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2022 Revised Code of Washington
Title 4 - Civil Procedure
Chapter 4.28 - Commencement of Actions.
4.28.200 - Right of one constructively served to appear and defend or reopen.

Universal Citation:
WA Rev Code § 4.28.200 (2022)
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RCW 4.28.200

Right of one constructively served to appear and defend or reopen.

If the summons is not served personally on the defendant in the cases provided in RCW 4.28.110 and 4.28.180, he or she or his or her representatives, on application and sufficient cause shown, at any time before judgment, shall be allowed to defend the action and, except in an action for divorce, the defendant or his or her representative may in like manner be allowed to defend after judgment, and within one year after the rendition of such judgment, on such terms as may be just; and if the defense is successful, and the judgment, or any part thereof, has been collected or otherwise enforced, such restitution may thereupon be compelled as the court directs.

[ 2011 c 336 § 101; 1893 c 127 § 12; RRS § 235.]

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