WA · rules
Wash. R. App. P. Form 18
Motion
(Rule 17.3(a))
No. (appellate court)
(SUPREME COURT or COURT OF APPEALS,
DIVISION_____)
OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
(Title of trial court proceeding )
with parties designated as in ) MOTION FOR (identity
rule 3.4 ) relief sought)
1. IDENTITY OF MOVING PARTY
(Name), (designation of moving party, for example:
"Appellant" or "Assignee of Respondent's interest in the
judgment being reviewed") asks for the relief designated in
Part 2.
2. STATEMENT OF RELIEF SOUGHT
(State the relief sought, for example: "Substitution of
John Doe as respondent in place of Alvin Jones".)
3. FACTS RELEVANT TO MOTION
(Here state facts relevant to motion with reference to or
copies of parts of the record relevant to the motion. For
example: "Alvin Jones, plaintiff, obtained a judgment against
defendant, Henry Hope (Judgment, CP 17). Alvin Jones
assigned the judgment to John Doe after defendant filed his
Notice of Appeal. A true copy of the assignment is attached.
Defendant did not assert a counterclaim against plaintiff in the
trial court".)
4. GROUNDS FOR RELIEF AND ARGUMENT
[Here state the grounds for the relief sought with
authority and supporting argument. For example: “RAP 3.2(a)
authorizes substitution of parties when the interest of a party in
the subject matter of the review has been transferred.
Substitution should be granted here as defendant has no claim
against plaintiff-respondent and respondent no longer has an
interest in the judgment which is the subject matter of this
appeal”.]
[If the petition is prepared using word processing
software, include the following statement: This document
contains words, excluding the parts of the document
exempted from the word count by RAP 18.17.]
(Date)
Respectfully submitted,
_____________________________________
Signature
Attorney for (Appellant, Respondent, or Petitioner)
(Name, personal pronouns (optional), address, telephone
number, and Washington State Bar Association
membership number of attorney)
History
[Adopted effective July 1, 1976; Amended effective September 1, 1994; September 1, 2021; June 27, 2023.]
Provenance
- Source
- www.courts.wa.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-16
- Edition
- 2026-09-16
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