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2.44.030 | Production of authority to act. | The court, or a judge, may, on motion of either party, and on showing reasonable grounds therefor, require the attorney for the adverse party, or for any one of several adverse parties, to produce or prove the authority under which he or she appears, and until he or she does so, may stay all proceedings by him or her o... |
2.44.040 | Change of attorneys. | The attorney in an action or special proceeding, may be changed at any time before judgment or final determination as follows: (1) Upon his or her own consent, filed with the clerk or entered upon the minutes; or (2) Upon the order of the court, or a judge thereof, on the application of the client, or for other suffici... |
2.44.050 | Notice of change and substitution. | When an attorney is changed, as provided in RCW 2.44.040 , written notice of the change, and of the substitution of a new attorney, or of the appearance of the party in person, must be given to the adverse party; until then, he or she shall be bound to recognize the former attorney.
[ 2011 c 336 s 61 ; Code 1881 s 3284... |
2.44.060 | Death or removal of attorney—Proceedings. | When an attorney dies, or is removed, or suspended, or ceases to act as such, a party to an action for whom he or she was acting as attorney, must, at least twenty days before any further proceedings against him or her, be required by the adverse party, by written notice, to appoint another attorney, or to appear in pe... |
2.48.010 | Objects and powers. | There is hereby created as an agency of the state, for the purpose and with the powers hereinafter set forth, an association to be known as the Washington State Bar Association, hereinafter designated as the state bar, which association shall have a common seal and may sue and be sued, and which may, for the purpose of... |
2.48.020 | First members. | The first members of the Washington State Bar Association shall be all persons now [on June 7, 1933] entitled to practice law in this state.
[ 1933 c 94 s 3 ; RRS s 138-3. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1933 c 94 s 4 ; RRS s 138-4 now codified as RCW 2.48.021 .] |
2.48.021 | New members. | After the organization of the state bar, as herein provided, all persons who are admitted to practice in accordance with the provisions of RCW 2.48.010 through 2.48.180 , except judges of courts of record, shall become by that fact active members of the state bar.
[ 1933 c 94 s 4 ; RRS s 138-4. Formerly RCW 2.48.020 , ... |
2.48.030 | Board of governors. | There is hereby constituted a board of governors of the state bar which shall consist of not more than fifteen members, to include: The president of the state bar elected as provided by the bylaws of the association, one member from each congressional district now or hereafter existing in the state elected by secret ba... |
2.48.035 | Board of governors—Membership—Effect of creation of new congressional districts or boundaries. | The terms of office of members of the board of governors of the state bar who are elected from the various congressional districts shall not be affected by the creation of either new boundaries for congressional districts or additional districts. In such an event, each board member so elected may continue to serve in o... |
2.48.040 | State bar governed by board of governors. | The state bar shall be governed by the board of governors which shall be charged with the executive functions of the state bar and the enforcement of the provisions of RCW 2.48.010 through 2.48.180 and all rules adopted in pursuance thereof. The members of the board of governors shall receive no salary by virtue of the... |
2.48.050 | Powers of governors. | The said board of governors shall have power, in its discretion, from time to time to adopt rules (1) concerning membership and the classification thereof into active, inactive and honorary members; and (2) concerning the enrollment and privileges of membership; and (3) defining the other officers of the state bar, the... |
2.48.060 | Admission and disbarment. | The said board of governors shall likewise have power, in its discretion, from time to time to adopt rules, subject to the approval of the supreme court, fixing the qualifications, requirements and procedure for admission to the practice of law; and, with such approval, to establish from time to time and enforce rules ... |
2.48.070 | Admission of veterans. | Any person who shall have graduated from any accredited law school and after such graduation shall have served in the armed forces of the United States of America between December 7, 1941, and the termination of the present World War, may be admitted to the practice of law in the state of Washington and to membership i... |
2.48.080 | Admission of veterans—Establishment of requirements if in service. | If an applicant under RCW 2.48.070 through 2.48.110 is, at the time he or she applies for admission to practice law in the state of Washington, still in the armed forces of the United States, he or she may establish the requirements of the proviso in RCW 2.48.070 by a letter or certificate from his or her commanding of... |
2.48.090 | Admission of veterans—Establishment of requirements if discharged. | If an applicant under RCW 2.48.070 through 2.48.110 is, at the time he or she applies for admission to practice law in the state of Washington, no longer in the armed forces of the United States, he or she may establish the requirements of the proviso in RCW 2.48.070 as follows: (1) If he or she shall have been an enli... |
2.48.110 | Admission of veterans—Fees of veterans. | An applicant applying for admission to practice law under the provisions of RCW 2.48.070 through 2.48.090 , shall pay the same fees as are required of residents of the state of Washington seeking admission to practice law by examination.
[ 1945 c 181 s 5 ; Rem. Supp. 1945 s 138-7E.] |
2.48.130 | Membership fee—Active. | The annual membership fees for active members shall be payable on or before February 1st of each year. The board of governors may establish the amount of such annual membership fee to be effective each year: PROVIDED, That written notice of any proposed increase in membership fee shall be sent to active members not les... |
2.48.140 | Membership fee—Inactive. | The annual membership fee for inactive members shall be the sum of two dollars, payable on or before the first day of February of each year.
[ 1955 c 34 s 1 ; 1933 c 94 s 10 ; RRS s 138-10.] |
2.48.150 | Admission fees. | Applicants for admission to the bar upon accredited certificates or upon examination, not having been admitted to the bar in another state or territory, shall pay a fee of twenty-five dollars and all other applicants a fee of fifty dollars. Said admission fees shall be used to pay the expenses incurred in connection wi... |
2.48.160 | Suspension for nonpayment of fees. | Any member failing to pay any fees after the same become due, and after two months' written notice of his or her delinquency, must be suspended from membership in the state bar, but may be reinstated upon payment of accrued fees and such penalties as may be imposed by the board of governors, not exceeding double the am... |
2.48.166 | Admission to or suspension from practice—Noncompliance with support order—Rules. | The Washington state supreme court may provide by rule that no person who has been certified by the department of social and health services as a person who is in noncompliance with a support order or a *residential or visitation order as provided in RCW 74.20A.320 may be admitted to the practice of law in this state, ... |
2.48.170 | Only active members may practice law. | No person shall practice law in this state subsequent to the first meeting of the state bar unless he or she shall be an active member thereof as hereinbefore defined: PROVIDED, That a member of the bar in good standing in any other state or jurisdiction shall be entitled to appear in the courts of this state under suc... |
2.48.180 | Definitions—Unlawful practice a crime—Cause for discipline—Unprofessional conduct—Defense—Injunction—Remedies—Costs—Attorneys' fees—Time limit for action. | (1) As used in this section: (a) "Legal provider" means an active member in good standing of the state bar, and any other person authorized by the Washington state supreme court to engage in full or limited practice of law; (b) "Nonlawyer" means a person to whom the Washington supreme court has granted a limited author... |
2.48.190 | Qualifications on admission to practice. | No person shall be permitted to practice as an attorney or counselor at law or to do work of a legal nature for compensation, or to represent himself or herself as an attorney or counselor at law or qualified to do work of a legal nature, unless he or she is a bona fide resident of this state and has been admitted to p... |
2.48.200 | Restrictions on practice by certain officers. | No person shall practice law who holds a commission as judge in any court of record, or as sheriff or coroner; nor shall the clerk of the supreme court, the court of appeals, or of the superior court or any deputy thereof practice in the court of which he or she is clerk or deputy clerk: PROVIDED, It shall be unlawful ... |
2.48.220 | Grounds of disbarment or suspension. | An attorney or counselor may be disbarred or suspended for any of the following causes arising after his or her admission to practice: (1) His or her conviction of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, in which case the record of conviction shall be conclusive evidence. (2) Willful disobedience or violatio... |
2.48.230 | Code of ethics. | The code of ethics of the American Bar Association shall be the standard of ethics for the members of the bar of this state.
[ 1921 c 126 s 15 ; RRS s 139-15. Prior: 1917 c 115 s 20 .]
Rules of court: See Code of Professional Responsibility, also Code of Judicial Conduct.
Reviser's note: RCW 2.48.190 , 2.48.200 , 2.48.... |
2.50.010 | Legal aid defined. | Legal aid is the rendition, without compensation, of professional services by an active member of the Washington State Bar Association to or for any indigent person unable to pay a reasonable attorney's fee determined in accordance with the established code of legal ethics.
[ 1939 c 93 s 1 ; RRS s 10007-201. Formerly R... |
2.50.020 | Public interest. | The promotion of organized legal aid is hereby declared to be in the public interest.
[ 1939 c 93 s 2 ; RRS s 10007-202. Formerly RCW 74.36.020 .] |
2.50.040 | Declaration of necessity by board of county commissioners. | The board of county commissioners (hereinafter called the county board) is empowered to find by resolution the existence of a necessity in such county for organized legal aid. Such resolution shall specify the amount of county funds thereby to be allocated for and expended in the operation of a legal aid bureau during ... |
2.50.050 | Legal aid bureau defined. | A legal aid bureau (hereinafter called the bureau), is an agency for the rendition of organized legal aid to indigent persons resident in the county, consisting of one director, who shall be an attorney resident in the county, and who shall be in good standing and active membership in the Washington State Bar Associati... |
2.50.060 | Board of governors—Authority. | Upon receipt of a certified copy of such resolution the bar board is empowered and, within sixty days thereafter, is obligated to create and continue a legal aid bureau as soon and as long as the necessary funds so allocated are made available by the county board, all expenditures for the bureau to be limited to county... |
2.50.070 | Legal aid county committee created. | The legal aid county committee (hereinafter called the committee), if created and continued by resolution of the bar board, shall consist of three members chosen by the bar board as follows: A member of the bar board, who shall be chair, a judge of the superior court of the county, and an active member of the Washingto... |
2.50.080 | Supervision. | Among the powers to supervise the actual operation of any such bureau, which shall be exercised either by the bar board itself or in its discretion by the committee, are the following: (1) To appoint and remove at will the director and to fix the amount of his or her salary not in excess of two hundred dollars per mont... |
2.50.090 | Registration fees and private funds. | For the purpose of promoting organized legal aid, the bar board is empowered to receive and disburse, at its discretion, a nominal registration fee (not in excess of fifty cents), which it may require of legal aid applicants, and also donations in any sum of private funds.
[ 1939 c 93 s 9 ; RRS s 10007-209. Formerly RC... |
2.50.100 | Limitation of legal aid. | No legal aid shall be rendered by or through any bureau as to any matter which, in the opinion of the director or the committee is not a proper subject of legal aid. No legal aid shall be given concerning matters relating to claims or litigation commonly handled on a contingent fee basis, nor to the defense of criminal... |
2.50.110 | Attorneys' fees. | No attorney's fee shall be charged to or received from any legal aid client as to any legal aid matter handled by or through the bureau. All attorneys' fees and court costs collected from any third party by the bureau in the name of any legal aid client shall become a part of the bureau's operation funds.
[ 1939 c 93 s... |
2.50.120 | County funds. | The county board in its discretion shall allocate funds for the purposes of the bureau from county funds available for public assistance and relief received from the levy of three mills as provided in section 17, chapter 180, Laws of 1937.
[ 1939 c 93 s 12 ; RRS s 10007-212. Formerly RCW 74.36.120 .]
Reviser's note: 19... |
2.50.125 | Cities authorized to appropriate funds. | A city of any class or any code city may appropriate funds in any amount for the purposes of this chapter.
[ 1974 ex.s. c 5 s 1 .] |
2.50.130 | Revocation of declaration of necessity. | The county board is empowered to find by resolution the nonexistence of a necessity in such county for organized legal aid. Within ten days after the passage of such a resolution the county board shall cause a certified copy to be transmitted to the bar board. Upon receipt of a certified copy of such resolution the bar... |
2.50.140 | Washington State Bar Association not restricted. | No county funds shall be expended for legal aid except in accordance with this chapter, but nothing in this chapter shall limit the powers of the Washington State Bar Association, or its board of governors, to promote or render legal aid independent of county financial support.
[ 1939 c 93 s 14 ; RRS s 10007-214. Forme... |
2.50.150 | Certain other acts not applicable. | The provisions of section 6 of chapter 180 of the Laws of 1937 shall not be applicable to a bureau or a committee as authorized by this chapter, or to the bar board or the Washington State Bar Association.
[ 1939 c 93 s 15 ; RRS s 10007-215. Formerly RCW 74.36.150 .]
Reviser's note: 1937 c 180 s 6 was repealed by 1939 ... |
2.50.160 | Chapter not exclusive—Counties authorized to provide legal aid. | The provisions of this chapter are not exclusive. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as placing a limitation on the establishment of alternative methods or systems for providing legal aid. Counties are hereby authorized to expend county funds for the establishment of such methods or systems of providing legal a... |
2.53.005 | Findings. | The legislature finds that the provision of civil legal aid services to indigent persons is an important component of the state's responsibility to provide for the proper and effective administration of civil and criminal justice. The legislature further finds that state-funded legal aid services should be administered... |
2.53.010 | Civil legal aid oversight committee. | (1) There is created a civil legal aid oversight committee consisting of the following members: (a) Three persons appointed by the supreme court from a list of nominees submitted by the access to justice board, one of whom at the time of appointment is income eligible to receive state-funded civil legal aid; (b) Two pe... |
2.53.020 | Office of civil legal aid—Director's duties. | (1) There is created an office of civil legal aid as an independent agency of the judicial branch. (2) Activities of the office of civil legal aid shall be carried out by a director of civil legal aid services. The director of civil legal aid services shall be appointed by the supreme court from a list of three names f... |
2.53.025 | Statewide children's legal representation program. | (1) The statewide children's legal representation program is established within the office of civil legal aid. The children's legal representation program shall ensure the provision of standards-based representation informed by best practice models, rigorous data analysis, race and other equity considerations that caus... |
2.53.030 | Public funds appropriated for civil legal aid to indigent persons—Use—Distribution formula—Audit—Rules. | (1)(a) The legislature recognizes the ethical obligation of attorneys to represent clients without interference by third parties in the discharge of professional obligations to clients. The legislature further finds that the prevalence of civil legal problems experienced by low-income people in Washington state exceeds... |
2.53.045 | Fund distribution for attorneys appointed in dependency proceedings. | (1) Money appropriated by the legislature for legal services provided by an attorney appointed pursuant to RCW 13.34.212 must be administered by the office of civil legal aid established under RCW 2.53.020 . (2) The statewide children's legal representation program shall enter into contracts with attorneys and agencies... |
2.53.050 | Fund distribution for attorneys appointed for indigent tenants. | (1) Moneys appropriated by the legislature for legal services provided by an attorney appointed pursuant to RCW 59.18.640 must be administered by the office of civil legal aid established under RCW 2.53.020 . The office of civil legal aid must enter into contracts with attorneys and agencies for the provision of legal ... |
2.53.055 | Kinship care legal aid coordinator. | (1) Subject to amounts specifically appropriated for this purpose, the role of kinship care legal aid coordinator is hereby created at the office of civil legal aid. The office may contract with a separate nonprofit legal aid organization to satisfy the requirements of this section. (2)(a) The kinship care legal aid co... |
2.53.900 | Effective date—2005 c 105. | This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect July 1, 2005.
[ 2005 c 105 s 9 .] |
2.56.010 | Office created—Appointment of administrator. | There shall be a state office to be known as the administrative office of the courts. The executive officer of the administrative office of the courts is the administrator for the courts, who shall be appointed by and hold office at the pleasure of the supreme court of this state. The administrator's salary shall be fi... |
2.56.020 | Appointment, compensation of assistants—Administrator, assistants not to practice law. | (1) The administrator for the courts, with the approval of the chief justice of the supreme court of this state, shall appoint and fix the compensation of such assistants as are necessary to enable performance of the power and duties vested in the administrative office of the courts. (2) Neither the administrator nor a... |
2.56.030 | Powers and duties. | The administrator for the courts shall, under the supervision and direction of the chief justice: (1) Examine the administrative methods and systems employed in the offices of the judges, clerks, stenographers, and employees of the courts and make recommendations, through the chief justice, for the improvement of the s... |
2.56.032 | Youth-level secure detention data—Uniform data standards—Annual reports. | (1)(a) All juvenile courts shall transmit youth-level secure detention data and juvenile diversion agreement data to the administrative office of the courts. (b) Data may either be entered into the statewide management information system for juvenile courts or securely transmitted to the administrative office of the co... |
2.56.038 | Definition—Single judge court. | For purposes of this title and Title 3 RCW, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, "single judge court" means a court or judicial district that has only one judge.
[ 2022 c 74 s 1 .] |
2.56.040 | Distribution of work of courts by chief justice—Unavailability of presiding judge in single judge court. | (1) The chief justice shall consider all recommendations of the administrator for the assignment of judges, and, in the discretion of the chief justice, direct any judge whose calendar, in the judgment of the chief justice, will permit, to hold court where need therefor exists, to the end that the courts in this state ... |
2.56.050 | Judges, clerks, other officers, to comply with requests of administrator. | The judges and clerks of the courts and all other officers, state and local, shall comply with all requests made by the administrator, after approval by the chief justice, for information and statistical data bearing on the state of the dockets of such courts and such other information as may reflect the business trans... |
2.56.060 | Annual conference of judges—Judge's expenses. | The supreme court of this state may provide by rule or special order for the holding in this state of an annual conference of the judges of the courts of record of this state, judges of the courts of limited jurisdiction, and invited members of the bar, for the consideration of matters relating to judicial business, th... |
2.56.070 | Holding court in another county—Reimbursement for expenses. | For attendance while holding court in another county or district pursuant to the direction of the chief justice, a judge shall be entitled to receive from the county to which he or she is sent reimbursement for subsistence, lodging, and travel expenses in accordance with the rates applicable to state officers under RCW... |
2.56.080 | Chapter applies to supreme and superior courts, court of appeals, and courts of limited jurisdiction. | This chapter shall apply to the following courts: The supreme court, the court of appeals, the superior courts; and, when and to the extent so ordered by the supreme court, to the courts of limited jurisdiction of this state, including district courts.
[ 1987 c 202 s 108 ; 1971 c 81 s 14 ; 1957 c 259 s 8 .]
Intent — 1... |
2.56.090 | Disbursement of appropriated funds. | Any moneys appropriated for the purposes of this chapter shall be disbursed, upon order of the chief justice, on warrants drawn by the state auditor on the general fund.
[ 1957 c 259 s 9 .] |
2.56.110 | Driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug—Enhanced enforcement of related laws—Assignment of visiting district judges—Powers, expenses. | The administrator for the courts may assign one or more district judges from other judicial districts to serve as visiting district judges in a judicial district which the administrator determines is experiencing an increase in case filings as the result of enhanced enforcement of laws related to driving, or being in p... |
2.56.115 | Child safety training—High-potency synthetic opioids and other substances. | (1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the administrative office of the courts shall develop, deliver, and regularly update training regarding child safety and the risk and danger presented to children and youth by high-potency synthetic opioids and other substances impacting... |
2.56.120 | Judicial impact notes—Establishment of procedure—Legislator may request—Copies to be filed. | (1) The administrative office of the courts, in cooperation with appropriate legislative committees and legislative staff, shall establish a procedure for the provision of judicial impact notes on the effect legislative bills will have on the workload and administration of the courts of this state. The administrative o... |
2.56.130 | Juvenile laws and court processes and procedures—Informational materials. | The administrator for the courts shall, in cooperation with juvenile courts, develop informational materials describing juvenile laws and juvenile court processes and procedures related to such laws, and make such information available to the public. Similar information shall also be made available for the non-English-... |
2.56.140 | Disposition of school attendance violation petitions—Report. | The administrator for the courts shall prepare a report for each school year to be submitted to the legislature no later than December 15th of each year that summarizes the disposition of petitions filed with the juvenile court under RCW 28A.225.030 , including the number of contempt orders issued to enforce a court's ... |
2.56.150 | Review of mandatory use of court-appointed special advocates as guardians ad litem, certification of guardians ad litem and court visitors. | (1) The administrator for the courts shall review the advisability and feasibility of the statewide mandatory use of court-appointed special advocates as described in RCW 26.12.175 to act as guardians ad litem in appropriate cases under Titles 13 and 26 RCW. The review must explore the feasibility of obtaining various ... |
2.56.160 | Processing of warrants pilot program. | The administrator for the courts shall establish a pilot program for the efficient statewide processing of warrants issued by courts of limited jurisdiction. The pilot program shall contain procedures and criteria for courts of limited jurisdiction to enter into agreements with other courts of limited jurisdiction thro... |
2.56.170 | Judge pro tempore appointments. | A judge pro tempore may be authorized under RCW 2.06.150 or 2.08.180 whenever a judge of the court of appeals or the superior court serves on a judicial commission, board, or committee established by the legislature or the chief justice of the supreme court. The judge pro tempore shall be compensated as specified in RC... |
2.56.180 | Family law handbook. | (1) The administrative office of the courts shall create a handbook explaining the sections of Washington law pertaining to the rights and responsibilities of marital partners to each other and to any children during a marriage and a dissolution of marriage. The handbook may also be provided in videotape or other elect... |
2.56.190 | Legal financial obligations—Collection—Distribution of funds. | By October 1, 2003, and annually thereafter, the administrative office of the courts shall distribute such funds to counties for county clerk collection budgets as are appropriated by the legislature for this purpose, using the funding formula recommended by the Washington association of county officials. The administr... |
2.56.200 | Performance audits. | The office of the administrator for the courts is encouraged to conduct performance audits of courts under the authority of the supreme court, in conformity with criteria and methods developed by the board for judicial administration that have been approved by the supreme court. In developing criteria and methods for c... |
2.56.210 | Court access and accommodations coordinator—Duties. | (1) Washington state courts are required by chapter 49.60 RCW, the law against discrimination, and by 42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et seq., the Americans with disabilities act, to provide equal access to persons with disabilities. To assist the courts to comply with these laws, the administrative office of the courts shall, su... |
2.56.220 | Family and juvenile court improvement grant program—Creation—Purpose. | Subject to the availability of funds appropriated therefor, the family and juvenile court improvement grant program is created. (1) The purpose of the program is to assist superior courts in improving their family and juvenile court systems, especially in dependency cases, with the goals of: (a) Assuring a stable and w... |
2.56.230 | Family and juvenile court improvement grant program—Application process—Program standards. | (1) A superior court may apply for grants from the family and juvenile court improvement grant program by submitting a local improvement plan with the administrator for the courts. To be eligible for grant funds, a superior court's local improvement plan must meet the criteria developed by the administrator for the cou... |
2.56.240 | Reconciling duplicate or conflicting no-contact or protection orders. | (1) The administrative office of the courts shall develop guidelines by December 1, 2011, for all courts to establish a process to reconcile duplicate or conflicting no-contact or protection orders issued by courts in this state. (2) The guidelines developed under subsection (1) of this section must include: (a) A proc... |
2.56.245 | Protection order hope cards program—Provision of information. | The administrative office of the courts shall ensure that the information required in RCW 7.105.352 is provided by each court, including through use of consistent court codes, reporting mechanisms, and database entry.
[ 2025 c 222 s 2 .] |
2.56.260 | Electronic monitoring with victim notification technology. | (1) The administrative office of the courts shall: (a) Develop a list of vendors or enter into a contract with a vendor that provides electronic monitoring with victim notification technology. The office shall provide outreach to counties as to how courts may access the vendor or vendors; and (b) Create an informationa... |
2.56.265 | Electronic monitoring model standards—Law enforcement policies. | (1) Subject to funds appropriated for this specific purpose, by June 1, 2024, the Washington courts' board for judicial administration must develop model standards: (a) Establishing best practices for the operation of electronic monitoring with victim notification technology by monitoring agencies, with the goal of imp... |
2.56.900 | Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521. | For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married person... |
2.60.010 | Definitions. | As used in this chapter: (1) The term "certificate procedure" shall mean the procedure authorized herein by which a federal court in disposing of a cause pending before it submits a question of local law to the supreme court for answer; (2) The term "federal court" means any court of the United States of America includ... |
2.60.020 | Federal court certification of local law question. | When in the opinion of any federal court before whom a proceeding is pending, it is necessary to ascertain the local law of this state in order to dispose of such proceeding and the local law has not been clearly determined, such federal court may certify to the supreme court for answer the question of local law involv... |
2.60.030 | Practice and procedure. | Certificate procedure shall be governed by the following provisions: (1) Certificate procedure may be invoked by a federal court upon its own motion or upon the motion of any interested party in the litigation involved if the federal court grants such motion. (2) Certificate procedure shall include and be based upon th... |
2.60.900 | Short title. | This act may be cited as the "federal court local law certificate procedure act."
[ 1965 c 99 s 4 .] |
2.64.010 | Definitions—Application. | Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Admonishment" means a written disposition of an advisory nature that cautions a judge or justice not to engage in certain proscribed behavior. An admonishment may include a requirement that the judge or ju... |
2.64.020 | Membership—Terms. | The commission shall consist of eleven members. One member shall be a judge selected by and from the court of appeals judges; one member shall be a judge selected by and from the superior court judges; one member shall be a judge selected by and from the limited jurisdiction court judges; two members shall be selected ... |
2.64.030 | Disqualification—Vacancies—Limitations on terms—Alternates—Removal. | Commission membership shall terminate if a member ceases to hold the position that qualified him or her for appointment. Vacancies caused by disqualification or resignation shall be filled by the appointing authority for the remainder of the term. No person may serve more than two consecutive four-year terms. A person ... |
2.64.040 | Compensation and travel expenses. | Commission members and alternate members shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.250 and shall be reimbursed for travel expenses under RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 .
[ 1984 c 287 s 8 ; 1981 c 268 s 5 .]
Legislative findings — Severability — Effective date — 1984 c 287: See notes following RCW 43.03.220 . |
2.64.050 | Employment of personnel—Expenditures authorized. | The commission may employ personnel, including attorneys, and make any other expenditures necessary for the effective performance of its duties and the exercise of its powers. The commission may hire attorneys or others by personal service contract to conduct initial proceedings regarding a complaint against a judge or... |
2.64.055 | Disciplinary actions authorized. | The commission is authorized to impose the following disciplinary actions, in increasing order of severity: (a) Admonishment; (b) reprimand; or (c) censure. If the conduct of the judge or justice warrants more severe disciplinary action, the commission may recommend to the supreme court the suspension or removal of the... |
2.64.057 | Investigation of conduct occurring prior to, on, or after December 4, 1980. | The commission is authorized to investigate and consider for probative value any conduct that may have occurred prior to, on, or after December 4, 1980, by a person who was, or is now, a judge or justice when such conduct relates to a complaint filed with the commission against the same judge or justice.
[ 1989 c 367 s... |
2.64.060 | Administration of oaths—Powers as to witnesses, papers, books, etc.—Subpoenas. | Each member of the commission, and any special master appointed by the commission, may administer oaths. The commission may summon and examine witnesses and compel the production and examination of papers, books, accounts, documents, records, certificates, and other evidence for the determination of any issue before or... |
2.64.070 | Refusal to obey subpoena—Powers of superior court. | If a person refuses to obey a subpoena issued by the commission or refuses to answer any proper question during a hearing or proceeding, the superior court of any county in which the hearing or proceeding is conducted or in which the person resides or is found shall have jurisdiction, upon application by the commission... |
2.64.080 | Privilege from suit. | Members and employees of the commission, including any lawyers or special masters temporarily employed by the commission, are absolutely privileged from suit in any action, civil or criminal, based upon any disciplinary proceedings or upon other official acts as members or employees of the commission. Statements made t... |
2.64.092 | Administrative procedure act not applicable. | The adjudicative proceedings, judicial review, and civil enforcement provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW, the administrative procedure act, do not apply to any investigations, initial proceedings, public hearings, or executive sessions involving the discipline or retirement of a judge or justice.
[ 1989 c 367 s 7 .]
Contin... |
2.64.094 | Suspension of judge or justice. | If the commission adopts a recommendation that a judge or justice be removed, the judge or justice shall be suspended, with salary, from his or her judicial position upon filing of the recommendation with the supreme court and until a final determination is made by the supreme court.
[ 1987 c 186 s 6 .] |
2.64.096 | Disclosure of material tending to negate determination. | Whenever the commission determines that there is probable cause to believe that a judge or justice has violated a rule of judicial conduct or that the judge or justice suffers from a disability which is permanent or likely to become permanent and which seriously interferes with the performance of judicial duties, the c... |
2.64.100 | Proposed operating budgets—Reports to legislature. | The commission shall prepare and present to the legislature proposed operating budgets for the commission in accordance with the provisions of chapter 43.88 RCW. The commission shall report to the legislature in the manner required by law, with due regard for the confidentiality of proceedings before the commission.
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