The definitions in this section apply throughout this title unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

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Terms Used In Washington Code 6.01.060

  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
(1) “Certified mail” includes, for mailings to a foreign country, any form of mail that requires or permits a return receipt.
(2) “Consumer debt” means any obligation or alleged obligation of a consumer to pay money arising out of a transaction in which the money, property, insurance, or services which are the subject of the transaction are primarily for personal, family, or household purposes. Consumer debt includes medical debt.
(3) “Medical debt” has the same meaning as provided in RCW 19.16.100.
(4) “Private student loan” means any loan not guaranteed by the federal or state government that is used solely for personal use to finance postsecondary education and costs of attendance at an educational institution. A private student loan includes a loan made solely to refinance a private student loan. A private student loan does not include an extension of credit made under an open-end consumer credit plan, a reverse mortgage transaction, a residential mortgage transaction, or any other loan that is secured by real property or a dwelling.
(5) “Public auction sale by electronic media” has the same meaning as provided in RCW 36.16.145.

NOTES:

FindingIntent2021 c 122: See note following RCW 2.32.050.
FindingsIntentShort title2018 c 199: See notes following RCW 67.08.100.
Severability1988 c 231: See note following RCW 6.01.050.