Revised Code of Washington
Wash. Rev. Code § 35.44.220 (2026)
Procedure on appeal—Bond
✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases:
SyfertCases citing this section
WA-LEGapp.leg.wa.gov
JustiaTitle on Justia
CornellLII Search
CasesGoogle Scholar
At the time of filing the notice of appeal with the clerk of the superior court, the appellant shall execute and file with him or her a sufficient bond in the penal sum of two hundred dollars, with at least two sureties to be approved by the judge of the court, conditioned to prosecute the appeal without delay and, if unsuccessful, to pay all reasonable costs and expenses which the city or town incurs by reason of the appeal. Upon application therefor, the court may order the appellant to execute and file such additional bonds as the necessity of the case may require.
[ 2009 c 549 s 2078; 1971 ex.s. c 116 s 3; 1969 ex.s. c 258 s 8; 1965 c 7 s 35.44.220. Prior: 1957 c 143 s 4; prior: 1911 c 98 s 22, part; RRS s 9374, part.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1984–1985 · leading case: Patchell v. City of Puyallup, 682 P.2d 913 (Wash. Ct. App. 1984).
Patchell v. City of Puyallup, 682 P.2d 913 (Wash. Ct. App. 1984). “The Patchells filed a notice of appeal from the assessment, but they did not simultaneously file an appeal bond with the county clerk as required by RCW 35.44.220, and they failed to file within 10 days a transcript of the administrative record as required by RCW 35.”
First Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n v. City of West Richland, 39 Wash. App. 401 (Wash. Ct. App. 1985). “The City contends it is entitled to costs and attorney fees pursuant to RCW 35.44.220. RCW 35.44.220 provides in part: At the time of filing the notice of appeal with the clerk of the superior court, the appellant shall execute and file with him a sufficient bond in the penal…”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.