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12.04.040  <<  12.04.050 >>   12.04.060

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RCW 12.04.050

Process—Who may serve.

All process issued by district court judges of the state and all executions and writs of attachment or of replevin shall be served by a sheriff or a deputy, but a summons or notice and complaint may be served by any citizen of the state of Washington over the age of eighteen years and not a party to the action.

Notes:

Severability—1971 ex.s. c 292: See note following RCW 26.28.010.