{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-63.30.610","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 63.30.610","heading":"Evidence of unpaid debt or undischarged obligation.","body":"(1) A record of a putative holder showing an unpaid debt or undischarged obligation is prima facie evidence of the debt or obligation.\n(2) A putative holder may establish by a preponderance of the evidence that there is no unpaid debt or undischarged obligation for a debt or obligation described in subsection (1) of this section or that the debt or obligation was not, or no longer is, a fixed and certain obligation of the putative holder.\n(3) A putative holder may overcome prima facie evidence under subsection (1) of this section by establishing by a preponderance of the evidence that a check, draft, or similar instrument was:\n(a) Issued as an unaccepted offer in settlement of an unliquidated amount;\n(b) Issued but later was replaced with another instrument because the earlier instrument was lost or contained an error that was corrected;\n(c) Issued to a party affiliated with the issuer;\n(d) Paid, satisfied, or discharged;\n(e) Issued in error;\n(f) Issued without consideration;\n(g) Issued but there was a failure of consideration;\n(h) Voided within a reasonable time after issuance for a valid business reason set forth in a contemporaneous record; or\n(i) Issued but not delivered to the third-party payee for a sufficient reason recorded within a reasonable time after issuance.\n(4) In asserting a defense under this section, a putative holder may present evidence of a course of dealing between the putative holder and the apparent owner or of custom and practice.","path":["Title 63","Chapter 63.30"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=63.30.610","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:42:16Z","sha256":"c0565983a8c8a20cb8ba9408b8d6ce5cac1fac17167909d6d4a40b0daa09b4eb","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-63.30.600","next":"us-wa/rcw-63.30.620"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}