Revised Code of Washington
Wash. Rev. Code § 7.16.200 (2026)
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On the return of the alternative, or the day on which the application for the writ is noticed, the party on whom the writ or notice has been served may show cause by answer, under oath, made in the same manner as an answer to a complaint in a civil action.
[ 1895 c 65 s 20; RRS s 1018.]
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Cited in 3
cases, 1975–2003 · leading case: Eugster v. City of Spokane, 118 Wash. App. 383 (Wash. Ct. App. 2003).
Eugster v. City of Spokane, 118 Wash. App. 383 (Wash. Ct. App. 2003). “Further, as discussed below, some of these issues have already been raised and resolved in other litigation. In any event, a brief discussion is warranted.”
Eugster v. City of Spokane, 76 P.3d 741 (Wash. Ct. App. 2003). “Further, as discussed below, some of these issues have already been raised and resolved in other litigation. In any event, a brief discussion is warranted.”
Chief Seattle Props., Inc. v. Kitsap Cnty., 541 P.2d 699 (Wash. 1975). “on which the application for the writ is noticed, the party on whom the writ or notice has been served may show cause by answer, under oath, made in the same manner as an answer to a complaint in a civil action.”
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