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                         SENATE BILL 6549

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1996 Regular Session

By Senators Smith, Johnson, Roach and Winsley

Read first time 01/17/96.  Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

Allowing assigned claims in the small claims department of district court.

    AN ACT Relating to assignees of claims filed or prosecuted in the small claims department of district court; and amending RCW 12.40.070.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 12.40.070 and 1984 c 258 s 64 are each amended to read as follows:

    A claim must be verified by the real claimant, and no claim shall be filed or prosecuted in the small claims department by the assignee of the claim if the assignee is a collection agency licensed under chapter 19.16 RCW.

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