Wash. Rev. Code » Title 4 · Chapter 4.84
Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 4.84.060 (2025)

Costs to defendant

✓ laws through the 2025 session: 2026 session laws are not yet included
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section WA-LEGapp.leg.wa.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar
In all cases where costs and disbursements are not allowed to the plaintiff, the defendant shall be entitled to have judgment in his or her favor for the same.
[ 2011 c 336 s 122; Code 1881 s 510; 1877 p 109 s 514; 1869 p 123 s 462; 1854 p 202 s 372; RRS s 479.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1997–2023 · leading case: Kohfeld v. United Pac. Ins., 931 P.2d 911 (Wash. Ct. App. 1997).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Kohfeld v. United Pac. Ins., 931 P.2d 911 (Wash. Ct. App. 1997). “Kohfeld voluntarily incurred trial expenses, nothing in Kenworthy precludes the award of costs under RCW 4.84.060. Because we affirm the trial court’s decisions, we need not address United Pacific’s alternative assignment of error to the court’s denial of its motion for setoff…”
Kohfeld v. United Pac. Ins. Co., 931 P.2d 911 (Wash. Ct. App. 1997). “Because we affirm the trial court's decisions, we need not address United Pacific's alternative assignment of error to the court's denial of its motion for setoff in computing the arbitration award. Affirmed. GROSSE and AGID, JJ.”
In the Matter of the Guardianship of: Donald Raymond Mitchell, No. 34236-1 (Wash. Ct. App. May 9, 2023). · cites it 6× “RCW 4.84.060: “Defendant” eligibility for costs When a cost statute’s prevailing party determination does not depend on receipt of an affirmative judgment, the determination turns on “whether the claimant meets the conditions of the specific statute” that authorizes the costs.”
Eric Bacolod v. DOC, No. 53368-5 (Wash. Ct. App. Aug. 11, 2020). · cites it 3× “010 and RCW 4.84.060. The DOC further argues that Bacolod has waived any objection to these costs because he did not object or file a motion to reconsider the costs.”
Tsion Yoseph v. Nancy Leonardi, No. 80906-7 (Wash. Ct. App. Nov. 9, 2020). “1(a), RCW 4.84.060, RCW 4.84.080, and RCW 4.28.”
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.