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SENATE BILL 5157
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993 Regular Session
By Senators Hargrove and Nelson
Read first time 01/15/93. Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
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)) one hundred twenty-five dollars as
part of the costs: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That the plaintiff shall not be entitled
to such attorney fee unless he or she obtains, exclusive of costs, a
judgment in the sum of twenty-five dollars or more.
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