The Washington rule stack
Which text governs your question, in which order — every layer loaded verbatim or honestly marked absent.
The Washington Constitution
Art. I § 10's open administration of justice; art. I § 21's inviolate jury (nine or more may return the civil verdict). The damages-cap history lives here (Sofie — pointer).
→ read a unit from this layerThe Revised Code of Washington
The statutes — limitations, THE 90-DAY COMMENCEMENT TRAP (RCW 4.16.170), mandatory arbitration (RCW 7.06), UPEPA, the claim standstill. The certified RCW Archive is the official publication; the compilation is current through July 15, 2026.
→ read a unit from this layerThe statewide court rules (CR · ER · RAP · GR and siblings)
Court-promulgated, loaded rule-by-rule from the judiciary's own PDFs. Where a rule and a statute govern the same procedure, the courts' rulemaking power is the classic tiebreak — a legal judgment, flagged not decided.
→ read a unit from this layerTHE PENDING-AMENDMENT OVERLAY
Adopted orders effective September 1, 2026 (RAP 10.3 · RAP 17.3 · GR 7 · GR 30 · NEW GR 44 · CR 4.1 · ER 904 + the RAP capital set) and GR 9 on January 1, 2027 — ledgered, bannered, and gate-enforced.
→ read a unit from this layerLocal court rules (GR 7)
Each superior/district court's book — and GR 7(d) makes the CLERK's set the official record; the web copies are the judiciary's convenience publication. 47 books loaded; the county registry says the rest plainly.
→ read a unit from this layerThe federal rim
W.D. Wash. + E.D. Wash. local civil rules (whole books) and the Ninth Circuit (shared with the Arizona build).
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