Unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, the following words and phrases as hereinafter used in this chapter shall have the following meanings:
RCW 19.16.100
Application- 2020 c 30: "This act applies prospectively only and not retroactively. It applies with respect to delinquent or charged off claims purchased for collection purposes by a debt buyer on or after June 11, 2020." [2020 c 30§ 5.]
Effective date- 2013 c 148§§ 1 and 3 : "Sections 1 and 3 of this act take effect October 1, 2013." [2013 c 148§ 4.]