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SENATE BILL 6141
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1992 Regular Session
By Senators Erwin, A. Smith, Madsen and Gaspard
Read first time 01/17/92. Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
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 county or judicial district in which the alleged acts of unlawful harassment occurred;
(2) Any county or judicial district where any respondent resides at the time the petition is filed; or
(3) Any county or judicial district where a respondent may be served if it is the same county or judicial district where a respondent resides.