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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 5567

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Senators McCaslin and Warnke; by request of Administrator for the Courts

Read first time 1/27/89 and referred to Committee on   Law & Justice.

AN ACT Relating to district and municipal court fees; amending RCW 3.62.060; and adding a new section to chapter 3.62 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 3.62 RCW to read as follows:

          All courts organized under Title 3 or 35 RCW may charge fees as prescribed in RCW 3.62.060.

        Sec. 2.  Section 110, chapter 299, Laws of 1961 as last amended by section 2, chapter 382, Laws of 1987 and RCW 3.62.060 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Clerks of the district courts shall collect the following fees for their official services:

(a) In any civil action commenced before or transferred to a district court, the plaintiff shall, at the time of such commencement or transfer, pay to such court a filing fee of twenty-five dollars.  No party shall be compelled to pay to the court any other fees or charges up to and including the rendition of judgment in the action other than those listed.

(b) For issuing a writ of garnishment, or other writ, a fee of twenty dollars.

(c) For filing a supplemental proceeding, a fee of twenty dollars.

(d) For demanding jury in a civil case, a fee of thirty-five dollars, to be paid by the person demanding jury.

(e) For preparing a transcript of a judgment, a fee of five dollars.

(f) For certifying any document on file or of record in the clerk's office, a fee of four dollars.

(g) For preparing the record of a case for appeal to superior court, a fee of twenty dollars, as governed by the rules of appeal for courts of limited jurisdiction (RALJ).

(h) For duplication of part or all of the electronic tape or tapes of a proceeding, ten dollars per tape.