Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

RCW 4.16.020

Actions to be commenced within ten years—Exception.

Applied in 106 court decisions — leading case 104 Wash. 2d 677 - Bradley v. American Smelting and Refining Co. (1985)

Most recently applied in Saody Eng, V. Specialized Loan Servicing, Llc (December 2021)

2002 c 261 s 2; 1994 c 189 s 2; 1989 c 360 s 1; 1984 c 76 s 1; 1980 c 105 s 1; Code 1881 s 26; 1877 p 7 s 26; 1854 p 363 s 2; RRS s 156.

How often courts cite this section

1952196019802000202180
citing decisions per year

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.

The period prescribed for the commencement of actions shall be as follows:

Within ten years:

(1) For actions for the recovery of real property, or for the recovery of the possession thereof; and no action shall be maintained for such recovery unless it appears that the plaintiff, his or her ancestor, predecessor or grantor was seized or possessed of the premises in question within ten years before the commencement of the action.

(2) For an action upon a judgment or decree of any court of the United States, or of any state or territory within the United States, or of any territory or possession of the United States outside the boundaries thereof, or of any extraterritorial court of the United States, unless the period is extended under RCW 6.17.020 or a similar provision in another jurisdiction.

(3) Of the eighteenth birthday of the youngest child named in the order for whom support is ordered for an action to collect past due child support that has accrued under an order entered after July 23, 1989, by any of the above-named courts or that has accrued under an administrative order as defined in RCW 74.20A.020(6), which is issued after July 23, 1989.

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