Washington Statutes
§ 60.24.140 — Pleadings by defendant—Amendments—Hearing.
Washington § 60.24.140
This text of Washington § 60.24.140 (Pleadings by defendant—Amendments—Hearing.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Washington primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Bluebook
Wash. Rev. Code § 60.24.140 (2026).
Text
If the defendant or defendants appear in a suit to enforce any lien provided by this chapter, he, she, or they shall make their answer on the merits of the complaint, and any motion or demurrer against the said complaint must be filed with the answer; and no motion shall be allowed to make complaint more definite and certain, if it appear to the court that the defendant or defendants have or should have knowledge of the facts, or that it can be made more certain and definite by facts which will appear necessarily in the testimony; but the case, unless the court sustains the demurrer to the complaint, shall be heard on the merits as speedily as possible, and amendments of the pleadings, if necessary, shall be liberally allowed.
Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI
Legislative History
[2012 c 117 s 141;1893 c 132 s 13; RRS s 1174.]
Nearby Sections
15
§ 60.04.011
Definitions.§ 60.04.021
Lien authorized.§ 60.04.031
Notices—Exceptions.§ 60.04.041
Contractor registration.§ 60.04.051
Property subject to lien.§ 60.04.061
Priority of lien.§ 60.04.071
Release of lien rights.§ 60.04.081
Frivolous claim—Procedure.§ 60.04.091
Recording—Time—Contents of lien.§ 60.04.101
Separate residential units—Time for filing.§ 60.04.111
Recording—Fees.§ 60.04.121
Lien—Assignment.§ 60.04.131
Claims—Designation of amount due.§ 60.04.141
Lien—Duration—Procedural limitations.Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
Washington § 60.24.140, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/wa/60.24.140.