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RCW 6.25.040

Grounds if debt not due.

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Tri-State Development, Ltd. v. Johnston (1998)

Most recently applied in Tri-State Development, Ltd. v. Johnston (October 1998)

2011 c 336 s 148; 1987 c 442 s 804; 1886 p 39 s 3; RRS s 649

An action may be commenced and the property of a debtor may be attached previous to the time when the debt becomes due, when nothing but time is wanting to fix an absolute indebtedness, and when the complaint and the affidavit allege, in addition to that fact, one or more of the following grounds:

(1) That the defendant is about to dispose or has disposed of his or her property in whole or in part with intent to defraud his or her creditors; or

(2) That the defendant is about to remove from the state and refuses to make any arrangements for securing the payment of the debt when it falls due, and the contemplated removal was not known to the plaintiff at the time the debt was contracted; or

(3) That the debt was incurred for property obtained under false pretenses.

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