RCW 4.72.010 (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7) shall be by petition verified by affidavit, setting forth the judgment or order, the facts or errors constituting a cause to vacate or modify it, and if the party is a defendant, the facts constituting a defense to the action; and such proceedings must be commenced within one year after the judgment or order was made, unless the party entitled thereto be a minor or person of unsound mind, and then within one year from the removal of such disability.
RCW 4.72.030
Petition to vacate for certain causes—Time limitation.
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 72 Wash. 2d 128 - Ebenezer A.M.E. Zion Church v. Corporate Loan & Security Co. (1967)
Most recently applied in 72 Wash. 2d 128 - Ebenezer A.M.E. Zion Church v. Corporate Loan & Security Co. (September 1967)
1891 c 27 s 2; Code 1881 s 439; 1877 p 97 s 441; 1875 p 21 s 4; RRS s 467.
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