The jurisdiction covered by RCW 3.66.020 shall not extend to the following civil actions:

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Terms Used In Washington Code 3.66.030

  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
(1) Actions involving title to real property;
(2) Actions for the foreclosure of a mortgage or enforcement of a lien on real estate;
(3) Actions for false imprisonment, libel, slander, malicious prosecution, criminal conversation, or seduction; and
(4) Actions against an executor or administrator as such.