Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 2.60 · 4 active provisions
As used in this chapter:(1) The term "certificate procedure" shall mean the procedure authorized herein by which a federal court in disposing of a cause pending before it submits a question of local law to the supreme court for answer;(2) The term "federal court" means any court of the United States of America includin…
When in the opinion of any federal court before whom a proceeding is pending, it is necessary to ascertain the local law of this state in order to dispose of such proceeding and the local law has not been clearly determined, such federal court may certify to the supreme court for answer the question of local law involv…
Certificate procedure shall be governed by the following provisions:(1) Certificate procedure may be invoked by a federal court upon its own motion or upon the motion of any interested party in the litigation involved if the federal court grants such motion.(2) Certificate procedure shall include and be based upon the…
This act may be cited as the "federal court local law certificate procedure act."