Whenever, in the exercise of its authority, a court shall have ordered the deposit or delivery of money or other thing, and the order is disobeyed, the court, besides punishing the disobedience as for contempt, may make an order requiring the sheriff to take the money or thing, and deposit or deliver it, in conformity with the direction of the court.
RCW 4.44.490
Deposits in court—Enforcement of order.
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 26 Wash. App. 498 - Rainier National Bank v. McCracken (1980)
Most recently applied in 51 Wash. App. 642 - Graves v. Duerden (May 1988)
Code 1881 s 196; 1877 p 41 s 200; 1869 p 49 s 200; 1854 p 163 s 175; RRS s 746.
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