All persons purporting to act as or on behalf of a corporation, knowing there was no incorporation under this title, are jointly and severally liable for liabilities created while so acting except for any liability to any person who also knew that there was no incorporation.
RCW 23B.02.040
Liability for preincorporation transactions.
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 78 Wash. App. 105 - White v. Dvorak (1995)
Most recently applied in Plese-Graham, LLC v. Loshbaugh (October 2011)
1989 c 165 s 29.
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