A person who refuses, or without sufficient excuse neglects, to obey an order of a judge or referee made pursuant to any of the provisions of this chapter, and duly served upon him or her, or an oral direction given directly to him or her by a judge or referee in the course of the special proceeding, or to attend before a judge or referee according to the command of a subpoena duly served upon him or her, may be punished by the judge of the court out of which the execution issued, as for contempt.
RCW 6.32.180
Disobedience of order punishable as contempt.
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 26 Wash. App. 498 - Rainier National Bank v. McCracken (1980)
Most recently applied in 127 Wash. App. 926 - Britannia Holdings Ltd. v. Greer (June 2005)
2011 c 336 s 160; 1893 c 133 s 18; RRS s 630.
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