Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 12 District Courts -- Civil Procedure - Section 12.04.030 Action by complaint and notice

§ 12.04.030. Action by complaint and notice

Any person desiring to commence an action before a justice of the peace, by the service of a complaint and notice, can do so by filing his complaint verified by his own oath or that of his agent or attorney with the justice, and when such complaint is so filed, upon payment of his fees if demanded, the justice shall attach thereto a notice, which shall be substantially as follows:


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You are hereby notified to be and appear at my office in . . . . . . on the . . . . day of . . . . . . , 19. . . , at the hour of . . . . M., to answer to the foregoing complaint or judgment will be taken against you as confessed and the prayer of the plaintiff granted.
Dated . . . . . . , 19. . .
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , J. P.

[Code 1881 § 1714; 1873 p 336 § 21; 1860 p 245 § 29; RRS § 1759.]

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