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2.28.090 | Powers of inferior judicial officers. | Every other judicial officer may, within the county, city, district, or precinct in which he or she is chosen: (1) Exercise the powers mentioned in RCW 2.28.080 (1) through (3); (2) Exercise any other power and perform any other duty conferred or imposed upon him or her by other statute.
[ 2011 c 336 s 41 ; 1891 c 54 s... |
2.28.100 | Legal holidays—No court—Exceptions. | No court shall be open, nor shall any judicial business be transacted, on a legal holiday, except: (1) To give, upon their request, instructions to a jury when deliberating on their verdict; (2) To receive the verdict of a jury; (3) For the exercise of the powers of a magistrate in a criminal action, or in a proceeding... |
2.28.110 | Legal holiday—Sitting deemed adjourned. | If any legal holiday happens to be a day appointed for the sitting of a court or to which it is adjourned, such sitting shall be deemed appointed for or adjourned to the next day which is not a legal holiday.
[ 1927 c 51 s 3 ; RRS s 65. Prior: 1891 c 41 s 3 .] |
2.28.120 | Proceedings may be adjourned from time to time. | A court or judicial officer has power to adjourn any proceeding before it or him or her from time to time, as may be necessary, unless otherwise expressly provided by law.
[ 2011 c 336 s 43 ; 1891 c 54 s 10 ; RRS s 66.] |
2.28.130 | Proceeding not to fail for want of judge or session of court. | No proceeding in a court of justice in any action, suit, or proceeding pending therein, is affected by a vacancy in the office of any or all of the judges, or by the failure of a session of the court.
[ 1891 c 49 s 2 ; RRS s 67.]
Rules of court: Section superseded by CR 6(c). See comment by court after CR 6(c). |
2.28.139 | County to furnish courthouse. | The county in which the court is held shall furnish the courthouse, a jail or suitable place for confining prisoners, books for record, stationery, lights, wood, attendance, and other incidental expenses of the courthouse and court which are not paid by the United States.
[Code 1881 s 2111; 1869 p 421 s 10 ; 1863 p 425... |
2.28.140 | Court rooms. | If the proper authority neglects to provide any superior court with rooms, furniture, fuel, lights and stationery suitable and sufficient for the transaction of its business and for the jury attending upon it, if there be one, the court may order the sheriff to do so, at the place within the county designated by law fo... |
2.28.141 | County commissioners to provide temporary quarters. | Until proper buildings are erected at a place fixed upon for the seat of justice in any county, it shall be the duty of the county commissioners to provide some suitable place for holding the courts of such county.
[Code 1881 s 2688; 1854 p 423 s 23 ; RRS s 4035.] |
2.28.150 | Implied powers—Proceeding when mode not prescribed. | When jurisdiction is, by the Constitution of this state, or by statute, conferred on a court or judicial officer all the means to carry it into effect are also given; and in the exercise of the jurisdiction, if the course of proceeding is not specifically pointed out by statute, any suitable process or mode of proceedi... |
2.28.160 | Judge pro tempore—Compensation—Reimbursement for subsistence, lodging and travel expenses—Affidavit to court. | Whenever a judge serves as a judge pro tempore the payments for subsistence, lodging, and compensation pursuant to RCW 2.04.250 and 2.06.160 as now or hereafter amended shall be paid only for time actually spent away from the usual residence and abode of such pro tempore judge and only for time actually devoted to sitt... |
2.28.200 | Signage concerning assaults in court facilities during court proceedings. | (1) Signage shall be posted notifying the public of the possible enhanced penalties under chapter 256, Laws of 2013. (2) The signage shall be prominently displayed at any public entrance to a courtroom. (3) The administrative office of the courts shall develop a standard signage form notifying the public of the possibl... |
2.28.210 | Court consultation of judicial information system—Disclosure to parties. | (1) Before granting an order under any of the following titles of the laws of the state of Washington, the court may consult the judicial information system or any related databases, if available, to determine criminal history or the pendency of other proceedings involving the parties: (a) Granting any temporary or fin... |
2.28.300 | Definitions—Immigration enforcement and civil arrests. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this section and RCW 2.28.310 through 2.28.330 unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Civil arrest" means the arrest of a person for an alleged violation of civil law. It is not an arrest for an alleged violation of criminal law, or for contempt of the court... |
2.28.310 | Immigration and citizenship information—Federal immigration authorities. | (1) Judges, court staff, court security personnel, prosecutors, and personnel of the prosecutor's office: (a) Shall not inquire into or collect information about an individual's immigration or citizenship status, or place of birth, unless there is a connection between such information and an investigation into a violat... |
2.28.320 | Law enforcement actions in court facilities—Completion of information form—Notice to court staff. | (1) The governmental entity responsible for the security of a court facility, using the form described in subsection (2) of this section, shall collect the name of the law enforcement officer, agency, date, time, specific law enforcement purpose, and the proposed law enforcement action to be taken by all on-duty state ... |
2.28.330 | Privilege from civil arrest—Court facilities. | (1) No person is subject to civil arrest while going to, remaining at, or returning from, a court facility, except: (a) Where such arrest is pursuant to a court order authorizing the arrest; (b) When necessary to secure the immediate safety of judges, court staff, or the public; or (c) Where circumstances otherwise per... |
2.28.340 | Applicability of courts open to all act. | RCW 2.28.300 through 2.28.330 apply to the following courts: The supreme court, the courts of appeal, the superior courts, and to the courts of limited jurisdiction of this state, including district and municipal courts.
[ 2020 c 37 s 6 .]
Findings — Short title — 2020 c 37: See notes following RCW 2.28.300 . |
2.30.010 | Findings—Scope of therapeutic court programs. | (1) The legislature finds that judges in the trial courts throughout the state effectively utilize what are known as therapeutic courts to remove a defendant's or respondent's case from the criminal and civil court traditional trial track and allow those defendants or respondents the opportunity to obtain treatment ser... |
2.30.020 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Emerging best practice" or "promising practice" means a program or practice that, based on statistical analyses or a well- established theory of change, shows potential for meeting the evidence-based or res... |
2.30.030 | Therapeutic courts authorized—Establishment of processes—Determination of eligibility—Persons not eligible—Use of best practices—Dependency matters—Foreign law limitations. | (1) Every trial and juvenile court in the state of Washington is authorized and encouraged to establish and operate therapeutic courts. Therapeutic courts, in conjunction with the government authority and subject matter experts specific to the focus of the therapeutic court, develop and process cases in ways that depar... |
2.30.040 | Funding—Federal funding—Use of state moneys. | Jurisdictions may seek federal funding available to support the operation of its therapeutic court and associated services and must match, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, state moneys allocated for therapeutic courts with local cash or in-kind resources. Moneys allocated by the state may be used to supplement, not suppla... |
2.30.050 | Courts authorized to work cooperatively. | Individual trial courts are authorized and encouraged to establish multijurisdictional partnerships and/or interlocal agreements under RCW 39.34.180 to enhance and expand the coverage area of the therapeutic court. Specifically, district and municipal courts may work cooperatively with each other and with the superior ... |
2.30.060 | Authorization for therapeutic courts existing on July 24, 2015. | Any therapeutic court meeting the definition of therapeutic court in RCW 2.30.020 and existing on July 24, 2015, continues to be authorized.
[ 2015 c 291 s 7 .]
Conflict with federal requirements — 2015 c 291: See note following RCW 2.30.010 . |
2.30.100 | Early childhood court programs—Authorized. | (1)(a) A superior court may establish an early childhood court program to serve the needs of infants and toddlers who are under the age of six at the time the case enters the program and dependent pursuant to chapter 13.34 RCW. (b) An early childhood court program is a therapeutic court as defined in this chapter that ... |
2.30.110 | Early childhood court programs—Judicial officer training. | (1) Judicial officers who preside over early childhood court program hearings shall participate in required trainings, as follows: (a) An initial, eight-hour training program that can include the topic areas of: (i) The benefits to infants and toddlers of secure attachment with primary caregivers; (ii) A trauma-informe... |
2.30.120 | Early childhood court programs—Evaluation—Provision of assistance. | (1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the administrative office of the courts shall perform, or contract for, an evaluation of the early childhood court program to ensure the quality, accountability, and fidelity of the programs' evidence-based treatment. Any evaluation of t... |
2.30.130 | Early childhood court programs—Transitional provision. | Any early childhood court program in operation as of July 25, 2021, shall have until January 1, 2022, to adjust its practices to comply with RCW 2.30.100 and 2.30.110 .
[ 2021 c 285 s 5 .]
Findings — 2021 c 285: See note following RCW 2.30.100 . |
2.32.050 | Powers and duties of court clerks. | The clerk of the supreme court, each clerk of the court of appeals, and each clerk of a superior court, has power to take and certify the proof and acknowledgment of a conveyance of real property, or any other written instrument authorized or required to be proved or acknowledged, and to administer oaths in every case ... |
2.32.070 | Fees—Supreme court clerk, clerks of court of appeals. | The clerk of the supreme court and the clerks of the court of appeals shall collect the following fees for their official services: Upon filing his or her first paper or record and making an appearance, the appellant or petitioner shall pay to the clerk of said court a docket fee of two hundred fifty dollars. For copie... |
2.32.090 | Clerk not to practice law. | Each clerk of a court is prohibited during his or her continuance in office from acting, or having a partner who acts, as an attorney of the court of which he or she is clerk.
[ 2011 c 336 s 46 ; 1891 c 57 s 5 ; RRS s 81. Prior: Code 1881 s 2183; 1854 p 367 s 10 .]
Rules of court: SAR 16(3). |
2.32.110 | Reporter's duties. | He or she shall prepare such decisions for publication by giving the title of each case, a syllabus of the points decided, a brief statement of the facts bearing on the points decided, the names of the counsel, and a reference to such authorities as are cited from standard reports and textbooks that have a special bear... |
2.32.120 | Publication of reports. | The reports must be published under the supervision of the court, and to that end each of the judges must be furnished by the reporter with proof sheets of each volume thirty days before its final publication.
[ 1890 p 320 s 3 ; RRS s 11060.]
Rules of court: SAR 17.
Publication of supreme court opinions: State Constitu... |
2.32.130 | Correction by judges. | Within thirty days after such proof sheets are furnished, the judges must return the same to the reporter, with corrections or alterations, and he or she must make the corrections or alterations accordingly.
[ 2011 c 336 s 48 ; 1890 p 320 s 4 ; RRS s 11061.]
Rules of court: SAR 17. |
2.32.140 | Opinions available to reporter. | The reporter may take the original opinions and papers in each case from the clerk's office and retain them in his or her possession not exceeding sixty days.
[ 2011 c 336 s 49 ; 1890 p 320 s 5 ; RRS s 11062.] |
2.32.160 | Washington court reports commission. | There is hereby created a commission advisory to the supreme court regarding the publication of the decisions of the supreme court and court of appeals of this state in both the form of advance sheets for temporary use and in permanent form, to be known as the Washington court reports commission, and to include the rep... |
2.32.170 | Commission—Powers. | The commission shall make recommendations to the supreme court on matters pertaining to the publication of such decisions, in both temporary and permanent forms. The commission shall by July 1, 1997, develop a policy that ensures that if any material prepared pursuant to RCW 2.32.110 is licensed for resale, the materia... |
2.32.180 | Superior court reporters—Qualifications—Appointment—Terms—Oath and bonds. | It shall be and is the duty of each and every superior court judge in counties or judicial districts in the state of Washington having a population of over thirty-five thousand inhabitants to appoint, or said judge may, in any county or judicial district having a population of over twenty-five thousand and less than th... |
2.32.200 | Duties of official reporter. | It shall be the duty of each official reporter appointed under RCW 2.32.180 through 2.32.310 to attend every term of the superior court in the county or judicial district for which he or she is appointed, at such times as the judge presiding may direct; and upon the trial of any cause in any court, if either party to t... |
2.32.210 | Court reporter salaries—Expenses. | Each official reporter shall be paid such compensation as shall be fixed, after recommendation by the judges of the judicial district involved, by the legislative authority of the county comprising said judicial district, or by the legislative authorities acting jointly where the judicial district is comprised of more ... |
2.32.220 | Application to lesser judicial districts. | If the judge of the superior court in any judicial district having a total population of less than twenty-five thousand finds that the work in such district requires the services of an official court reporter he or she may appoint a person qualified under RCW 2.32.180 .
[ 2011 c 336 s 53 ; 1957 c 244 s 3 ; 1951 c 210 s... |
2.32.230 | One reporter for two lesser districts. | An official court reporter may be appointed to serve two or more judicial districts, each of which has a total population under twenty-five thousand, if the judges thereof so agree, and the salary of such official reporter shall be determined by the total population of all the judicial districts so served in accordance... |
2.32.240 | Transcript of testimony—Fee—Forma pauperis. | When a record has been taken in any cause as provided in RCW 2.32.180 through 2.32.310 , if the court, or either party to the suit or action, or his or her attorney, request a transcript, the official reporter employed by the court or other certified court reporter, or an authorized transcriptionist, shall make, or cau... |
2.32.250 | Transcript accorded verity. | The report of the official reporter employed by the court or other certified court reporter, or authorized transcriptionist, when transcribed and certified as being a correct transcript of the stenographic notes or electronically recorded testimony, or other oral proceedings had in the matter, shall be prima facie a co... |
2.32.260 | Notes of outgoing reporter may be transcribed—Effect. | When the official reporter who has taken notes in any cause, shall thereafter cease to be such official reporter, any transcript thereafter made by him or her therefrom, or made by any competent person under the direction of the court, and duly certified to by the person making the same, under oath, as a full, true and... |
2.32.270 | Reporter pro tempore. | In the event of the absence or inability of the official reporter to act, the presiding judge may appoint a competent stenographer to act pro tempore, who shall perform the same duties as the official reporter, and whose report when certified to, shall have the same legal effect as the certified report of the official ... |
2.32.280 | Reporter as amanuensis in counties with populations of one hundred twenty-five thousand or more. | In all counties or judicial districts, except in any county with a population of one hundred twenty-five thousand or more, such official reporter shall act as amanuensis to the court for which he or she is appointed.
[ 1991 c 363 s 3 ; 1957 c 244 s 5 ; 1943 c 69 s 5 ; 1913 c 126 s 9 ; Rem. Supp. 1943 s 42-9.]
Purpose —... |
2.32.290 | Court files accessible to reporter. | Official reporters or reporters pro tempore may, without order of court, upon giving a proper receipt therefor, procure at all reasonable hours from the office of the clerk of the court, any files or exhibits necessary for use in the preparation of statements of fact or transcribing portions of testimony or proceedings... |
2.32.300 | Office space. | Suitable office space shall be furnished the official reporter.
[ 1943 c 69 s 6 ; 1913 c 126 s 11 ; Rem. Supp. 1943 s 42-11.] |
2.32.310 | Other reporting service not precluded. | Nothing in this act or any other act or parts of acts or court rule shall be construed to preclude such official reporter from performing other and additional reporting service at any time when such service can be performed without conflict with or prejudice to the duties of the official reporter.
[ 1943 c 69 s 8 ; Rem... |
2.32.330 | Criers and bailiffs. | Every court of record shall have the power to appoint a crier and as many bailiffs as may be necessary for the orderly and expeditious dispatch of the business.
[ 1891 c 54 s 13 ; RRS s 11052.] |
2.32.360 | Compensation of superior court bailiffs. | Bailiffs of the several superior courts in this state, appointed by the respective judges thereof, shall be paid for their services such salary or per diem as shall be fixed and allowed by the board of county commissioners of the county in which they serve.
[ 1949 c 139 s 1 ; 1945 c 149 s 1 ; 1943 c 94 s 1 ; 1939 c 134... |
2.32.370 | Payment of compensation. | From time to time, the superior judge of the county shall certify the amount due any such bailiff, and order the payment thereof; and thereupon the county auditor shall issue to such bailiff a warrant on the county treasurer, payable out of the general fund [current expense fund], for the amount so certified.
[ 1891 c ... |
2.36.010 | Definitions. | Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Civil rights restored" means a person's right to vote has been automatically restored prior to reporting for jury service. (2) "Court" when used without further qualification means any superior court or co... |
2.36.020 | Kinds of juries. | There shall be three kinds of juries — (1) A grand jury. (2) A petit jury. (3) A jury of inquest.
[ 1891 c 48 s 2 ; RRS s 90.] |
2.36.050 | Juries in courts of limited jurisdiction. | In courts of limited jurisdiction, juries shall be selected and impaneled in the same manner as in the superior courts, except that a court of limited jurisdiction shall use the master jury list developed by the superior court to select a jury panel. Jurors for the jury panel may be selected at random from the populati... |
2.36.052 | Courts of limited jurisdiction—Performance of jury management activities by superior court authorized. | Pursuant to an agreement between the judge or judges of each superior court and the judge or judges of each court of limited jurisdiction, jury management activities may be performed by the superior court for any county or judicial district as provided by statute.
[ 1988 c 188 s 20 .]
Legislative findings — Severabilit... |
2.36.054 | Jury source list—Master jury list—Creation. | Unless otherwise specified by rule of the supreme court, the jury source list and master jury list for each county shall be created as provided by this section. (1) The superior court of each county, after consultation with the county clerk and county auditor of that jurisdiction, shall annually notify Washington techn... |
2.36.055 | Jury source list—Jury assignment areas—Master jury list—Compilation. | The superior court at least annually shall cause a jury source list to be compiled from a list of all registered voters and a list of licensed drivers and identicard holders residing in the county. In a county with more than one superior court facility and a separate case assignment area for each court facility, the ju... |
2.36.057 | Expanded jury source list—Court rules. | The supreme court is requested to adopt court rules regarding methodology and standards for merging the list of registered voters in Washington state with the list of licensed drivers and identicard holders in Washington state for purposes of creating an expanded jury source list. The rules should specify the standard ... |
2.36.0571 | Jury source list—Master jury list—Adoption of rules for implementation of methodology and standards by agencies. | The secretary of state, the department of licensing, and Washington technology solutions shall adopt administrative rules as necessary to provide for the implementation of the methodology and standards established pursuant to RCW 2.36.057 and 2.36.054 or by supreme court rule.
[ 2024 c 54 s 23 ; 2015 3rd sp.s. c 1 s 40... |
2.36.063 | Compilation of jury source list, master jury list, and selection of jurors by electronic data processing. | The judge or judges of the superior court of any county may employ a properly programmed electronic data processing system or device to compile the jury source list, and to compile the master jury list and to randomly select jurors from the master jury list.
[ 1993 c 408 s 6 ; 1988 c 188 s 5 ; 1973 2nd ex.s. c 13 s 1 .... |
2.36.065 | Judges to ensure random selection—Description of process. | It shall be the duty of the judges of the superior court to ensure continued random selection of the master jury list and jury panels, which shall be done without regard to whether a person's name originally appeared on the list of registered voters, or on the list of licensed drivers and identicard holders, or both. T... |
2.36.070 | Qualification of juror. | A person shall be competent to serve as a juror in the state of Washington unless that person: (1) Is less than eighteen years of age; (2) Is not a citizen of the United States; (3) Is not a resident of the county in which he or she has been summoned to serve; (4) Is not able to communicate in the English language; or ... |
2.36.072 | Determination of juror qualification—Written or electronic declaration. | (1) Each court shall establish a means to preliminarily determine by a written or electronic declaration signed under penalty of perjury by the person summoned, the qualifications set forth in RCW 2.36.070 of each person summoned for jury duty prior to their appearance at the court to which they are summoned to serve. ... |
2.36.080 | Selection of jurors—State policy—Exclusion on account of membership in a protected class or economic status prohibited. | (1) It is the policy of this state that all persons selected for jury service be selected at random from a fair cross section of the population of the area served by the court, and that all qualified citizens have the opportunity in accordance with chapter 135, Laws of 1979 ex. sess. to be considered for jury service i... |
2.36.093 | Selection of jurors—Length and number of terms—Time of service. | (1) At such time as the judge or judges of any court of any county shall deem that the public business requires a jury term to be held, the judge or judges shall direct that a jury panel be selected and summoned to serve for the ensuing jury term or terms. (2) The court shall establish the length and number of jury ter... |
2.36.095 | Summons to persons selected. | (1) Persons selected to serve on a petit jury, grand jury, or jury of inquest shall be summoned by mail or personal service, or electronically. The county clerk shall issue summons and thereby notify persons selected for jury duty. The clerk may issue summons for any jury term, in any consecutive twelve-month period, a... |
2.36.100 | Excuse from service—Reasons—Assignment to another term—Summons for additional service—Certification of prior service.(Effective until January 1, 2027.) | (1) Except for a person who is not qualified for jury service under RCW 2.36.070 or who chooses to opt out of jury service under subsection (2) of this section, no person may be excused from jury service by the court except upon a showing of undue hardship, extreme inconvenience, public necessity, or any reason deemed ... |
2.36.110 | Judge must excuse unfit person. | It shall be the duty of a judge to excuse from further jury service any juror, who in the opinion of the judge, has manifested unfitness as a juror by reason of bias, prejudice, indifference, inattention or any physical or mental defect or by reason of conduct or practices incompatible with proper and efficient jury se... |
2.36.130 | Additional names. | If for any reason the jurors drawn for service upon a jury for any term shall not be sufficient to dispose of the pending jury business, or where no jury is in regular attendance and the business of the court may require the attendance of a jury before a regular term, the judge or judges of any court may direct the ran... |
2.36.150 | Juror expense payments—Reimbursement by state—Pilot projects. | Jurors shall receive for each day's attendance, besides mileage at the rate determined under RCW 43.03.060 , the following expense payments: (1) Grand jurors may receive up to twenty-five dollars but in no case less than ten dollars; (2) Petit jurors may receive up to twenty-five dollars but in no case less than ten do... |
2.36.165 | Leave of absence from employment to be provided—Denial of promotional opportunities prohibited—Penalty—Civil action. | (1) An employer shall provide an employee with a sufficient leave of absence from employment to serve as a juror when that employee is summoned pursuant to chapter 2.36 RCW. (2) An employer shall not deprive an employee of employment or threaten, coerce, or harass an employee, or deny an employee promotional opportunit... |
2.36.170 | Failure of juror to appear—Penalty. | A person summoned for jury service who intentionally fails to appear as directed shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 1988 c 188 s 14 .]
Legislative findings — Severability — Effective date — 1988 c 188: See notes following RCW 2.36.010 . |
2.36.180 | Demographic data—Collection—Reports. | The administrative office of the courts shall provide all courts with a method to collect data on a juror's race, ethnicity, age, sex, employment status, educational attainment, and income, as well as any other data approved by order of the chief justice of the Washington state supreme court. Data collection must be co... |
2.40.010 | Witness fees and mileage. | Witnesses shall receive for each day's attendance in all courts of record of this state the same compensation per day and per mile as jurors in superior court. Witnesses in any other court shall receive for each day's attendance the same compensation per day and per mile as jurors in district court.
[ 1987 c 202 s 106 ... |
2.40.020 | Witness fee and mileage in civil cases demandable in advance. | Witnesses in civil cases shall be entitled to receive, upon demand, their fees for one day's attendance, together with mileage going to the place where they are required to attend, if such demand is made to the officer or person serving the subpoena at the time of service.
[Code 1881 s 2100; 1869 p 374 s 22 ; RRS s 507... |
2.40.030 | Travel expense in lieu of mileage in certain cases. | Whenever a juror, witness, or officer is required to attend a court, or travel on official business out of the limits of his or her own county, and entitled to mileage, in lieu thereof he or she may at his or her option receive his or her actual and necessary traveling expenses by the usually traveled route in going to... |
2.40.040 | Attorney of record not entitled to witness fee in case. | No attorney in any case shall be allowed any fees as a witness in such case.
[Code 1881 s 2095; 1869 p 374 s 17 ; RRS s 502.] |
2.42.010 | Legislative declaration—Intent. | It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state to secure the constitutional rights of deaf persons and of other persons who, because of impairment of hearing or speech, are unable to readily understand or communicate the spoken English language, and who consequently cannot be fully protected in legal proceedings ... |
2.42.050 | Oath. | Every qualified interpreter appointed under this chapter in a judicial or administrative proceeding shall, upon receiving the interpreter's initial qualification from the office of the deaf and hard of hearing, take an oath that a true interpretation will be made to the person being examined of all the proceedings in a... |
2.42.110 | Definitions. | As used in this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Impaired person" means a person who, because of a hearing or speech impairment, cannot readily understand or communicate in spoken language; and includes persons who are deaf, deaf and blind, spe... |
2.42.120 | Appointment of interpreter—Responsibility for compensation—Reimbursement. | (1) If a hearing impaired person is a party or witness at any stage of a judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding in the state or in a political subdivision, including but not limited to civil and criminal court proceedings, grand jury proceedings, proceedings before a magistrate, juvenile proceedings, adoption proceeding... |
2.42.130 | Source of interpreters, qualifications. | (1) If a qualified interpreter for a hearing impaired person is required, the appointing authority shall request a qualified interpreter and/or an intermediary interpreter through the department of social and health services, office of deaf services, or through any community center for hearing impaired persons which op... |
2.42.140 | Intermediary interpreter, when. | If the communication mode or language of the hearing impaired person is not readily interpretable, the interpreter or hearing impaired person shall notify the appointing authority who shall appoint and pay an intermediary interpreter to assist the qualified interpreter.
[ 1985 c 389 s 14 .] |
2.42.150 | Waiver of right to interpreter. | (1) The right to a qualified interpreter may not be waived except when: (a) A hearing impaired person requests a waiver through the use of a qualified interpreter; (b) The counsel, if any, of the hearing impaired person consents; and (c) The appointing authority determines that the waiver has been made knowingly, volun... |
2.42.160 | Privileged communication. | (1) A qualified and/or intermediary interpreter shall not, without the written consent of the parties to the communication, be examined as to any communication the interpreter interprets under circumstances where the communication is privileged by law. (2) A qualified and/or intermediary interpreter shall not, without ... |
2.42.170 | Fee. | A qualified and/or intermediary interpreter appointed under this chapter is entitled to a reasonable fee for services, including waiting time and reimbursement for actual necessary travel expenses. The fee for services for interpreters for hearing impaired persons shall be in accordance with standards established by th... |
2.42.180 | Visual recording of testimony. | At the request of any party to the proceeding or on the appointing authority's initiative, the appointing authority may order that the testimony of the hearing impaired person and the interpretation of the proceeding by the qualified interpreter be visually recorded for use in verification of the official transcript of... |
2.43.010 | Legislative intent. | It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state to secure the rights, constitutional or otherwise, of persons who, because of a non-English-speaking cultural background, are unable to readily understand or communicate in the English language, and who consequently cannot be fully protected in legal proceedings unle... |
2.43.020 | Definitions. | As used in this chapter: (1) "Credentialed interpreter" means an interpreter who is credentialed by the administrative office of the courts in a spoken language. (2) "Judicial officer" means a judge, commissioner, or magistrate of any court. (3) "Language access plan" means a plan that is publicly available which conta... |
2.43.030 | Appointment of interpreter—Source of interpreters—Qualifications. | (1)(a) Credentialed interpreters shall be appointed in legal proceedings involving participation of persons with limited English proficiency, unless good cause is found on the record for appointing a noncredentialed interpreter. (b) For purposes of this chapter, "good cause" includes, but is not limited to, a determina... |
2.43.050 | Oath of interpreter—Qualification on the record. | (1)(a) Upon obtaining an interpreter credential with the administrative office of the courts, credentialed interpreters shall take a permanent oath, affirming that the interpreter will make a true interpretation of all the proceedings and that the interpreter will repeat the statements of the person with limited Englis... |
2.43.060 | Waiver of right to interpreter. | (1) The right to an interpreter may not be waived except when: (a) A person with limited English proficiency requests a waiver on the record; and (b) The judicial or presiding officer determines on the record that the waiver has been made knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently. (2) The waiver of the right to an inte... |
2.43.063 | Code of professional responsibility. | All language interpreters serving in a legal proceeding, whether or not credentialed, shall abide by a code of professional responsibility for judiciary interpreters established by supreme court rule.
[ 2025 c 55 s 6 ; 1989 c 358 s 8 . Formerly RCW 2.43.080 , 2.42.270 .]
Severability — 1989 c 358: See note following RC... |
2.43.067 | Team interpreting. | The court shall appoint a team of interpreters as required by supreme court rule.
[ 2025 c 55 s 7 .] |
2.43.070 | Testing and credentialing of interpreters. | (1) Subject to the availability of funds, the administrative office of the courts shall establish and maintain a credentialing program for spoken language interpreters and administer comprehensive testing. (2) The administrative office of the courts shall work cooperatively with public or private educational institutio... |
2.43.081 | Cost of providing interpreter—Reimbursement. | (1) Interpreters appointed according to this chapter are entitled to a reasonable fee for their services and shall be reimbursed for actual expenses which are reasonable as provided in this section. (2)(a) In all legal proceedings, a person with limited English proficiency is not responsible for the cost of the interpr... |
2.43.090 | Language access plans. | (1) Trial courts organized under this title and Titles 3 and 35 RCW must develop and maintain a written language access plan to provide a framework for the provision of language access services for persons with limited English proficiency accessing the court system and its programs in both civil and criminal legal matt... |
2.44.010 | Authority of attorney. | An attorney and counselor has authority: (1) To bind his or her client in any of the proceedings in an action or special proceeding by his or her agreement duly made, or entered upon the minutes of the court; but the court shall disregard all agreements and stipulations in relation to the conduct of, or any of the proc... |
2.44.020 | Appearance without authority—Procedure. | If it be alleged by a party for whom an attorney appears, that he or she does so without authority, the court may, at any stage of the proceedings, relieve the party for whom the attorney has assumed to appear from the consequences of his or her act; it may also summarily, upon motion, compel the attorney to repair the... |
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