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Panel backs statutory cleanup to align service-of-process rules with business code
Summary
House Bill 1361, an agency-request bill from the Secretary of State, would align general service-of-process statutes with the Uniform Business Organization Code and clarify nonresident motorist service procedures. Secretary of State staff and the sponsor told the Law & Justice Committee the changes reduce confusion and help pro se litigants.
House Bill 1361, brought to the Senate Law & Justice Committee at the request of the Secretary of State, would revise Washington's service-of-process statutes to align general civil-procedure rules with the Uniform Business Organization Code and clarify procedures for serving nonresident motorists.
Ryan Giannini, staff counsel to the committee, summarized that the Uniform Business Organization…
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