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SENATE BILL 5922
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By Senator Nelson.
Read first time March 5, 1991. Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
AN ACT Relating to jurisdiction of courts; amending RCW 10.14.150 and 3.66.020; and adding a new section to chapter 3.66 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 10.14.150 and 1987 c 280 s 15 are each amended to read as follows:
The ((superior))
district courts shall have jurisdiction and cognizance of any civil
actions and proceedings brought under this chapter. The municipal and district
courts shall have jurisdiction and cognizance of any criminal actions brought
under RCW 10.14.120 and 10.14.170.
Sec. 2. RCW 3.66.020 and 1984 c 258 s 41 are each amended to read as follows:
The district court shall have jurisdiction and cognizance of the following civil actions and proceedings:
(1) Of
an action arising on contract for the recovery of money only in which the sum
claimed does not exceed ((seven thousand five hundred)) twenty-five
thousand dollars;
(2) Of
an action for damages for injuries to the person, or for taking or detaining
personal property, or for injuring personal property, or for an injury to real
property when no issue raised by the answer involves the plaintiff's title to
or possession of the same, when the amount of damages claimed does not exceed
((seven thousand five hundred)) twenty-five thousand dollars;
also of actions to recover the possession of personal property when the value
of such property as alleged in the complaint, does not exceed ((seven
thousand five hundred)) twenty-five thousand dollars;
(3) Of
an action for a penalty not exceeding ((seven thousand five hundred)) twenty-five
thousand dollars;
(4) Of
an action upon a bond conditioned for the payment of money, when the amount
claimed does not exceed ((seven thousand five hundred)) twenty-five
thousand dollars, though the penalty of the bond exceeds that sum, the
judgment to be given for the sum actually due, not exceeding the amount claimed
in the complaint;
(5) Of
an action on an undertaking or surety bond taken by the court, when the amount
claimed does not exceed ((seven thousand five hundred)) twenty-five
thousand dollars;
(6) Of
an action for damages for fraud in the sale, purchase, or exchange of personal
property, when the damages claimed do not exceed ((seven thousand five
hundred)) twenty-five thousand dollars;
(7) To
take and enter judgment on confession of a defendant, when the amount of the
judgment confessed does not exceed ((seven thousand five hundred)) twenty-five
thousand dollars;
(8) To
issue writs of attachment, garnishment and replevin upon goods, chattels,
moneys, and effects, when the amount does not exceed ((seven thousand five
hundred)) twenty-five thousand dollars; and
(9) Of
all other actions and proceedings of which jurisdiction is specially conferred
by statute, when the amount involved does not exceed ((seven thousand five
hundred)) twenty-five thousand dollars and the title to, or right of
possession of, or a lien upon real property is not involved.
((The
seven thousand five hundred dollar amounts provided in subsections (1) through
(9) of this section shall remain in effect until June 30, 1985; effective July
1, 1985, such amount shall be increased to ten thousand dollars.))
The amounts of money referred to in this section shall be exclusive of interest, costs and attorney's fees.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter 3.66 RCW to read as follows:
The district courts shall have jurisdiction and cognizance of any proceeding involving name changes.