This chapter shall apply to all actions and proceedings now pending in the courts of record of the state of Washington seeking relief under the terms of the uniform declaratory judgments act [this chapter]; and all judgments heretofore rendered; and all such actions and proceedings heretofore instituted and now pending in said courts of record of the state of Washington, seeking such relief, are hereby validated, and the respective courts of record in said actions shall have jurisdiction and power to proceed in said actions and to declare the rights, status and other legal relations sought to have been declared in said pending actions and proceedings in accordance with the provisions of said chapter. This chapter does not apply to state agency action reviewable under chapter 34.05 RCW.
RCW 7.24.146
Application of chapter—Validation of proceedings.
Known as the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act
The act spans §§ 7–7 (17 sections).
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case DAVIDSON SERLES v. City of Kirkland (2011)
Most recently applied in Evergreen Washington Healthcare Frontier, LLC v. Department of Social & Health Services (October 2012)
1989 c 175 s 39; 1937 c 14 s 2; RRS s 784-17.
How often courts cite this section
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.