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Wash. Rev. Code § 12.36.050 (2026)

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(1) Within fourteen days after a small claims appeal has been filed in superior court by the clerk of the district court pursuant to RCW 12.36.020(3), the complete record as defined in subsection (2) of this section shall be made and certified by the clerk of the district court to be correct. The clerk shall then immediately transmit the complete record to superior court. The superior court shall then become possessed of the cause. All further proceedings shall be in the superior court, including enforcement of any judgment rendered. Any superior court procedures such as arbitration or other methods of dispute resolution may be utilized by the superior court in its discretion.
(2) The complete record shall consist of a transcript of all entries made in the district court docket relating to the case, together with all the process and other papers relating to the case filed with the district court and a contemporaneous recording made of the proceeding.
[ 2001 c 156 s 1; 1998 c 52 s 3; 1997 c 352 s 10; 1929 c 58 s 5; RRS ss 1914, 1915. Prior: 1891 c 29 s 4; Code 1881 s 1863; 1873 p 368 s 162; 1854 p 252 s 166. Formerly RCW 12.36.050 and 12.36.060.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1961–1997 · leading case: Valley v. Hand, 684 P.2d 1341 (Wash. Ct. App. 1984).
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Valley v. Hand, 684 P.2d 1341 (Wash. Ct. App. 1984). “JCR 75(b); RCW 12.36.050. The court concluded its review of the case was limited to the issues previously raised in small claims court, even though it was a trial de novo.”
Bishop v. Hamlet, 365 P.2d 600 (Wash. 1961). · cites it 2× “" RCW 12.36.050. This makes inapposite the reasoning of Black v.”
State v. Young, 523 P.2d 934 (Wash. 1974). “Presumably he refers to the fact that he would have been entitled to a de novo trial on appeal from justice court, under RCW 12.36.050, whereas on appeal from a superior court conviction he was entitled only to a review based upon the record.”
Springer v. Dep't of Licensing, 604 P.2d 994 (Wash. Ct. App. 1979). · cites it 2× “) RCW 12.36.050 further provides that "the superior court shall .”
Hatfield v. State, Dept. of Licensing, 947 P.2d 269 (Wash. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “4 RCW 12.36.050; see City of Camas v. Kiggins, 120 Wash.”
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