Conflict of laws—Limitation periods.
Known as the Uniform Conflict of Law
The act spans §§ 4–4 (7 sections).
Applied in 14 court decisions — leading case 124 Wash. 2d 205 - Rice v. Dow Chemical Co. (1994)
Most recently applied in Kerry L. Erickson, V. Pharmacia Llc. (May 2024)
1983 c 152 s 2.
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.
(1) Except as provided by RCW 4.18.040, if a claim is substantively based:
(a) Upon the law of one other state, the limitation period of that state applies; or
(b) Upon the law of more than one state, the limitation period of one of those states, chosen by the law of conflict of laws of this state, applies.
(2) The limitation period of this state applies to all other claims.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.