| Passed by the Senate February 12, 2014 YEAS 49 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House March 7, 2014 YEAS 86 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Hunter G. Goodman, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6115 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. HUNTER G. GOODMAN ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved April 2, 2014, 4:09 p.m. JAY INSLEE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | April 4, 2014 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 63rd Legislature | 2014 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/15/14. Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
AN ACT Relating to process servers; and amending RCW 18.180.010.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 18.180.010 and 2010 c 108 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a person
who serves legal process for a fee in the state of Washington shall:
(a) Be eighteen years of age or older;
(b) Be a resident of the state of Washington; and
(c) Register as a process server with the auditor of the county in
which the process server resides or operates his or her principal place
of business.
(2) The requirements under subsection (1)(b) and (c) of this
section do not apply to any of the following persons:
(a) A sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, constable, or government
employee who is acting in the course of employment;
(b) An attorney or the attorney's employees, who are not serving
process on a fee basis;
(c) A person who is court appointed to serve the court's process;
(d) A person who does not receive a fee or wage for serving
process;
(e) A private investigator licensed under chapter 18.165 RCW.