Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 6 Enforcement Of Judgments - Chapter 6.25 Attachment

6.25.010 Application of chapter to district courts
Unless otherwise expressly provided, all the provisions of this chapter governing attachment of personal property apply to proceedings before district courts of this state, but ...

6.25.020 Time for granting
The plaintiff at the time of commencing an action, or at any time afterward before judgment, may have the property of the defendant, or that ...

6.25.030 Issuance of writ -- Grounds
The writ of attachment may be issued by the court in which the action is pending on one or more of the following grounds: (1) ...

6.25.040 Grounds if debt not due
An action may be commenced and the property of a debtor may be attached previous to the time when the debt becomes due, when nothing ...

6.25.050 Procedure when debt not due
If the debt or demand for which the attachment is sued out is not due at the time of the commencement of the action, the ...

6.25.060 Application for writ -- Affidavit
(1) The plaintiff or someone on plaintiff's behalf shall apply for a writ of attachment by affidavit, alleging that the attachment is not sought and ...

6.25.070 Issuance of writ -- Notice -- Hearing -- Issuance without notice -- Forms for notice
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the court shall issue a writ of attachment only after prior notice to defendant, given ...

6.25.080 Issuance of writ -- Attachment bond
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, before the writ of attachment shall issue, the plaintiff, or someone in the plaintiff's behalf, ...

6.25.090 Bond -- Additional security
The defendant may, at any time before judgment, move the court or judge for additional security on the part of the plaintiff, or for security ...

6.25.100 Action on bond -- Damages and attorney's fees
In an action on such bond, if it is shown that the attachment was wrongfully sued out, the defendant may recover the actual damages sustained ...

6.25.110 Contents of writ -- Levy of attachment
The writ of attachment shall be directed to the sheriff of any county in which property of the defendant may be, and shall require the ...

6.25.120 Writs to different counties -- Successive writs
If issuance of a writ of attachment has been ordered by the court in a case, other writs of attachment may be issued in the ...

6.25.130 Writ -- Notation of time received -- Order of execution
The sheriff or other officer shall indorse upon the writ of attachment in ink the day, hour, and minute when the writ first came into ...

6.25.140 Manner of levy
The sheriff shall levy on property to be attached in the same manner as provided for execution in RCW 6.17.160, 6.17.170, and 6.17.180.[1987 c 442 ...

6.25.150 Property may be followed to adjoining county
If, after an attachment has been placed in the hands of the sheriff, any property of the defendant is moved from the county, the sheriff ...

6.25.160 Sheriff's inventory -- Return
The sheriff shall make a full inventory of the property attached and return the inventory with the writ of attachment within twenty days of receipt ...

6.25.170 Examination of defendant as to property
Whenever it appears by the affidavit of the plaintiff that the plaintiff has probable cause to believe that a ground for attachment exists and it ...

6.25.180 Motion to discharge attachment -- Affidavits in opposition -- Discharge
(1) The defendant may at any time, after appearing in the action and before giving bond as provided in RCW 6.25.190, apply on motion, upon ...

6.25.190 Discharge of attachment -- Bond -- Judgment on bond
If the defendant, at any time before judgment, causes a bond to be executed to the plaintiff with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the ...

6.25.220 Sale of property before judgment
If any property attached be perishable or in danger of serious and immediate waste or decay, the sheriff shall sell the same in the manner ...

6.25.230 Custody of property or proceeds
All moneys received by the sheriff under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid to the clerk of the court that issued the writ, ...

6.25.240 Subjection of attached property to judgment
If judgment is recovered by the plaintiff, it shall be paid out of any proceeds held by the clerk of the court and out of ...

6.25.250 Procedure when attached property insufficient
If, after the proceeds of all the property attached have been applied to the payment of the judgment, any balance remains due, the sheriff shall ...

6.25.260 Procedure where execution unsatisfied
If the execution is returned unsatisfied, in whole or in part, the plaintiff may proceed as in other cases upon the return of an execution.[1987 ...

6.25.270 Procedure when judgment is for defendant
If the defendant recovers judgment against the plaintiff, all the proceeds of sales and money collected by the sheriff and deposited with the clerk and ...

6.25.280 Chapter to be liberally construed -- Amendments
This chapter shall be liberally construed, and the plaintiff, at any time when objection is made thereto, shall be permitted to amend any defect in ...