FINAL BILL REPORT

                  HB 1450

                         C 149 L 95

                     Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Including certain judgments to be summarized.

Sponsors:  Representatives Appelwick and Padden.

House Committee on Law & Justice

Senate Committee on Law & Justice

Background:  County clerks are responsible for entering judgments in execution dockets.  The clerk must specify the amount to be recovered and the relief granted.  To assist the clerk with this record keeping function, the first page of a judgment that provides for payment of money must contain a summary of the judgment so the clerk does not have to read the entire document to obtain the needed information or interpret the judgment.

The requirement that a judgment contain a judgment summary only applies to judgments for money. 

Summary:  Judgments in rem, mandates of judgments, and judgments on garnishments must also contain judgment summaries.

Votes on Final Passage:

House     97 0

Senate    41 0

Effective:  July 23, 1995