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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5157
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993 Regular Session
By Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Hargrove and Nelson)
Read first time 02/08/93.
AN ACT Relating to attorneys' fees; and amending RCW 12.20.060.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 12.20.060 and 1985 c 240 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
When the
prevailing party in district court is entitled to recover costs as authorized
in RCW 4.84.010 in a civil action, the judge shall add the amount thereof to
the judgment; in case of failure of the plaintiff to recover or of dismissal of
the action, the judge shall enter up a judgment in favor of the defendant for
the amount of his or her costs; and in case any party so entitled to
costs is represented in the action by an attorney, the judge shall include
attorney's fees of ((fifty dollars as part of the costs: PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
That the plaintiff shall not be entitled to such attorney fee unless he
obtains, exclusive of costs, a judgment in the sum of twenty-five dollars or
more)) one hundred dollars or the amount of the judgment obtained,
exclusive of costs, whichever is less.
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