AGO Opinion Topics: GARNISHMENT FEE

(1) The two dollar garnishment answer fee required by RCW 12.32.020 is not applicable to justice courts organized under chapter 299, Laws of 1961. (2) The one dollar and fifty cent law library fee authorized by RCW 27.24.070 is not applicable to justice courts organized under chapter 299, Laws of 1961.

Rule 64 of the civil rules for courts of limited jurisdiction promulgated by the state supreme court on July 1, 1963, is applicable to all courts of limited jurisdiction inferior to superior courts including those courts organized pursuant to chapter 299, Laws of 1961 (the 1961 justice court act).  Therefore chapter 12.32 RCW should be deemed to govern garnishment actions in all such inferior courts.