RCW 26.60.050
Termination -- Records -- Fees. (Effective
unless E2SSB 5688 is approved at the November 2009 election under
Referendum Measure 71.)
(1) Parties to a state registered
domestic partnership meeting the conditions in RCW 26.60.055 may
terminate the relationship without filing a petition under
chapter 26.09 RCW by filing with the secretary a notice of
termination of the state registered domestic partnership and an
affidavit stating the parties meet the conditions in RCW 26.60.055 and paying the filing fee established pursuant to
subsection (5) of this section.
(2) The state registered domestic partnership shall be
terminated effective ninety days after the date of filing the
notice of termination and payment of the filing fee.
(3) Upon receipt of a signed, notarized notice of
termination, and the filing fee, the secretary shall register the
notice of termination and provide a certificate of termination of
the state registered domestic partnership to each party named on
the notice. The secretary shall maintain a record of each notice
of termination filed with the secretary and each certificate of
termination issued by the secretary. The secretary shall provide
the state registrar of vital statistics with records of
terminations of state registered domestic partnerships, except
for those state registered domestic partnerships terminated under
subsection (4) of this section.
(4) A state registered domestic partnership is automatically
terminated if, subsequent to the registration of the domestic
partnership with the secretary, the parties enter into a marriage
to each other that is recognized as valid in this state.
(5) The secretary shall set by rule and collect a reasonable
fee for filing the declaration, calculated to cover the
secretary's costs, but not to exceed fifty dollars. Fees
collected under this section are expressly designated for deposit
in the secretary of state's revolving fund established under RCW 43.07.130.
[2008 c 6 § 1002; 2007 c 156 § 6.]