Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 4 Civil Procedure - Chapter 4.12 Venue -- Jurisdiction

4.12.010 Actions to be commenced where subject is situated
Actions for the following causes shall be commenced in the county in which the subject of the action, or some part thereof, is situated: (1) ...

4.12.020 Actions to be tried in county where cause arose
Actions for the following causes shall be tried in the county where the cause, or some part thereof, arose: (1) For the recovery of a ...

4.12.025 Action to be brought where defendant resides -- Optional venue of actions upon unlawful issuance of check or draft -- Residence of corporations -- Optional venue of actions against corporations
(1) An action may be brought in any county in which the defendant resides, or, if there be more than one defendant, where some one ...

4.12.030 Grounds authorizing change of venue
The court may, on motion, in the following cases, change the place of trial when it appears by affidavit, or other satisfactory proof: (1) That ...

4.12.040 Prejudice of judge, transfer to another department, visiting judge -- Change of venue generally, criminal cases
(1) No judge of a superior court of the state of Washington shall sit to hear or try any action or proceeding when it shall ...

4.12.050 Affidavit of prejudice
Any party to or any attorney appearing in any action or proceeding in a superior court, may establish such prejudice by motion, supported by affidavit ...

4.12.060 To what county venue may be changed -- Limitation on number of changes
If the motion for a change of the place of trial be allowed, the change shall be made to the county where the action ought ...

4.12.070 Change to newly created county
Any party in a civil action pending in the superior court in a county out of whose limits a new county, in whole or in ...

4.12.080 Change by stipulation
Notwithstanding the provisions of RCW 4.12.030 all the parties to the action by stipulation in writing or by consent in open court entered in the ...

4.12.090 Transmission of record on change of venue -- Costs, attorney's fee
(1) When an order is made transferring an action or proceeding for trial, the clerk of the court must transmit the pleadings and papers therein ...

4.12.100 Transcript of record entries
The clerk of the court must also transmit with the original papers where an order is made changing the place of trial, a certified transcript ...

4.12.110 Effect of neglect of moving party
If such papers be not transmitted to the clerk of the proper court within the time prescribed in the order allowing the change, and the ...

4.12.120 Change deemed complete, when
Upon the filing of the papers with the clerk of the court to which the cause is transferred, the change of venue shall be deemed ...