| Passed by the House January 18, 2006 Yeas 96 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 2, 2006 Yeas 46 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1471 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. RICHARD NAFZIGER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved March 24, 2006. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | March 24, 2006 - 2:04 p.m. Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 59th Legislature | 2005 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/25/2005. Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
AN ACT Relating to authentication of documents; and amending RCW 5.44.130 and 5.52.050.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 5.44.130 and Code 1881 s 434 are each amended to read
as follows:
A seal of court or public office, when required to any writ,
process, or proceeding to authenticate a copy of any record or
document, may be affixed by making an inked, printed, or embossed
impression directly on the ((paper which)) document and shall be ((as))
considered valid ((as if made upon a wafer or on wax)).
Sec. 2 RCW 5.52.050 and Code 1881 s 2356 are each amended to read
as follows:
Except as ((hereinbefore)) otherwise provided in this chapter, any
instrument in writing, duly certified, under his or her hand and
official seal, by a notary public, commissioner of deeds, or clerk of
a court of record, to be genuine, within the personal knowledge of such
officer, may, together with such certificate, be sent by telegraph or
other electronic transmission and the telegraphic or other electronic
transmission copy thereof shall, prima facie, only have the same force,
effect and validity, in all respects whatsoever as the original, and
the burden of proof shall rest with the party denying the genuineness,
or due execution of the original.