FINAL BILL REPORT

                   SB 6299

                           C 56 L 98

                      Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Identifying where actions for unlawful issuance of a check or draft may be brought.

Sponsors:  Senators Johnson and Heavey.

Senate Committee on Law & Justice

House Committee on Law & Justice

Background:  The plaintiff in a civil suit for the unlawful issuance of a check must bring the action in the county where the defendant resides.  Some counties have adopted court rules which further require the suit be brought in the local division where the defendant resides within that county.

Summary:  In an unlawful check case, a plaintiff is allowed to bring suit in the county where the defendant resides or in any division of the judicial district where the check was issued or where the check was presented as payment.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate 48 0

House     96 1

Effective:  June 11, 1998