Washington State Court Discovery -- Interrogatories
WASHINGTON STATE COURT INTERROGATORIES
Before you use this: Tailor each question to the pleaded issues and any discovery limit or order in this case. Under CR 5(i), interrogatories ordinarily are served on the other party's attorney, if represented, and are not filed with the court unless used in a proceeding or trial or the court orders filing.
Superior Court of Washington, County of [COUNTY]
| Party | Role |
|---|---|
| [PLAINTIFF NAME] | Plaintiff |
| v. | |
| [DEFENDANT NAME] | Defendant |
Case No.: [CASE NUMBER]
[REQUESTING PARTY]'S FIRST INTERROGATORIES TO [RESPONDING PARTY]
To: [RESPONDING PARTY'S ATTORNEY / UNREPRESENTED PARTY AND SERVICE ADDRESS]
Under CR 33, [REQUESTING PARTY] serves the following interrogatories on [RESPONDING PARTY]. Each question seeks nonprivileged information relevant to the subject matter of this action under CR 26(b), subject to any applicable court discovery limits.
Answer time and form: Serve separate, full written answers under oath, or reasons for an objection in place of an answer, within 30 days after service of these interrogatories. A defendant may serve answers or objections within 40 days after service of the summons and complaint on that defendant. The parties may stipulate or seek court action concerning an objection or failure to answer. The person answering signs the answers; the attorney making an objection signs it. CR 33(a). If answering on separate pages, identify each question and subpart answered there.
Relevant period: [START DATE] to [END DATE], unless a question states a narrower period. "You" means [RESPONDING PARTY]. "The event" means [IDENTIFY SPECIFIC EVENT OR TRANSACTION].
Interrogatories
Interrogatory No. 1. State [RESPONDING PARTY]'s full legal name and principal address, or, for an entity, its legal name, organizational form, principal office, and the name and role of the person answering these interrogatories.
Answer or objection: [________________________________]
[________________________________]
Interrogatory No. 2. Identify the persons whom you know to have information about [SPECIFIC ISSUE], and state the subject of each person's knowledge.
Answer or objection: [________________________________]
[________________________________]
Interrogatory No. 3. State the facts you contend support [IDENTIFY PARTICULAR ALLEGATION OR DEFENSE BY PLEADING AND PARAGRAPH].
Answer or objection: [________________________________]
[________________________________]
Interrogatory No. 4. Identify the communications between [NAMED PEOPLE OR ENTITIES] concerning [SPECIFIC SUBJECT] during [DATE RANGE], stating each communication's date, participants, and subject.
Answer or objection: [________________________________]
[________________________________]
Interrogatory No. 5. Identify the documents on which you rely for [SPECIFIC CONTENTION], stating the document's date, title or description, and present custodian.
Answer or objection: [________________________________]
[________________________________]
Interrogatory No. 6. Describe what [RESPONDING PARTY] did on [DATE OR DATE RANGE] in connection with [THE EVENT], identifying the people involved.
Answer or objection: [________________________________]
[________________________________]
Interrogatory No. 7. State the amount of [SPECIFIC CLAIMED LOSS OR PAYMENT], how you calculated it, and the facts and records on which the calculation rests.
Answer or objection: [________________________________]
[________________________________]
Interrogatory No. 8. Identify each person who participated in [SPECIFIC DECISION OR ACT], and state that person's role.
Answer or objection: [________________________________]
[________________________________]
Interrogatory No. 9. State the facts supporting your contention that [IDENTIFIED CONTRACT TERM OR OTHER LAW] applied to [SPECIFIC CONDUCT OR EVENT].
Answer or objection: [________________________________]
[________________________________]
Interrogatory No. 10. State [ADDITIONAL PARTICULAR QUESTION TIED TO A CLAIM OR DEFENSE].
Answer or objection: [________________________________]
[________________________________]
CR 33(c) permits an answer by identifying business records, including ESI, and offering reasonable access when the answer can be derived from those records and the burden of deriving it is substantially the same for both parties. The records must be specified in enough detail for the requesting party to locate and identify them. CR 26(e) requires seasonable supplementation or correction of a response with later acquired information.
Requesting party's signature
Dated: [__/__/____]
[ATTORNEY OR UNREPRESENTED PARTY SIGNATURE]
[PRINTED NAME], [WSBA NUMBER IF APPLICABLE]
[ADDRESS]
[PHONE] | [EMAIL]
For [REQUESTING PARTY]
Responding party's oath and signatures (if answering on this copy)
I, [ANSWERING PERSON], declare under oath that the answers I give above are true to the best of my knowledge and information. [COMPLETE OATH BEFORE AN AUTHORIZED OFFICER]
Person answering: [SIGNATURE] Date: [__/__/____]
Attorney signing objections, if any: [SIGNATURE] Date: [__/__/____]
Certificate of service
I certify that on [__/__/____], I served these interrogatories on [RECIPIENT NAME], [ATTORNEY FOR PARTY / UNREPRESENTED PARTY], at [SERVICE ADDRESS] by the method checked below:
☐ Hand delivery to [PERSON AND PLACE].
☐ U.S. mail, postage prepaid, deposited at [POST OFFICE / LOCATION], addressed to [FULL ADDRESS].
☐ Electronic transmission to [ADDRESS] at [TIME], with written consent dated [DATE] or local court rule [RULE] authorizing this method. I did not learn that the attempted service failed to reach the recipient.
Server's signature: [SIGNATURE]
Printed name: [NAME]
Date: [__/__/____]
Sources and references
About this template
- Last updated
- October 5, 2026
- Citations checked
- October 5, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Washington
- Category
- Litigation & Court Documents
Legal authority
- Washington Superior Court Civil Rule 33(a)
- Washington Superior Court Civil Rule 33(b)
- Washington Superior Court Civil Rule 33(c)
- Washington Superior Court Civil Rule 26(b)(1)
- Washington Superior Court Civil Rule 26(e)
- Washington Superior Court Civil Rule 26(g)
- Washington Superior Court Civil Rule 5(b)(1)
- Washington Superior Court Civil Rule 5(b)(2)
- Washington Superior Court Civil Rule 5(b)(7)
- Washington Superior Court Civil Rule 5(i)
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Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on October 5, 2026.
Washington Superior Court Civil Rule 33(a) (checked October 5, 2026): "Interrogatories shall be so arranged that after each separate question there shall appear a blank space reasonably calculated to enable the answering party to place the written response."
Washington Superior Court Civil Rule 33(b) (checked October 5, 2026): "Interrogatories may relate to any matters which can be inquired into under rule 26(b), and the answers may be used to the extent permitted by the Rules of Evidence."
Washington Superior Court Civil Rule 33(c) (checked October 5, 2026): "Where the answer to an interrogatory may be derived or ascertained from the business records, including electronically stored information, of the party upon whom the interrogatory has been served or from an examination, audit or inspection of such business records, or from a compilation, abstract or summary based thereon, and the burden of deriving or ascertaining the answer is substantially the same for the party serving the interrogatory as for the party served, it is sufficient answer to such interrogatory to specify the records from which the answer may be derived or ascertained and to afford to the party serving the interrogatory reasonable opportunity to examine, audit or inspect such records and to make copies, compilations, abstracts or summaries."
Washington Superior Court Civil Rule 26(b)(1) (checked October 5, 2026): "Parties may obtain discovery regarding any matter, not privileged, which is relevant to the subject matter involved in the pending action, whether it relates to the claim or defense of the party seeking discovery or to the claim or defense of any other party"
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