Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Washington

Re: Inactive civil lawsuit

In Washington State, if there has been absolutely no activity by either party for a year, the clerk on their own motion can dismiss the case.

There are lots of exceptions to this rule.

You can look at the court file; there will be a case scheduling order in some counties that requires certain entries to be made by certain dates. If the case scheduling order is not followed, the case can be dismissed.

Not always though. Sorry to be so vague, just trying to answer your question.

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