Revised Code of Washington (RCW) (Last Updated: August 9, 2016) |
Title 12. DISTRICT COURTS—CIVIL PROCEDURE |
Chapter 12.08. Pleadings. |
Section 12.08.120. Setoff—Pleading.
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- To entitle a defendant to any setoff he or she may have against the plaintiff, he or she must allege the same in his or her answer; and the statutes regulating setoffs in the superior court, shall in all respects be applicable to a setoff in a justice's court, if the amount claimed to be setoff, after deducting the amount found due to the plaintiff, be within the jurisdiction of the justice of the peace; judgment may, in like manner, be rendered by the justice in favor of the defendant, for the balance found due the plaintiff.NOTES:Reviser's note: Justices of the peace and courts to be construed to mean district judges and courts: See RCW 3.30.015.