When an attorney refuses to deliver over money or papers, to a person from or for whom he or she has received them in the course of professional employment, whether in an action or not, he or she may be required by an order of the court in which an action, if any, was prosecuted, or if no action was prosecuted, then by order of any judge of a court of record, to do so within a specified time, or show cause why he or she should not be punished for a contempt.
RCW 60.40.020
Proceedings to compel delivery of money or papers.
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case King County v. SEAWEST INV. ASSOCIATES, LLC (2007)
Most recently applied in 141 Wash. App. 304 - King County v. Seawest Investment Associates, LLC (October 2007)
2012 c 117 s 152; Code 1881 s 3287; 1863 p 406 s 13; RRS s 137.
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