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RCW 34.05.598

Frivolous petitions.

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 128 Wash. 2d 508 - Rettkowski v. Department of Ecology (1996)

Most recently applied in Edelman v. State (February 2011)

1988 c 288 s 607.

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The provisions of RCW 4.84.185 relating to civil actions that are frivolous and advanced without reasonable cause apply to petitions for judicial review under this chapter.

Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.