§ 1334. Judgment; exception
(a) Any liability for contributions, payments, penalties, interest, and costs imposed
under this chapter becomes, from the time the liability is due and payable, a debt
of the liable employer or employing unit to the State for the benefit of the Unemployment
Compensation Fund and the Contingent Fund to be recovered in a civil action.
(b) The Commissioner may file in the Superior Court for the county in which the employer
resides, or the Washington Superior Court if the employer is a nonresident, a certified
copy of an assessment for contributions from which an appeal has not been taken within
the time allowed. The court, after due notice to all interested parties shall summarily
render a final judgment in accordance with the assessment. The judgment shall have
the same effect, and all proceedings in relation to the judgment shall be the same,
as though the judgment had been rendered in an action duly heard and determined by
the court, provided, however, there shall not be an appeal from the judgment except
on matters of law heard and determined in the court.
(c) When an assessment has been made under section 1330 of this subchapter from which
a timely appeal has not been taken or when any appeal taken has been finally determined
under sections 1331 and 1332 of this subchapter, the Commissioner may, as an additional
or alternate remedy to other remedies and proceedings authorized by this chapter,
issue a warrant directed to the sheriff of any county of this State. The warrant shall
command the sheriff to levy upon and sell the real and personal property of any person
liable for unpaid contributions, payments, interest, penalties, and costs due under
this chapter, for payment of the amount due and the cost of executing the warrant,
and to return the warrant to the Commissioner and to pay the Commissioner the money
collected by virtue of the warrant within 60 days after receipt of the warrant. The
sheriff shall within five days after receipt of the warrant file with the county clerk
a copy of the warrant, and the clerk shall then enter in the judgment docket the name
of the person liable, the amount of the contributions, payments, interest, penalties,
and costs for which the warrant is issued and the date when the copy is filed. The
levy and sale shall be effected in the manner prescribed for levy of execution. If
a warrant is returned not fully satisfied, the Commissioner may issue new warrants
for the balance due in accordance with the procedure set forth in this subsection. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. March 1, 1961; 1961, No. 210, § 15, eff. July 11, 1961; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 1977, No. 64, § 15; 2023, No. 85 (Adj. Sess.), § 191, eff. July 1, 2024.)