The time within which an act is to be done, as herein provided, shall be computed by excluding the first day, and including the last, unless the last day is a holiday, Saturday, or Sunday, and then it is also excluded.
RCW 1.12.040
Computation of time.
Applied in 38 court decisions — leading case Christensen v. Ellsworth (2007)
Most recently applied in John Bogen, V. City Of Bremerton (August 2021)
1997 c 125 s 1; 1887 c 20 s 1; Code 1881 s 743; 1854 p 219 s 486; RRS s 150.
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