Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 4.12.060 (2026)

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If the motion for a change of the place of trial be allowed, the change shall be made to the county where the action ought to have been commenced, if it be for the cause mentioned in RCW 4.12.030(1), and in other cases to the most convenient county where the cause alleged does not exist. Neither party shall be entitled to more than one change of the place of trial, except for causes not in existence when the first change was allowed.

[Code 1881 s 52; 1877 p 12 s 53; 1869 p 14 s 53; RRS s 210.]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 2014–2015 · leading case: Ralph v. Dep't of Nat. Resources, 343 P.3d 342 (Wash. 2014).

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Ralph v. Dep't of Nat. Resources, 343 P.3d 342 (Wash. 2014). · cites it 4× “030(1) and RCW 4.12.060 as part of a single scheme under the heading “venue.”

Porter v. Boisso, 354 P.3d 892 (Wash. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 3× “Where a motion for change of venue on the basis that the action has been brought in the wrong county is allowed, “the change shall be made to the county where the action ought to have been commenced.”

Ralph v. Dep't of Nat. Res. (Wash. 2014). · cites it 4× “030(1) and RCW 4.12.060 as part of a single scheme under the heading "venue.”

Kevin Porter v. Nathaniel Boisso (Wash. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 3× “" RCW 4.12.060. As our Supreme Court recently observed in Ralph, "RCW 4.”

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