WAC 242-02-710   Failure to attend -- Default or dismissal -- Setting aside.  (1) When a party to a proceeding has, after proper notice, failed to attend a hearing or any other matter before a board or presiding officer, a motion for default or dismissal may be sought by any party to the case or raised by a board upon its own motion or by a presiding officer. Any order granting the motion shall include a statement of the grounds for the order and shall be served upon all parties to the case.

     (2) Within seven days after service of the default order or dismissal under subsection (1) of this section, the party against whom the order was entered may file a written objection requesting that the order be vacated and stating the specific grounds relied upon. The board may, for good cause, set aside an order of dismissal or default.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 36.70A.270(7). 97-04-008, § 242-02-710, filed 1/24/97, effective 3/1/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 36.70A.270(6). 92-21-034, § 242-02-710, filed 10/15/92, effective 10/15/92.]