A person interested under a deed, will, written contract or other writings constituting a contract, or whose rights, status or other legal relations are affected by a statute, municipal ordinance, contract or franchise, may have determined any question of construction or validity arising under the instrument, statute, ordinance, contract or franchise and obtain a declaration of rights, status or other legal relations thereunder.
RCW 7.24.020
Rights and status under written instruments, statutes, ordinances.
Known as the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act
The act spans §§ 7–7 (17 sections).
Applied in 86 court decisions — leading case 122 Wash. 2d 371 - Yakima County (West Valley) Fire Protection District No. 12 v. City of Yakima (1993)
Most recently applied in Wash. Fed'n of State Emps., Council 28 v. State (August 2023)
1935 c 113 s 2; RRS s 784-2.
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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.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.