency of notice under RCW 7.04A.150(3) not later than the
commencement of the arbitration hearing, the person's appearance at the
hearing waives any objection to lack of or insufficiency of notice.
(3) A claim sought to be arbitrated is subject to the same
limitations of time for the commencement of actions as if the claim had
been asserted in a court.