Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 12 District Courts -- Civil Procedure - Chapter 12.08 Pleadings

12.08.010 When pleadings take place
The pleadings in justice's court shall take place upon the appearance of the parties, unless they shall have been previously filed or unless the justice ...

12.08.020 What constitute pleadings
The pleadings in the justice's court shall be: (1) The complaint of the plaintiff, which shall state in a plain and direct manner the facts ...

12.08.030 Pleadings oral or written
The pleadings in justices' courts may be oral or in writing.[1957 c 89 § 11; Code 1881 § 1758; 1873 p 344 § 57; 1854 ...

12.08.040 Docketing or filing
When the pleadings are oral, the substance of them shall be entered by the justice in his docket. When in writing they shall be filed ...

12.08.050 Denial of knowledge or information -- Effect
A statement in an answer or reply, that the party has not sufficient knowledge or information, in respect to a particular allegation in the previous ...

12.08.060 Pleading account or instrument
When the cause of action, or setoff, arises upon an account or instrument for the payment of money only, it shall be sufficient for the ...

12.08.070 Verification
Every complaint, answer or reply shall be verified by the oath of the party pleading; or if he be not present, by the oath of ...

12.08.080 Uncontroverted allegations -- Effect
Every material allegation in a complaint, or relating to a setoff in an answer, not denied by the pleading of the adverse party, shall, on ...

12.08.090 Objections to pleadings -- Amendment
Either party may object to a pleading by his adversary, or to any part thereof that is not sufficiently explicit for him to understand it, ...

12.08.100 Variance between pleading and proof
A variance between the proof on the trial, and the allegations in a pleading, shall be disregarded as immaterial, unless the court be satisfied that ...

12.08.110 Amendments -- Continuance
The pleadings may be amended at any time before the trial, or during the trial, or upon appeal, to supply any deficiency or omissions in ...

12.08.120 Setoff -- Pleading
To entitle a defendant to any setoff he may have against the plaintiff, he must allege the same in his answer; and the statutes regulating ...