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RCW 59.12.120: Judgment by default.

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Washington Code › Title 59 › Chapter 12 › Section 120

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If on the date appointed in the summons the defendant does not appear or answer, the court shall render judgment in favor of the plaintiff as prayed for in the complaint.

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