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Wash. Rev. Code § 4.84.170

Costs against state or county

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In all actions prosecuted in the name and for the use of the state, or in the name and for the use of any county, and in any action brought against the state or any county, and on all appeals to the supreme court or the court of appeals of the state in all actions brought by or against either the state or any county, the state or county shall be liable for costs in the same case and to the same extent as private parties.
[ 1971 c 81 s 22; 1959 c 62 s 1; Code 1881 s 522; 1877 p 110 s 526; 1854 p 203 s 384; RRS s 491.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1953–2023 · leading case: Thurston County v. Gorton
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Thurston County v. Gorton (1975) wash · cites it 11× “In addition to reimbursement, the County seeks an order directing the respondent agencies to pay all filing and service of process costs generated by future habitual traffic offender actions.”
Weiss v. Bruno (1974) wash · cites it 2× “RCW 4.84.170. Taxable costs to private parties *917 in the appellate courts include clerks' fees in the superior and appellate courts; costs of statements of fact and transcripts; attorneys' fees in the amount of twenty-five dollars; and actual costs of briefs and bond premiums.”
State v. Sizemore (1987) washctapp · cites it 2× “Commissioner Mullen granted statutory attorney fees in the amount of $125, pursuant to RCW 4.84.170. The commissioner also ruled that the record before him was insufficient to determine if the prosecutor's conduct constituted bad faith.”
McLeary v. Department of Game (1979) wash · cites it 2× “RCW 4.84.170. 2 The statute was amended to provide for such liability in 1959.”
State v. Agren (1983) washctapp · cites it 2× “The County relies on RCW 4.84.170, State v. Rutledge, supra, and Thurston Cy.”
State v. Howard (1986) wash “*46 Because there is currently no statute governing the payment of appointed counsel, we have been asked to analogize to RCW 4.84.170, the costs statute. This statute awards costs against the governmental unit for the use of which an action was brought.”
Silvernail v. County of Pierce (1972) wash · cites it 2× “The liability of both state and counties for costs is expressed in RCW 4.84.170. We have already met the question of the liability of the state for interest under RCW 4.”
State Ex Rel. Carroll v. Gatter (1953) wash “RCW 4.84.170] provides: “In all actions prosecuted in the name and for the use of the state, .”
Clark v. Seiber (1956) wash · cites it 2× “RCW 4.84.170 provides: “In all actions prosecuted in the name and for the use of the state, .”
Lewis County v. Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board (2002) washctapp “Sess., ch. 32, § 11. Thus, if a county other than Thurston was aggrieved by a GMHB’s final order, it would incur a filing fee not with its own clerk, but with the Thurston County clerk.”
Lewis County v. W. WA. GMHB (2002) washctapp “Laws 1991, Special Session, Chapter 32, section 11. Thus, if a county other than Thurston was aggrieved by a GMHB's final order, it would incur a filing fee not with its own clerk, but with the Thurston County clerk.”
Commercial Waterway District No. 1 v. State (1957) wash “(2d) 708 , we held that costs cannot be assessed against the state except where the action is “prosecuted in the name and for the use of the state,” (see RCW 4.84.170), and cited Washington Recorder Pub.”
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