<div dir="ltr"><div>Look at RCW Chapter 5.50.</div><div>I am still sorting my way through this but it looks like they just took this out of Chapter 9A and put it into Chapter 5.50.</div><div>It was part of Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6028 passed in 2020 and effective 6/11/2020.<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 8:37 AM <<a href="mailto:jcrspicatto@gmail.com">jcrspicatto@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Effective July 1, 2021, RCW 9A.72.085 stops being effective. This part of<br>
the perjury statute authorizes the unsworn statement signed with the "I<br>
declare under penalty of perjury ." language to be admitted as testimony in<br>
court without notarization. As this is simpler than notarizing a witness<br>
statement to self-authenticate a will, I've relied on this perjury statute<br>
for years and had no trouble getting such self-authentication clauses<br>
accepted by Washington judges in probate proceedings. Starting July 1st,<br>
what happens? Do self-authentication clauses authorized by RCW 11.20.020(2)<br>
need to be notarized to be accepted as testimony, as was the case before<br>
9A.72.085 was adopted?<br>
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Jenny Rydberg, JD<br>
206-550-5491<br>
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"The vote is precious. It is almost sacred. It is the most powerful<br>
non-violent tool we have in a democracy." - John Lewis<br>
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