{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-12.08.120","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 12.08.120","heading":"Setoff—Pleading.","body":"To entitle a defendant to any setoff he or she may have against the plaintiff, he or she must allege the same in his or her answer; and the statutes regulating setoffs in the superior court, shall in all respects be applicable to a setoff in a justice's court, if the amount claimed to be setoff, after deducting the amount found due to the plaintiff, be within the jurisdiction of the justice of the peace; judgment may, in like manner, be rendered by the justice in favor of the defendant, for the balance found due the plaintiff.","path":["Title 12","Chapter 12.08"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=12.08.120","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T01:01:52Z","sha256":"4689997140e0e2cafd6282843cea7e58a970da4b313ccf94429698714ce69f50","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-12.08.110","next":"us-wa/rcw-12.12.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}