Washington Code 6.44.060 – Asserting and defending foreign-money claim
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(1) A person may assert a claim in a specified foreign money. If a foreign-money claim is not asserted, the claimant makes the claim in United States dollars.
Terms Used In Washington Code 6.44.060
- Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
- person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
(2) An opposing party may allege and prove that a claim, in whole or in part, is in a different money than that asserted by the claimant.
(3) A person may assert a defense, set-off, recoupment, or counterclaim in any money without regard to the money of other claims.
(4) The determination of the proper money of the claim is a question of law.
[ 1991 c 153 § 6.]