CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE BILL 1007
Chapter 34, Laws of 2025
69TH LEGISLATURE
2025 REGULAR SESSION
SMALL CLAIMS ACTIONS—NOTICE OF CLAIM—DEFAULT JUDGMENTS
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 27, 2025
Passed by the House February 13, 2025
  Yeas 93  Nays 0
LAURIE JINKINS
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 2, 2025
  Yeas 49  Nays 0
DENNY HECK
President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1007 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
BERNARD DEAN
Chief Clerk
Chief Clerk
Approved April 11, 2025 11:06 AM
FILED
April 14, 2025
BOB FERGUSON
Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington
HOUSE BILL 1007
Passed Legislature - 2025 Regular Session
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
ByRepresentatives Low, Taylor, Walen, Eslick, and Goodman
Prefiled 12/03/24.Read first time 01/13/25.Referred to Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary.
AN ACT Relating to requisites of notice in small claims actions; and amending RCW 12.40.060.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 12.40.060 and 1984 c 258 s 63 are each amended to read as follows:
The notice of claim directed to the defendant shall contain: (1) The name and address of the plaintiff; (2) a brief and concise statement of the nature and amount of the claim; (3) a statement directing and requiring defendant to appear personally in the small claims department at a time certain, which shall not be less than five days from the date of service of the notice; and (4) a statement advising the defendant that in case of his or her failure to appear, judgment ((will))may be given against defendant for the amount of the claim.
Passed by the House February 13, 2025.
Passed by the Senate April 2, 2025.
Approved by the Governor April 11, 2025.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 14, 2025.
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