When the commencement of an action is stayed by injunction or a statutory prohibition, the time of the continuance of the injunction or prohibition shall not be a part of the time limited for the commencement of the action.
RCW 4.16.230
Statute tolled by judicial proceedings.
Applied in 17 court decisions — leading case Duke v. Boyd (1997)
Most recently applied in Michelle E. Loun v. U.S. Bank Nat'l Ass'n (March 2023)
Code 1881 s 40; 1877 p 10 s 41; 1854 p 365 s 14; RRS s 172.
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Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.