§ 26.60.050. Termination -- Records -- Fees
(1) Parties to a state registered domestic partnership meeting the conditions in RCW 26.60.055 may terminate the relationship without filing a petition under chapter 26.09 RCW by filing with the secretary a notice of termination of the state registered domestic partnership and an affidavit stating the parties meet the conditions in RCW 26.60.055 and paying the filing fee established pursuant to subsection (5) of this section.
(2) The state registered domestic partnership shall be terminated effective ninety days after the date of filing the notice of termination and payment of the filing fee.
(3) Upon receipt of a signed, notarized notice of termination, and the filing fee, the secretary shall register the notice of termination and provide a certificate of termination of the state registered domestic partnership to each party named on the notice. The secretary shall maintain a record of each notice of termination filed with the secretary and each certificate of termination issued by the secretary. The secretary shall provide the state registrar of vital statistics with records of terminations of state registered domestic partnerships, except for those state registered domestic partnerships terminated under subsection (4) of this section.
(4) A state registered domestic partnership is automatically terminated if, subsequent to the registration of the domestic partnership with the secretary, the parties enter into a marriage to each other that is recognized as valid in this state.
(5) The secretary shall set by rule and collect a reasonable fee for filing the declaration, calculated to cover the secretary's costs, but not to exceed fifty dollars. Fees collected under this section are expressly designated for deposit in the secretary of state's revolving fund established under RCW 43.07.130.
[2008 c 6 § 1002; 2007 c 156 § 6.]
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