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Code · Washington · Title 59 — Landlord and Tenant · Chapter 59.12

RCW 59.12.120

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If on the date appointed in the summons the defendant does not appear or answer, the court shall render judgment in favor of the plaintiff as prayed for in the complaint.
[ 1989 c 342 s 2 ; 1891 c 96 s 13 ; RRS s 822. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1891 c 96 s 14 now codified as RCW 59.12.121 .]
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Effective date — 1989 c 342: See RCW 59.18.911 .
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