CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5621
Chapter 86, Laws of 2019
66TH LEGISLATURE
2019 REGULAR SESSION
SMALL CLAIMS COURT--JURISDICTIONAL AMOUNT
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 28, 2019
Passed by the Senate March 4, 2019 Yeas 39 Nays 9 KAREN KEISER
President of the Senate Passed by the House April 10, 2019 Yeas 95 Nays 0 FRANK CHOPP
Speaker of the House of Representatives | CERTIFICATE I, Brad Hendrickson, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5621 as passed by Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. BRAD HENDRICKSON
Secretary Secretary |
Approved April 19, 2019 11:36 AM | FILED April 22, 2019 |
JAY INSLEE
Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5621
Passed Legislature - 2019 Regular Session
State of Washington | 66th Legislature | 2019 Regular Session |
BySenate Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Warnick, Padden, Holy, Wagoner, and Wilson, L.)
READ FIRST TIME 02/15/19.
AN ACT Relating to increasing the jurisdictional amount for small claims courts; and amending RCW
12.40.010.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW
12.40.010 and 2008 c 227 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) In every district court there shall be created and organized by the court a department to be known as the "small claims department of the district court." The small claims department shall have jurisdiction, but not exclusive, in cases for the recovery of money only if the amount claimed does not exceed:
(a) Ten thousand dollars in cases brought by a natural person; or
(b) Five thousand dollars in all other cases.
(2) For the purposes of this section, "natural person" means a human being.
Passed by the Senate March 4, 2019.
Passed by the House April 10, 2019.
Approved by the Governor April 19, 2019.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 22, 2019.
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