FINAL BILL REPORT

                  SSB 5164

                           C 73 L 95

                      Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Allowing a conformed copy of certain orders to be served.

Sponsors:  Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senator Smith).

Senate Committee on Law & Justice

House Committee on Law & Justice

Background:  During supplemental proceedings to enforce judgments, orders requiring persons to attend and be examined must be served by delivering a certified copy of the original order from the court.

The cost of obtaining a certified copy is added to the amount that is already owed by the defendant.  Preparing certified copies also adds to the workload of court clerks.

Summary:  A person served with an order to appear and be examined as part of supplemental proceedings may be served with either a certified copy of the court order, or a noncertified copy which bears a stamp or notation indicating the name of the judge or commissioner who signed the original order, and a stamp or notation indicating the original order is filed with the court.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate    48 0

House     95 0

Effective:  July 23, 1995