RULE 13
              USE OF UNSWORN STATEMENT IN LIEU
                        OF AFFIDAVIT

    (a) Unsworn Statement Permitted. Except as provided in section
    (b) whenever a matter is required or permitted to be supported or
proved by affidavit, the matter may be supported or proved by an unsworn
written statement, declaration, verification, or certificate executed in
accordance with RCW 9A.72.085. The certification or declaration may be in
substantially the following form:

    I certify (or declare) under penalty of perjury under the laws of the
State of Washington that the foregoing is true and correct:
________________________________     _________________________________
         (Date and Place)                        (Signature)

    (b) Exceptions. This rule does not apply to writings requiring an
acknowledgment, oaths of office, or oaths required to be taken before a
special official other than a notary public.


[Adopted effective September 1, 1989.]