Personal service of any process in an action under this chapter may be made upon any person outside the state if such person has engaged in conduct in violation of this chapter which has had the impact in this state which this chapter reprehends. Such persons shall be deemed to have thereby submitted themselves to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state within the meaning of RCW 4.28.180 and 4.28.185.
RCW 19.86.160
Personal service of process outside state.
Known as the Consumer Protection Act
The act spans §§ 19–19 (26 sections).
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 81 Wash. 2d 259 - State v. Reader's Digest Ass'n (1972)
Most recently applied in 186 Wash. 2d 169 - State v. LG Electronics, Inc. (July 2016)
1961 c 216 s 16.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.