RULE 8.4
           SERVICE, FILING, AND SIGNING OF PAPERS

    (a) Service: When Required. Except as otherwise provided in these
rules, every order required by its terms to be served, every pleading
subsequent to the original complaint or citation and notice, every paper
relating to discovery required to be served upon a party unless the court
otherwise orders, every written motion other than one which may be heard ex
parte, and every written notice, appearance, demand, application,
designation of record on appeal, and similar paper shall be served upon
each of the parties.
    (b) Service: How Made.
    (1) On Lawyer or Party. Whenever under these rules service is required
or permitted to be made upon a party represented by a lawyer the service
shall be made upon the lawyer unless service upon the party is ordered by
the court. Service upon the lawyer or upon a party shall be made by
delivering a copy to the person or by mailing it to the persons last known
address. Delivery of a copy within this rule means: handing it to the
lawyer or to the party; or leaving it at the persons office with a clerk or
other person in charge thereof; or, if there is no one in charge, leaving
it in a conspicuous place therein; or, if the office is closed or the
person to be served has no office, leaving it at the persons dwelling house
or usual place of abode with some person of suitable age and discretion
then residing therein.
    (2) Service by Mail.
    (i) How Made. CRLJ 5(b)(2)(i) shall govern service by mail.
    (ii) Proof of Service by Mail. Proof of service by mail may be by
affidavit or certification, under RCW 9A.72.085 or any law amendatory
thereof, of the person who mailed the papers, or by written acknowledgment
of service.
    (c) Filing With Court. The complaint or citation and notice shall be
filed as in rule 2.1. All other pleadings required to be served upon a
party shall be filed with the court pursuant to CRLJ 5(e).
    (d) Bar Association Membership Number. All pleadings, motions, and
legal memoranda signed by an attorney shall include the attorneys
Washington State Bar Association membership number in the signature block.
    (e) Filing by Facsimile. (Reserved. See GR 17--Facsimile Transmission.)