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                          HOUSE BILL 1450

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

By Representatives Appelwick and Padden

Read first time 01/25/95.  Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.

Including certain judgments to be summarized.

    AN ACT Relating to summaries of judgments; and amending RCW 4.64.030.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 4.64.030 and 1994 c 185 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

    The clerk shall enter all judgments in the execution docket, subject to the direction of the court and shall specify clearly the amount to be recovered, the relief granted, or other determination of the action.

     On the first page of each judgment which provides for the payment of money, including judgments in rem, mandates of judgments, and judgments on garnishments, the following shall be succinctly summarized:  The judgment creditor and the name of his or her attorney, the judgment debtor, the amount of the judgment, the interest owed to the date of the judgment, and the total of the taxable costs and attorney fees, if known at the time of the entry of the judgment.  If the attorney fees and costs are not included in the judgment, they shall be summarized in the cost bill when filed.  This information is included in the judgment to assist the county clerk in his or her record-keeping function.  The clerk may not sign or file a judgment, and a judgment does not take effect, until the judgment has a summary in compliance with this section.  The clerk is not liable for an incorrect summary.

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