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                            RULE 14.1.
                 Citation to Unpublished Opinions


(a) Washington Court of Appeals.  A party may not cite as an
authority an unpublished opinion of the Court of Appeals.
Unpublished opinions of the Court of Appeals are those opinions
not published in the Washington Appellate Reports.

(b) Other Jurisdictions.  A party may cite as an authority an
opinion designated "unpublished," "not for publication," "non-
precedential," "not precedent," or the like that has been issued
by any court from a jurisdiction other than Washington state,
only if citation to that opinion is permitted under the law of
the jurisdiction of the issuing court.  The party citing the
opinion shall file and serve a copy of the opinion with the
brief or other paper in which the opinion is cited.

[Adopted effective September 1, 2007.]
	

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