Court may appoint, when.
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 40 Wash. 2d 238 - Donaldson v. Greenwood (1952)
Most recently applied in National Bank of Alaska, N.A. v. Erickson (In re Seaway Express Corp.) (August 1990)
Code 1881 s 528; 1877 p 111 s 532; 1854 p 205 s 390; RRS s 605.
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.
The several superior courts may, whenever it is necessary, appoint a commissioner to convey real estate:
(1) When by a judgment in an action, a party is ordered to convey real property to another, or any interest therein.
(2) When real property, or any interest therein, has been sold under a special order of the court and the purchase money paid therefor.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.