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Free Legal Help If you are located inside King County, call the 211 Legal Referral and Information Hotline Monday through Friday 8 a.m.?6 p.m. If you are located outside King County, call CLEAR toll-free at 888-201-1014 Monday through Friday a.m.? p.m.

Where a party, whether resident or nonresident, has an attorney in the action, the service of papers shall be upon the attorney instead of the party.

You can hire a professional process server, or you can ask a friend to hand-deliver the papers to your spouse. If you use a process server, they must complete a Proof of Service form after your spouse has been served and submit it to the courts. Keep a copy of the Proof of Service for your records.

In order to defend against this lawsuit, you must respond to the complaint by stating your defense in writing, and by serving a copy upon the person signing this summons within 20 days after the service of this summons, excluding the day of service, or a default judgment may be entered against you without notice.

Many Washington State courts have a public access terminal in the courthouse where you can view JIS public record case information such as an index of filed cases and a list of documents filed in each case. Contact your local court to see if they have a public access terminal.

Notice of Appearance. A Notice of Appearance does not need to be filed by an attorney appearing on behalf of a client; the act of using an ECF account to docket a pleading creates the attorney/party association within ECF and ensures that the attorney will receive electronic notice of all activity in that case.