The plaintiff shall not proceed to foreclose his or her mortgage while he or she is prosecuting any other action for the same debt or matter which is secured by the mortgage, or while he or she is seeking to obtain execution of any judgment in such other action; nor shall he or she prosecute any other action for the same matter while he or she is foreclosing his or her mortgage or prosecuting a judgment of foreclosure.
RCW 61.12.120
Concurrent actions prohibited.
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case 100 Wash. App. 885 - DeYoung v. Cenex Ltd. (2000)
Most recently applied in U.S. Bank National Association as Trustee of Holders of Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust 2007-2 v. Ukpoma (April 2019)
2012 c 117 s 164; Code 1881 s 614; 1877 p 128 s 619; 1869 p 146 s 568; 1854 p 208 s 413; RRS s 1125.
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