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SENATE BILL 6394
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1992 Regular Session
By Senators Vognild and Nelson
Read first time 01/28/92. Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
AN ACT Relating to superior court fees; and amending RCW 36.18.020.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 36.18.020 and 1989 c 342 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
Clerks of superior courts shall collect the following fees for their official services:
(1)
The party filing the first or initial paper in any civil action, including an
action for restitution, or change of name, shall pay, at the time said paper is
filed, a fee of ((seventy-eight)) one hundred dollars ((except)).
In proceedings filed under RCW 26.50.030 or 49.60.227 ((where)) the
petitioner shall pay a filing fee of twenty dollars, or in an unlawful
detainer action under chapter 59.18 or 59.20 RCW ((where)) the plaintiff
shall pay a filing fee of ((thirty)) forty dollars. If the
defendant serves or files an answer to an unlawful detainer complaint under
chapter 59.18 or 59.20 RCW, the plaintiff shall pay, prior to proceeding with
the unlawful detainer action, an additional ((forty-eight)) sixty
dollars which shall be considered part of the filing fee. The ((thirty))
forty dollar filing fee under this subsection for an unlawful detainer
action shall not include an order to show cause or any other order or judgment
except a default order or default judgment in an unlawful detainer action.
(2)
Any party, except a defendant in a criminal case, filing the first or initial
paper on an appeal from a court of limited jurisdiction or any party on any
civil appeal, shall pay, when said paper is filed, a fee of ((seventy-eight))
one hundred dollars.
(3) The party filing a transcript or abstract of judgment or verdict from a United States court held in this state, or from the superior court of another county or from a district court in the county of issuance, shall pay at the time of filing, a fee of fifteen dollars.
(4)
For the filing of a tax warrant by the department of revenue of the state of
Washington, a fee of ((five)) twenty dollars shall be paid.
(5) For the filing of a petition for modification of a decree of dissolution in the court of original jurisdiction, a fee of twenty dollars shall be paid.
(6)
The party filing a demand for jury ((of six in a civil action, shall pay, at
the time of filing, a fee of twenty-five dollars; if the demand is for a jury
of twelve the fee shall be fifty dollars)) shall pay, at the time of
making the demand, an initial amount equal to one daily jury fee. The daily
jury fee shall be sixty dollars for a jury of six and one hundred twenty
dollars for a jury of twelve. When the jury is no longer needed, the party
filing the demand for a jury must pay an additional fee equal to the daily jury
fee multiplied by the number of days the jury was required. If, after the
party files a demand for a jury of six and pays the required fee, any other
party to the action requests a jury of twelve, ((an)) the
additional ((twenty-five dollar)) fee will be ((required of)) paid
by the party demanding the increased number of jurors.
(7)
For filing any paper, not related to or a part of any proceeding, civil or
criminal, or any probate matter, required or permitted to be filed in the
clerk's office for which no other charge is provided by law, or for filing a
petition, written agreement, or memorandum as provided in RCW 11.96.170, the
clerk shall collect ((two)) twenty dollars.
(8) For
copying an instrument on file or of record in the clerk's office, a fee of one
dollar per page. For ((preparing, transcribing or)) certifying any
instrument on file or of record in the clerk's office, with or without seal,
((for the first page or portion thereof,)) a fee of ((two)) three
dollars((, and for each additional page or portion thereof, a fee of one
dollar)). For authenticating or exemplifying any instrument, a fee of ((one))
three dollars for each additional seal affixed.
(9) For executing a certificate, with or without a seal, a fee of two dollars shall be charged.
(10)
For each garnishee defendant named in an affidavit for garnishment and for each
writ of attachment, a fee of ((five)) twenty dollars shall be
charged.
(11) For approving a bond, including justification thereon, in other than civil actions and probate proceedings, a fee of two dollars shall be charged.
(12)
In probate proceedings, the party instituting such proceedings, shall pay at
the time of filing the first paper therein, a fee of ((seventy-eight)) one
hundred dollars((: PROVIDED, HOWEVER,)). A fee of ((two)) twenty
dollars shall be charged for filing a will only, when no probate of the will is
contemplated. Except as provided for in subsection (13) of this section a fee
of ((two)) twenty dollars shall be charged for filing a petition,
written agreement, or memorandum as provided in RCW 11.96.170.
(13)
For filing any petition to contest a will admitted to probate or a petition to
admit a will which has been rejected, or a petition objecting to a written
agreement or memorandum as provided in RCW 11.96.170, there shall be paid a fee
of ((seventy-eight)) one hundred dollars.
(14) For the issuance of each certificate of qualification and each certified copy of letters of administration, letters testamentary or letters of guardianship there shall be a fee of two dollars.
(15) For the preparation of a passport application there shall be a fee of four dollars.
(16) For searching records for which a written report is issued there shall be a fee of eight dollars per hour.
(17) Upon conviction or plea of guilty, upon failure to prosecute an appeal from a court of limited jurisdiction as provided by law, or upon affirmance of a conviction by a court of limited jurisdiction, a defendant in a criminal case shall be liable for a fee of seventy dollars.
(18) With the exception of demands for jury hereafter made and garnishments hereafter issued, civil actions and probate proceedings filed prior to midnight, July 1, 1972, shall be completed and governed by the fee schedule in effect as of January 1, 1972: PROVIDED, That no fee shall be assessed if an order of dismissal on the clerk's record be filed as provided by rule of the supreme court.
(19) No fee shall be collected when a petition for relinquishment of parental rights is filed pursuant to RCW 26.33.080 or for forms and instructional brochures provided under RCW 26.50.030.
(20) For filing a document with the court for a motion or motions, a fee of ten dollars shall be charged.