# Washington — Process server licensing and bond requirements by US state — who must be licensed to serve legal papers, and the dollar bond or insurance figure the statute sets, quoted from the statute itself

For Washington, when regulation applies is Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a person who serves legal process for a fee in the state of Washington shall: (a) Be eighteen years of age or older; (b) Be a resident of the state of Washington; and (c) Register as a process server with the auditor of the county in which the process server resides or operates his or her principal place of business; statute is RCW 18.180.010, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Washington _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **When regulation applies:** Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a person who serves legal process for a fee in the state of Washington shall: (a) Be eighteen years of age or older; (b) Be a resident of the state of Washington; and (c) Register as a process server with the auditor of the county in which the process server resides or operates his or her principal place of business. _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute:** RCW 18.180.010 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a person who serves legal process for a fee in the state of Washington shall: (a) Be eighteen years of age or older; (b) Be a resident of the state of Washington; and (c) Register as a process server with the auditor of the county in which the process server resides or operates his or her principal place of business.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### When regulation applies

> (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a person who serves legal process for a fee in the state of Washington shall: (a) Be eighteen years of age or older; (b) Be a resident of the state of Washington; and (c) Register as a process server with the auditor of the county in which the process server resides or operates his or her principal place of business.

### Statute

> RCW 18.180.010 Requirements for process servers—Exceptions.

## Source

- https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=18.180.010

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2028-09-01.
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