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Wash. Rev. Code § 60.40.020 (2026)

Proceedings to compel delivery of money or papers

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When an attorney refuses to deliver over money or papers, to a person from or for whom he or she has received them in the course of professional employment, whether in an action or not, he or she may be required by an order of the court in which an action, if any, was prosecuted, or if no action was prosecuted, then by order of any judge of a court of record, to do so within a specified time, or show cause why he or she should not be punished for a contempt.
[ 2012 c 117 s 152; Code 1881 s 3287; 1863 p 406 s 13; RRS s 137.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1976–2007 · leading case: King Cnty. v. Seawest Inv. Assocs., LLC, 141 Wash. App. 304 (Wash. Ct. App. 2007).
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King Cnty. v. Seawest Inv. Assocs., LLC, 141 Wash. App. 304 (Wash. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 5× “[ 11 ] ¶11 Seawest further argues that RCW 60.40.020 and 60.40.030 must be read together because prior to codification they were not separated into sections.”
King Cnty. v. Seawest Inv. Assocs., LLC, 170 P.3d 53 (Wash. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 5× “[11] ¶ 11 Seawest further argues that RCW 60.40.020 and 60.40.030 must be read together because prior to codification they were not separated into sections.”
Krein v. Nordstrom, 908 P.2d 889 (Wash. Ct. App. 1995). “RCW 60.40.020 provides: Proceedings to compel delivery of money or papers.”
Peter Schroeder Architects v. City of Bellevue, 920 P.2d 1216 (Wash. Ct. App. 1996). “2 Attorney Fees Schroeder requests attorney fees pursuant to RCW 60.40.020. That statute deals with proceedings to compel the delivery of money or papers held by an attorney and is not relevant to this case.”
Crane Co. v. Paul, 548 P.2d 337 (Wash. Ct. App. 1976). “The mandate of (CPR) DR 9-102 is that an attorney promptly pay or deliver to his client funds “which the client is entitled to receive.”
Krein v. Nordstrom, 908 P.2d 889 (Wash. Ct. App. 1996). “" RCW 60.40.020 provides: "Proceedings to compel delivery of money or papers.”
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