Wash. R. App. P. Form 18 (2026)

See RAP 18.17 for document formatting requirements.

RAP FORM 18. Motion

(Rule 17.3(a))

No. (appellate court)

(SUPREME COURT or COURT OF APPEALS, DIVISION_____) OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

(Title of trial court proceeding ) with parties designated as in ) MOTION FOR (identity rule 3.4 ) relief sought)

1. IDENTITY OF MOVING PARTY

(Name), (designation of moving party, for example:

"Appellant" or "Assignee of Respondent's interest in the

judgment being reviewed") asks for the relief designated in

Part 2.

2. STATEMENT OF RELIEF SOUGHT

(State the relief sought, for example: "Substitution of

John Doe as respondent in place of Alvin Jones".)

3. FACTS RELEVANT TO MOTION

(Here state facts relevant to motion with reference to or

copies of parts of the record relevant to the motion. For

example: "Alvin Jones, plaintiff, obtained a judgment against

defendant, Henry Hope (Judgment, CP 17). Alvin Jones

assigned the judgment to John Doe after defendant filed his

Notice of Appeal. A true copy of the assignment is attached.

Defendant did not assert a counterclaim against plaintiff in the

trial court".)

4. GROUNDS FOR RELIEF AND ARGUMENT

[Here state the grounds for the relief sought with

authority and supporting argument. For example: “RAP 3.2(a)

authorizes substitution of parties when the interest of a party in

the subject matter of the review has been transferred.

Substitution should be granted here as defendant has no claim

against plaintiff-respondent and respondent no longer has an

interest in the judgment which is the subject matter of this

appeal”.]

[If the petition is prepared using word processing

software, include the following statement: This document

contains words, excluding the parts of the document

exempted from the word count by RAP 18.17.]

(Date)

Respectfully submitted, _____________________________________ Signature Attorney for (Appellant, Respondent, or Petitioner)

(Name, personal pronouns (optional), address, telephone number, and Washington State Bar Association membership number of attorney)

[Adopted effective July 1, 1976; Amended effective September 1, 1994; September 1, 2021; June 27, 2023.]