{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-65.16.040","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 65.16.040","heading":"Legal publications to be approved—Order of approval.","body":"Sixty days from and after the date *this act becomes effective, a legal newspaper for the publication of any advertisement, notice, summons, report, proceeding, or other official document now or hereafter required by law to be published, shall be a newspaper which has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the superior court of the county in which such newspaper is published. Such order may be entered without notice upon presentation of a petition by or on behalf of the publisher, setting forth the qualifications of the newspaper as required by *this act, and upon evidence satisfactory to the court that such newspaper is so qualified.","path":["Title 65","Chapter 65.16"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=65.16.040","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:41:49Z","sha256":"5086b510acf0735005db5eaa91b24251d4c4bb669a406a3ef3bc2a81075ecb89","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-65.16.030","next":"us-wa/rcw-65.16.050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}