CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1913

Chapter 108, Laws of 2010

61st Legislature
2010 Regular Session



PROCESS SERVERS--REQUIREMENTS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/10/10

Passed by the House February 10, 2010
  Yeas 96   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate March 2, 2010
  Yeas 44   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate		 
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1913 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved March 18, 2010, 2:29 p.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington		 
FILED
March 18, 2010







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1913
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Passed Legislature - 2010 Regular Session
State of Washington61st Legislature2010 Regular Session

By House Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Warnick, Flannigan, and Simpson)

READ FIRST TIME 02/03/10.   



     AN ACT Relating to process servers; and amending RCW 18.180.010.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 18.180.010 and 1992 c 125 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a person who serves legal process for a fee in the state of Washington shall:
     (a) Be eighteen years of age or older;
     (b) Be a resident of the state of Washington; and
     (c) Register as a process server with the auditor of the county in which the process server resides or operates his or her principal place of business.
     (2) The requirements ((to register)) under subsection (1)(b) and (c) of this section ((does)) do not apply to any of the following persons:
     (a) A sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, constable, or government employee who is acting in the course of employment;
     (b) An attorney or the attorney's employees, who are not serving process on a fee basis;
     (c) A person who is court appointed to serve the court's process;
     (d) ((An employee of a person who is registered under this section;
     (e))) A person who does not receive a fee or wage for serving process.


         Passed by the House February 10, 2010.
         Passed by the Senate March 2, 2010.
         Approved by the Governor March 18, 2010.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 18, 2010.