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2020 Revised Code of Washington
Title 12 - District Courts—Civil Procedure
Chapter 12.08 - Pleadings.
12.08.080 Uncontroverted allegations—Effect.
Universal Citation: WA Rev Code § 12.08.080 (2020)
RCW 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 the trial, be taken to be true, except that when a defendant, who has not been served with a copy of the complaint, fails to appear and answer, the plaintiff cannot recover without proving his or her case.
[ 2010 c 8 § 3021; Code 1881 § 1763; 1873 p 345 § 62; 1854 p 232 § 50; RRS § 1785.]
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