{"id":535,"date":"2018-01-25T12:40:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T04:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trainingpips.com\/?page_id=535"},"modified":"2018-12-20T12:00:01","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T20:00:01","slug":"ps-101-chapter-5-article-5-on-a-railroad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/trainingpips.com\/ps-101-a-course-outline\/ps-101-chapter-5-chapter-outline-service-of-the-summons\/ps-101-chapter-5-article-5-on-a-railroad\/","title":{"rendered":"PS 101 &#8211; Chapter 5 &#8211; Article 5 &#8211; On a Railroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nolwrap\"><p><span style=\"color: #004500;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/rcw\/default.aspx?cite=4.28.080\">RCW 4.28.080(4)<\/a><br \/>\nIf against a railroad corporation, to any station, freight, ticket or other agent thereof within this state.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the past, when railroads were decentralized and less automated, an agent could be found in almost every city and town where the railroad had a station. This is no longer the case. Many stations, especially for railroads moving freight, no longer have agents assigned to them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The structure of these corporations has changed but this statute has not. Fortunately, the statute does allow for service via any &#8220;other agent thereof&#8221; and railroads, as with most corporations, are required to maintain registered agents so service is generally straight forward by leaving the summons with the person designated as such.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Finally, there is a rather interesting distinction in this paragraph of the statute. There is a requirement that the service be presented to an agent of the railroad <strong>within this state<\/strong>. The supreme court has enforced this rule to the dismay of a process server who happened to serve the documents across the state line in Idaho.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff4500;\"><u><strong>Service Instructions Summary<\/strong><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Present the documents to:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"600\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Who<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>When &amp; Where<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A station agent<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Anytime Anywhere<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A freight agent<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Anytime Anywhere<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A ticket agent<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Anytime Anywhere<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Any other agent of the railroad*<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Anytime Anywhere<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">*The railroad may have a registered agent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">NOTE: Extreme caution should be used if someone, not fitting these descriptions, says they have been \u201cauthorized\u201d to accept service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><script>\n                            if (window.qmn_quiz_data === undefined) {\n                                    window.qmn_quiz_data = new Object();\n                            }\n                    <\/script><p>This quiz is for logged in users only.<\/p><br><form name=\"qsm-login-form\" id=\"qsm-login-form\" action=\"https:\/\/trainingpips.com\/wp-login.php\" method=\"post\"><input id=\"learndash-login-form\" type=\"hidden\" name=\"learndash-login-form\" value=\"ac99fcac60\" \/><p class=\"login-username\">\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"user_login\">Username or Email Address<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" autocomplete=\"username\" class=\"input\" value=\"\" size=\"20\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/p><p class=\"login-password\">\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" autocomplete=\"current-password\" spellcheck=\"false\" class=\"input\" value=\"\" size=\"20\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/p><p class=\"login-remember\"><label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label><\/p><p class=\"login-submit\">\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button button-primary\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"https:\/\/trainingpips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/535\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/p><\/form><script>window.qmn_quiz_data[\"32\"] = {\"quiz_id\":\"32\",\"quiz_name\":\"PS 101 C5 A5\",\"disable_answer\":\"0\",\"ajax_show_correct\":\"0\",\"progress_bar\":0,\"contact_info_location\":\"0\",\"qpages\":[],\"skip_validation_time_expire\":0,\"timer_limit_val\":0,\"disable_scroll_next_previous_click\":0,\"disable_scroll_on_result\":0,\"disable_first_page\":0,\"enable_result_after_timer_end\":0,\"enable_quick_result_mc\":1,\"end_quiz_if_wrong\":0,\"form_disable_autofill\":0,\"disable_mathjax\":0,\"enable_quick_correct_answer_info\":0,\"quick_result_correct_answer_text\":\"Correct! 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