Washington Code 8.12.440 – Bond owner may enforce collection
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If the city shall fail, neglect, or refuse to pay said bonds or to promptly collect any such assessments when due, the owner of any such bonds may proceed in his or her own name to collect such assessment and foreclose the lien thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction, and shall in addition to the principal of such bonds and interest thereon, recover five percent of such sum, together with the costs of such suit. Any number of owners of such bonds for any single improvement may join as plaintiffs and any number of owners of the property on which the same are a lien may be joined as defendants in such suit.
NOTES:
Rules of court: CR 17 through 25.
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
Terms Used In Washington Code 8.12.440
- city: when used in this chapter, means and includes every city and town and each unclassified city and town in the state of Washington. See Washington Code 8.12.010
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.