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                         SENATE BILL 6508

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State of Washington      53rd Legislature     1994 Regular Session

By Senators A. Smith, Talmadge, Niemi, Prentice, Skratek and Moore; by request of Insurance Commissioner

Read first time 01/25/94.  Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

Allowing courts to waive injunction bonds if person's health or life is jeopardized.

    AN ACT Relating to waiver of injunction bonds if a person's health or life would be jeopardized; and amending RCW 7.40.080.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 7.40.080 and 1957 c 51 s 9 are each amended to read as follows:

    No injunction or restraining order shall be granted until the party asking it shall enter into a bond, in such a sum as shall be fixed by the court or judge granting the order, with surety to the satisfaction of the clerk of the superior court, to the adverse party affected thereby, conditioned to pay all damages and costs which may accrue by reason of the injunction or restraining order.  The sureties shall, if required by the clerk, justify as provided by law, and until they so justify, the clerk shall be responsible for their sufficiency.  The court in its sound discretion may waive the required bond in situations in which a person's health or life would be jeopardized.

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