Revised Code of Washington
Wash. Rev. Code § 4.60.070 (2026)
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The statement must be presented to the superior court or a judge thereof, and if the same be found sufficient, the court or judge shall indorse thereon an order that judgment be entered by the clerk; whereupon it may be filed in the office of the clerk, who shall enter a judgment for the amount confessed, with costs. Execution may be issued and enforced thereon in the same manner as upon judgments in other cases.
[Code 1881 s 297; 1877 p 61 s 301; 1869 p 73 s 299; RRS s 419.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1998–2024 · leading case: In Re Est. of Kerr, 949 P.2d 810 (Wash. 1998).
In Re Est. of Kerr, 949 P.2d 810 (Wash. 1998). “The judgment was presented pursuant to RCW 4.60.070 and based on the Court's order awarding attorneys' fees and costs which is attached hereto as Exhibit A.”
Bennett v. Ruegg, 134 Wash. 2d 328 (Wash. 1998). “The judgment was presented pursuant to RCW 4.60.070 and based on the Court’s order awarding attorneys’ fees and costs which is attached hereto as Exhibit A.”
Copper Leaf, Llc, V. Ace Paving Co. Inc., 553 P.3d 111 (Wash. Ct. App. 2024). “The confession must “state concisely the facts out of which the indebtedness arose, and shall show that the sum confessed to be due, is justly due or to become due.”
Adkisson v. Epik Holdings Inc (W.D. Wash. 2024). “]” 5 Wash. Rev. Code § 4.60.070 (emphasis added).”
Robert Smith, V. Brian Heberling (Wash. Ct. App. 2024). “142 (1895), establishes that a confessed judgment that does not adhere to RCW 4.60.070 is void. As Smith correctly notes, Puget Sound predates CR 60 and all of the law construing it.”
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