Revised Code of Washington
Wash. Rev. Code § 48.01.150 (2026)
Particular provisions prevail
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Provisions of this code relating to a particular kind of insurance or a particular type of insurer or to a particular matter prevail over provisions relating to insurance in general or insurers in general or to such matter in general.
[1947 c 79 s .01.15; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 45.01.15.]
Notes of Decisions
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cases, 1994–2020 · leading case: Bailey v. Allstate Ins. Co., 869 P.2d 1110 (Wash. Ct. App. 1994).
Bailey v. Allstate Ins. Co., 869 P.2d 1110 (Wash. Ct. App. 1994). “291’s 20-day rule, it broadened the types of policies that fall under that statute. RCW 48 also contains its own rule for interpretation, expressly providing that provisions relating to a particular kind of insurance prevail over provisions relating to insurance in general.”
Gomez v. Life Ins. Co. of North Am., 928 P.2d 1153 (Wash. Ct. App. 1997). “12 RCW 48.01.150. See Bailey v. Allstate Ins.”
Washington Cities Ins. Auth. v. Ironshore Indem. Inc (W.D. Wash. 2020). “Thus, under RCW 48.01.150, Ironshore contends that 20 these more specific provisions prevail over the arbitration provision in RCW 48.”
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