| Passed by the Senate February 17, 2004 YEAS 48 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House March 3, 2004 YEAS 96 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Milton H. Doumit, Jr., Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6527 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. MILTON H. DOUMIT JR. ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved March 24, 2004. GARY F. LOCKE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | March 24, 2004 - 3:14 p.m. Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 58th Legislature | 2004 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/09/04.
AN ACT Relating to attorney fees; and amending RCW 4.84.080 and 12.20.060.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 4.84.080 and 1985 c 240 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
When allowed to either party, costs to be called the attorney fee,
shall be as follows:
(1) In all actions where judgment is rendered, ((one)) two hundred
((twenty-five)) dollars.
(2) In all actions where judgment is rendered in the supreme court
or the court of appeals, after argument, ((one)) two hundred ((twenty-five)) dollars.
Sec. 2 RCW 12.20.060 and 1993 c 341 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
When the prevailing party in district court is entitled to recover
costs as authorized in RCW 4.84.010 in a civil action, the judge shall
add the amount thereof to the judgment; in case of failure of the
plaintiff to recover or of dismissal of the action, the judge shall
enter up a judgment in favor of the defendant for the amount of his or
her costs; and in case any party so entitled to costs is represented in
the action by an attorney, the judge shall include attorney's fees ((of
one hundred twenty-five dollars)) in the amount provided in RCW
4.84.060 as part of the costs: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That the plaintiff
shall not be entitled to such attorney fee unless he or she obtains,
exclusive of costs, a judgment in the sum of fifty dollars or more:
AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That if the plaintiff obtains judgment, exclusive
of costs, of at least fifty dollars but less than two hundred dollars,
the judge shall include attorney fees of one hundred twenty-five
dollars as part of the costs.