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Wash. Rev. Code § 7.04A.010 (2026)

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The definitions set forth in this section apply throughout this chapter.
(1) "Arbitration organization" means a neutral association, agency, board, commission, or other entity that initiates, sponsors, or administers arbitration proceedings or is involved in the appointment of arbitrators.
(2) "Arbitrator" means an individual appointed to render an award in a controversy between persons who are parties to an agreement to arbitrate.
(3) "Authenticate" means:
(a) To sign; or
(b) To execute or adopt a record by attaching to or logically associating with the record, an electronic sound, symbol, or process with the intent to sign the record.
(4) "Court" means a court of competent jurisdiction in this state.
(5) "Knowledge" means actual knowledge.
(6) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, or government; governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; public corporation; or any other legal or commercial entity.
(7) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
[ 2005 c 433 s 1.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases, 2009–2020 · leading case: Marcus & Millichap Real Est. Inv. Servs. of Seattle, Inc. v. Yates, Wood & MacDonald, Inc., 369 P.3d 503 (Wash. Ct. App. 2016).
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Marcus & Millichap Real Est. Inv. Servs. of Seattle, Inc. v. Yates, Wood & MacDonald, Inc., 369 P.3d 503 (Wash. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “” RCW 7.04A.010(7). A signed agreement is not required.”
Anthony Healy v. Seattle Rugby, Llc, 476 P.3d 583 (Wash. Ct. App. 2020). “Arbitration is a specific mode of litigation, in which an arbitrator, defined by statute as an “individual appointed to render an award in a controversy between persons who are parties to an agreement to arbitrate,” RCW 7.”
Optimer Int'l, Inc. v. RP Bellevue, LLC, 170 Wash. 2d 768 (Wash. 2011). “11 of the Lease that the arbitrator’s decision is “final and nonappealable and enforceable” constitute a voluntary and knowing waiver of judicial review under RCW 7.04A.010 et seq. and therefore there is no right to appeal.”
Optimer Intern, Inc. v. Rp Bellevue, LLC, 214 P.3d 954 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009). “" [3] The Uniform Arbitration Act adopted in 2000 by the Uniform Law Commission must be distinguished from the first Uniform Arbitration Act adopted in 1956. Although the recently adopted uniform act is formally titled The Uniform Arbitration Act (2000), it is referred to in the…”
Optimer Int'l, Inc. v. RP Bellevue, LLC, 151 Wash. App. 954 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009). “the Lease that the Arbitrator’s decision is ‘final and nonappealable and enforceable’ constitutes a voluntary and knowing waiver of judicial review under RCW 7.04A.010 et seq. and therefore there is no right to appeal.”
Rimov v. Schultz, 253 P.3d 462 (Wash. Ct. App. 2011). “" RCW 7.04A.010(7). Since there is a written record here, we review that record to determine whether the agreement of the parties fell within RCW 7.”
Rimov v. Schultz, 162 Wash. App. 274 (Wash. Ct. App. 2011). “” RCW 7.04A.010(7). Since there is a written record here, we review that record to determine whether the agreement of the parties fell within RCW 7.”
Henne v. City of Yakima, 313 P.3d 1188 (Wash. Ct. App. 2013). “010(3); RCW 7.04A.010(6); RCW 23B.01.400(23); RCW 70.”
Optimer Intern., Inc. v. Rp Bellevue, LLC, 246 P.3d 785 (Wash. 2011). “11 of the Lease that the arbitrator's decision is "final and nonappealable and enforceable" constitute a voluntary and knowing waiver of judicial review under RCW 7.04A.010 et seq. and therefore there is no right to appeal.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 7.04A.010(2) — 1 case
Anthony Healy v. Seattle Rugby, Llc, 476 P.3d 583 (Wash. Ct. App. 2020). “Arbitration is a specific mode of litigation, in which an arbitrator, defined by statute as an “individual appointed to render an award in a controversy between persons who are parties to an agreement to arbitrate,” RCW 7.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 7.04A.010(6) — 1 case
Henne v. City of Yakima, 313 P.3d 1188 (Wash. Ct. App. 2013). “010(3); RCW 7.04A.010(6); RCW 23B.01.400(23); RCW 70.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 7.04A.010(7) — 3 cases
Marcus & Millichap Real Est. Inv. Servs. of Seattle, Inc. v. Yates, Wood & MacDonald, Inc., 369 P.3d 503 (Wash. Ct. App. 2016). “” RCW 7.04A.010(7). A signed agreement is not required.”
Rimov v. Schultz, 253 P.3d 462 (Wash. Ct. App. 2011). “" RCW 7.04A.010(7). Since there is a written record here, we review that record to determine whether the agreement of the parties fell within RCW 7.”
Rimov v. Schultz, 162 Wash. App. 274 (Wash. Ct. App. 2011). “” RCW 7.04A.010(7). Since there is a written record here, we review that record to determine whether the agreement of the parties fell within RCW 7.”
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