HB 1361: Updating process service requirements.
Signed into law: Chapter 40, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Hill
- Introduced
- January 17, 2025
- Status
- C 40 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (April 11, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Revises service of process requirements for claims against corporations and companies by modifying terms and allowing service on represented entities in accordance with the Washington Uniform Business Organizations Code. Repeals provisions governing service of process on corporations without an officer in Washington. Revises service of process requirements for claims against nonresident motorists by reformatting the governing section and modifying provisions that authorize substitute service on the Secretary of State.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 5, 202597 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 2, 202549 yea · 0 nay
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