RCW 4.12.010

Actions to be commenced where subject is situated.

Applied in 23 court decisions — leading case Five Corners Family Farmers v. State (2011)

Most recently applied in Gene & Susan Gonzales, V. Jay Inslee & State Of Wa (February 2022)

Code 1881 s 47; 1877 p 11 s 48; 1869 p 12 s 48; 1860 p 7 s 15; 1854 p 133 s 13; RRS s 204.

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Actions for the following causes shall be commenced in the county in which the subject of the action, or some part thereof, is situated:

(1) For the recovery of, for the possession of, for the partition of, for the foreclosure of a mortgage on, or for the determination of all questions affecting the title, or for any injuries to real property.

(2) All questions involving the rights to the possession or title to any specific article of personal property, in which last mentioned class of cases, damages may also be awarded for the detention and for injury to such personal property.

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