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Wash. Rev. Code § 4.16.130 (2026)

Action for relief not otherwise provided for

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An action for relief not hereinbefore provided for, shall be commenced within two years after the cause of action shall have accrued.
[Code 1881 s 33; 1877 p 9 s 32; 1854 p 364 s 7; RRS s 165.]

Notes:

Limitation of action to recover taxes paid: RCW 84.68.060.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 114 cases (26 in the last 5 years), 1952–2026 · leading case: Wallace v. Lewis Cnty., 137 P.3d 101 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006).
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Wallace v. Lewis Cnty., 137 P.3d 101 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 7× “RCW 4.16.130; White v. King County, 103 Wash.”
Wallace v. Lewis Cnty., 134 Wash. App. 1 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 7× “RCW 4.16.130; White v. King County, 103 Wash.”
Silver v. Rudeen Mgmt. Co., Inc., 484 P.3d 1251 (Wash. 2021). · cites it 5× “Rudeen filed a CR 12(c) motion to dismiss the complaint, arguing that the two-year catchall statute of limitations, RCW 4.16.130, should apply and that the limitations period had expired because Silver filed the complaint more than two years after the cause of action had accrued.”
Johnson v. State Dept. of Corr., 265 P.3d 216 (Wash. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 10× “550(6) applies or whether, in the alternative, RCW 4.16.130’s general two-year “catchall” statute of limitations applies because, even under RCW 4.”
Belenski v. Jefferson Cnty., 378 P.3d 176 (Wash. 2016). · cites it 4× “The Court of Appeals dismissed this claim as time barred under the two year statute of limitations in RCW 4.16.130. ¶2 At issue is which statute of limitations applies to Belenski’s PRA claim and whether the applicable statute renders his claim time barred.”
State v. LG Elec., Inc., 375 P.3d 636 (Wash. 2016). · cites it 3× “080(2), or the even broader catchall two-year limitations period for “[a]n action for relief not hereinbefore provided,” RCW 4.16.130. Suppl. Br. of Pet’rs at 13-14.”
Stenberg v. Pac. Power & Light Co., 709 P.2d 793 (Wash. 1985). · cites it 4× “Both plaintiffs, in a consolidated appeal, challenge a trial court's dismissal or partial dismissal of their cases by summary judgment pursuant to RCW 4.16.130, the 2-year "catchall" statute of limitation.”
Jerry Hoang v. Bank of Am., N.A., 910 F.3d 1096 (9th Cir. 2018). “]” Wash. Rev. Code § 4.16.130 . In similar contexts, the Supreme Court previously determined that catchall statutes were not substantively analogous and declined to borrow them.”
Seattle Prof'l Eng'g Employees Ass'n v. Boeing Co., 991 P.2d 1126 (Wash. 2000). · cites it 2× “Finally, the parties disagree about the applicable statute of limitations for WMWA claims. The employees argue the three-year statute of limitations of RCW 4.”
Lewis v. Lockheed Shipbuilding & Constr. Co., 676 P.2d 545 (Wash. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 3× “The *609 trial court, however, granted Lockheed's motion to dismiss on the ground that Lewis' claim was barred by the 2-year statute of limitations, RCW 4.16.130. RCW 49.60, the Washington Law Against Discrimination, does not have its own statute of limitations.”
Thompson v. Wilson, 175 P.3d 1149 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 3× “080(5) is not applicable because this is not an action in liability; and (2) no general statute of limitations applies to this "special proceeding.”
Wolfe v. Dep't of Transp., 293 P.3d 1244 (Wash. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 3× “*306 ¶10 RCW 4.16.130 prescribes a two-year statute of limitations for actions asserting negligent injury to real property.”
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