CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 2329

                    Chapter 41, Laws of 2000

                        56th Legislature

                      2000 Regular Session

REAL PROPERTY JUDGMENT DESCRIPTIONS

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/8/00

Passed by the House January 31, 2000   Yeas 97   Nays 0              CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the House of Representatives               FRANK CHOPP Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate February 29, 2000   Yeas 47   Nays 0

CERTIFICATE We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2329  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.           TIMOTHY A. MARTIN                           Chief Clerk            CYNTHIA ZEHNDER                           Chief Clerk

BRAD OWEN President of the Senate

Approved March 22, 2000 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.	FILED                            March 22, 2000 - 3:36 p.m.
GARY LOCKE Governor of the State of Washington	Secretary of State                  State of Washington

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                          HOUSE BILL 2329

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             Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session

State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Representatives McDonald, Lantz and Constantine

Prefiled 1/3/2000.  Read first time 01/10/2000.  Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Changing descriptions in judgments involving real property.  

    AN ACT Relating to judgment descriptions; and amending RCW 4.64.030.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 4.64.030 and 1999 c 296 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) 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.

    (2)(a) 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.

    (b) If the judgment provides for the award of any right, title, or interest in real property, the first page must also include an abbreviated legal description of the property in which the right, title, or interest was awarded by the judgment, including lot, block, plat, or section, township, and range, and reference to the judgment page number where the full legal description is included, if applicable; ((and)) or the assessor's property tax parcel or account number, consistent with RCW 65.04.045(1) (f) and (g).

    (c) If the judgment provides for damages arising from the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle as specified in RCW 46.29.270, the first page of the judgment summary must clearly state that the judgment is awarded pursuant to RCW 46.29.270 and that the clerk must give notice to the department of licensing as outlined in RCW 46.29.310.

    (3) If the attorney fees and costs are not included in the judgment, they shall be summarized in the cost bill when filed.  The clerk may not enter 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.

    Passed the House January 31, 2000.

    Passed the Senate February 29, 2000.

Approved by the Governor March 22, 2000.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 22, 2000.