Wash. R. Evid. 804

(a) Definition of Unavailability. "Unavailability as a witness" includes situations in

which the declarant:

(1) Is exempted by ruling of the court on the ground of privilege from testifying concerning

the subject matter of the declarant's statement; or

(2) Persists in refusing to testify concerning the subject matter of the declarant's statement

despite an order of the court to do so; or

(3) Testifies to a lack of memory of the subject matter of the declarant's statement; or

(4) Is unable to be present or to testify at the hearing because of death or then existing

physical or mental illness or infirmity; or

(5) Is absent from the hearing and the proponent of the statement has been unable to

procure the declarant's attendance (or in the case of a hearsay exception under subsection (b)(2),

(3), or (4), the declarant's attendance or testimony) by process or other reasonable means.

(6) A declarant is not unavailable as a witness if the exemption, refusal, claim of lack of

memory, inability, or absence is due to the procurement or wrongdoing of the proponent of a

statement for the purpose of preventing the witness from attending or testifying.

(b) Hearsay Exceptions. The following are not excluded by the hearsay rule if the

declarant is unavailable as a witness:

(1) Former Testimony. Testimony given as a witness at another hearing of the same or a

different proceeding, or in a deposition taken in compliance with law in the course of the same or

another proceeding, if the party against whom the testimony is now offered, or, in a civil action

or proceeding, a predecessor in interest, had an opportunity and similar motive to develop the

testimony by direct, cross, or redirect examination.

(2) Statement Under Belief of Impending Death. In a trial for homicide or in a civil action

or proceeding, a statement made by a declarant while believing that the declarant's death was

imminent, concerning the cause or circumstances of what the declarant believed to be the

declarant's impending death.

(3) Statement Against Interest. A statement which was at the time of its making so far

contrary to the declarant's pecuniary or proprietary interest, or so far tended to subject the

declarant to civil or criminal liability, or to render invalid a claim by the declarant against

another, that a reasonable person in the declarant's position would not have made the statement

unless the person believed it to be true. In a criminal case, a statement tending to expose the

declarant to criminal liability is not admissible unless corroborating circumstances clearly

indicate the trustworthiness of the statement.

(4) Statement of Personal or Family History. (i) A statement concerning the declarant's

own birth, adoption, marriage, divorce, legitimacy, relationship by blood, adoption, or marriage,

ancestry, or other similar fact of personal or family history, even though declarant had no means

of acquiring personal knowledge of the matter stated; or (ii) a statement concerning the foregoing

matters, and death also, of another person, if the declarant was related to the other by blood,

adoption, or marriage or was so intimately associated with the others family as to be likely to

have accurate information concerning the matter declared.

(5) Other Exceptions. [Reserved.]

(6) Forfeiture by wrongdoing. A statement offered against a party that has engaged

directly or indirectly in wrongdoing that was intended to, and did, procure the unavailability of

the declarant as a witness.