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                            SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6141

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1992 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Erwin, A. Smith, Madsen and Gaspard)

Read first time 01/24/92.Allowing an antiharassment action to be brought in the appropriate judicial district.

     AN ACT Relating to venue for antiharassment petitions; and amending RCW 10.14.160.

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

     Sec. 1.  RCW 10.14.160 and 1987 c 280 s 16 are each amended to read as follows:

     For the purposes of this chapter an action may be brought in:

     (1) ((Any)) The judicial district of the county in which the alleged acts of unlawful harassment occurred;

     (2) ((Any)) The judicial district of the county where any respondent resides at the time the petition is filed; or

     (3) ((Any)) The judicial district of the county where a respondent may be served if it is the same county or judicial district where a respondent resides.