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2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 19.72.090: Default by surety — Indemnity.

    No surety or his representative shall confess judgment or suffer judgment by default in any case where he is notified that there is a valid defense, if the principal will enter himself defendant to the action and tender to the surety or his representatives good security to indemnify him, to be approved by the court.

    [Code 1881 § 650; RRS § 980. Prior: 1877 p 135 § 653; 1869 p 151 § 590; 1854 p 211 § 432.]

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