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Chapter 9.94A RCW
Sentencing Reform Act of 1981
Applicable to Crimes Committed From May 9, 2001 to May 13, 2001

050901_051301


RCW 9.94A.2009
Legal financial obligations -- Wage assignments -- Recovery of costs, attorneys' fees.

In any action to enforce legal financial obligations under this chapter, the prevailing party is entitled to a recovery of costs, including an award for reasonable attorneys' fees. An obligor may not be considered a prevailing party under this section unless the obligee has acted in bad faith in connection with the proceeding in question.

[1989 c 252 ยง 17. Recodified in 2001 as RCW 9.94A.7709.]

NOTES:

Purpose -- Prospective application -- Effective dates -- Severability -- 1989 c 252: See notes following RCW 9.94A.030.

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