Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 4.16.250 (2026)

Disability must exist when right of action accrued

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No person shall avail himself or herself of a disability unless it existed when his or her right of action accrued.

[ 2011 c 336 s 87; Code 1881 s 42; 1877 p 10 s 43; 1854 p 365 s 16; RRS s 174.]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2008–2008 · leading case: Rivas v. Overlake Hosp. Med. Ctr., 189 P.3d 753 (Wash. 2008).

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Rivas v. Overlake Hosp. Med. Ctr., 189 P.3d 753 (Wash. 2008). “the time of such *756 disability shall not be a part of the time limited for the commencement of action.”

Rivas v. Overlake Hosp. Med. Ctr., 164 Wash. 2d 261 (Wash. 2008). “the time of such disability shall not be a part of the time limited for the commencement of action.”

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