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2.64.111 | Exemption from public disclosure—Records subject to public disclosure, when. | All pleadings, papers, evidence records, and files of the commission, including complaints and the identity of complainants, compiled or obtained during the course of an investigation or initial proceeding involving the discipline or retirement of a judge or justice, are exempt from the public disclosure requirements o... |
2.64.113 | Confidentiality—Violations. | The commission shall provide by rule for confidentiality of its investigations and initial proceedings in accordance with Article IV, section 31 of the state Constitution. Any person violating a rule on confidentiality is subject to a proceeding for contempt in superior court.
[ 1989 c 367 s 9 .]
Contingent effective d... |
2.64.115 | Application of open public meetings act—Exemptions. | The commission is subject to the open public meetings act, chapter 42.30 RCW. However, investigations, initial proceedings, public hearings, and executive sessions involving the discipline or retirement of a judge or justice are governed by this chapter and Article IV, section 31 of the state Constitution and are exemp... |
2.64.120 | Independent part of judicial branch. | The commission shall for all purposes be considered an independent part of the judicial branch of government.
[ 1981 c 268 s 13 .] |
2.68.010 | Judicial information system committee—Fees. | The judicial information system committee, as established by court rule, shall determine all matters pertaining to the delivery of services available from the judicial information system. The committee may establish a fee schedule for the provision of information services and may enter into contracts with any person, p... |
2.68.020 | Judicial information system account. | There is created an account in the custody of the state treasurer to be known as the judicial information system account. The administrative office of the courts shall maintain and administer the account, in which shall be deposited all moneys received from in-state noncourt users and any out-of-state users of the judi... |
2.68.030 | Schedule of user fees. | The judicial information system committee shall develop a schedule of user fees for in-state noncourt users and all out-of-state users of the judicial information computer system and charges for judicial information system products and licenses for the purpose of distributing and apportioning the full cost of operation... |
2.68.040 | Judicial information system account—Increase in fines, penalties, assessments—Exception. | (1) To support the judicial information system account provided for in RCW 2.68.020 , the supreme court may provide by rule for an increase in fines, penalties, and assessments, and the increased amount shall be forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit in the account: (a) Pursuant to the authority of RCW 46.63.110 ... |
2.68.050 | Electronic access to judicial information. | The supreme court, the court of appeals and all superior and district courts, through the judicial information system committee, shall: (1) Continue to plan for and implement processes for making judicial information available electronically; (2) Promote and facilitate electronic access to the public of judicial inform... |
2.68.060 | Duties of the administrative office of the courts. | The administrative office of the courts, under the direction of the judicial information system committee, shall: (1) Develop a judicial information system information technology portfolio consistent with the provisions of RCW 43.105.341 ; (2) Participate in the development of an enterprise-based statewide information ... |
2.70.005 | Office of public defense established. | In order to implement the constitutional and statutory guarantees of counsel and to ensure effective and efficient delivery of indigent defense services funded by the state of Washington, an office of public defense is established as an independent agency of the judicial branch.
[ 2008 c 313 s 2 ; 1996 c 221 s 1 .]
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2.70.010 | Director—Appointment—Qualifications—Salary. | The supreme court shall appoint the director of the office of public defense from a list of three names submitted by the advisory committee created under RCW 2.70.030 . Qualifications shall include admission to the practice of law in this state for at least five years, experience in providing indigent defense services,... |
2.70.020 | Director—Duties—Limitations. | The director shall: (1) Administer all state-funded services in the following program areas: (a) Trial court criminal indigent defense, as provided in chapter 10.101 RCW; (b) Appellate indigent defense, as provided in this chapter and RCW 10.73.150 ; (c) Representation of indigent parents qualified for appointed counse... |
2.70.023 | Direct representation of clients. | (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the office of public defense shall not provide direct representation of clients. (2) In order to protect and preserve client rights when administering the office's statutory duties to provide initial telephonic or video consultation services, managing and supervising at... |
2.70.025 | Director—Indigent defense services—Civil commitment of sexually violent predators. | In providing indigent defense services for sexually violent predator civil commitment cases under chapter 71.09 RCW, the director shall: (1) In accordance with state contracting laws, contract with persons admitted to practice law in this state and organizations employing persons admitted to practice law in this state ... |
2.70.027 | Director—Commitment to psychiatric care—Postcommitment public defense services for indigent persons. | In providing postcommitment public defense services for indigent persons who are committed to state psychiatric care following acquittal by reason of insanity under chapter 10.77 RCW, the director shall: (1) In accordance with state contracting laws, contract with persons admitted to practice law in this state and with... |
2.70.030 | Advisory committee—Membership—Duties—Travel and other expenses. | (1) There is created an advisory committee consisting of the following members: (a) Three persons appointed by the chief justice of the supreme court, who shall also appoint the chair of the committee; (b) Two nonattorneys appointed by the governor; (c) Two senators, one from each of the two largest caucuses, appointed... |
2.70.040 | Employees—Civil service exemption. | All employees of the office of public defense shall be exempt from state civil service under chapter 41.06 RCW.
[ 1996 c 221 s 5 .] |
2.70.050 | Transfer to office of appellate indigent defense powers, duties, functions, information, property, appropriations, employees, rules, and pending business—Apportionment—Effect on collective bargaining. | (1) All powers, duties, and functions of the supreme court and the administrative office of the courts pertaining to appellate indigent defense are transferred to the office of public defense. (2)(a) All reports, documents, surveys, books, records, files, papers, or written material in the possession of the supreme cou... |
2.70.060 | Parents for parents program—"Parent ally" defined. | For the purposes of RCW 2.70.070 through 2.70.090 , "parent ally" means a parent who has successfully resolved the issues that led the parent's child into the care of the juvenile dependency court system, resulting in family reunification or another permanency outcome, and who has an interest in working collaboratively... |
2.70.070 | Parents for parents program—Goal—Structured peer mentoring. | (1) The goal of the parents for parents program is to increase the permanency and well-being of children in foster care through peer mentoring that increases parental engagement and contributes to family reunification. (2) The parents for parents program may provide structured peer mentoring for families entering the d... |
2.70.080 | Parents for parents program—Components of program. | Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, components of the parents for parents program, provided by parent allies, may include: (1) Outreach and support to parents at dependency-related hearings, beginning with the shelter care hearing; (2) A class that educates parents about the d... |
2.70.090 | Parents for parents program—Funding, administration—Program advisors. | (1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the parents for parents program shall be funded through the office of public defense and centrally administered through a pass-through to a Washington state nonprofit-lead organization that has extensive experience supporting parent alli... |
2.70.100 | Parents for parents program—Evaluation—Reports to the legislature. | (1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, a research entity with experience in child welfare research shall conduct an evaluation of the parents for parents program. The evaluation design must meet the standards necessary to determine whether parents for parents can be considere... |
2.70.110 | Identifying information of youth. | Subject to the rules of discovery, the office of public defense is authorized to collect identifying information for any youth who speaks with a consulting attorney pursuant to RCW 13.40.740 ; provided, however, that such records are exempt from public disclosure.
[ 2021 c 328 s 4 .]
Effective date — 2021 c 328: See no... |
2.70.120 | Law student rural public defense program. | (1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the office of public defense shall administer a law student rural public defense program. The program shall coordinate with one or more law schools to place law students who are eligible to practice as a licensed legal intern under Washi... |
2.70.125 | Criminal defense training academy program—Expansion. | Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the office of public defense shall expand the capacity of its criminal defense training academy program to train practitioners who are new to public defense. The program must include and prioritize training for practitioners in underserved a... |
2.70.200 | Representation of persons charged with violating certain counterfeit substances, controlled substances, cannabis, or legend drug provisions. | (1) Subject to amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the office of public defense may provide reimbursement of eligible expenses or contract directly with indigent defense providers for consultation and representation services for indigent adults facing pending charges or charged with violations of RCW 69.50.... |
2.70.900 | Transfer of certain powers, duties, and functions of the department of social and health services. | (1) All powers, duties, and functions of the department of social and health services and the special commitment center pertaining to indigent defense under chapter 71.09 RCW are transferred to the office of public defense. (2)(a) The office of public defense may request any written materials in the possession of the d... |
2.70.901 | Transfer of certain powers, duties, and functions of the department of social and health services—Persons not guilty by reason of insanity. | (1) All powers, duties, and functions of county government and the department of social and health services pertaining to public defense services for indigent persons who are committed following acquittal by reason of insanity under chapter 10.77 RCW are transferred to the office of public defense. County government an... |
2.72.005 | Intent. | (1) In establishing an office of public guardianship and conservatorship, the legislature intends to promote the availability of guardianship, conservatorship, and alternate services that provide support for decision making for individuals who need them and for whom adequate services may otherwise be unavailable. The l... |
2.72.010 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Agent" means a person granted authority to act for a principal under a power of attorney. (2) "Contract service provider" means a public guardian or public conservator providing services under contract with... |
2.72.020 | Office of public guardianship and conservatorship created—Appointment of public guardianship and conservatorship administrator. | (1) There is created an office of public guardianship and conservatorship within the administrative office of the courts. (2) The supreme court shall appoint a public guardianship and conservatorship administrator to establish and administer a public guardianship, public conservatorship, decision-making assistance, and... |
2.72.030 | Public guardianship, public conservatorship, decision-making assistance, and estate administration program—Contracts for services—Eligibility criteria and minimum standards of practice—Duties of office—Case-weighting system—Fees. | The public guardianship and conservatorship administrator is authorized to establish and administer a public guardianship, public conservatorship, decision-making assistance, and estate administration program as follows: (1)(a) The office shall contract with certified professional guardians and conservators or certifie... |
2.72.040 | Waiver of court costs. | The courts shall waive court costs and filing fees in any proceeding in which an incapacitated person is receiving *public guardianship services funded under this chapter.
[ 2007 c 364 s 6 .]
*Reviser's note: RCW 2.72.010 was amended by 2020 c 312 s 402, deleting the definition of "public guardianship services," effect... |
2.72.050 | Administrator may develop rules. | The public guardianship administrator may develop rules to implement this chapter. The administrator shall request and consider recommendations from the *advisory committee in the development of rules.
[ 2007 c 364 s 7 .]
*Reviser's note: Section 5, chapter 364, Laws of 2007, which provided for the advisory committee, ... |
2.72.055 | Decision-making authority training—Legal community and persons working in long-term care facilities. | The *office of public guardianship, in partnership with the office of the state long-term care ombuds, must develop and offer training targeted to the legal community and persons working in long-term care facilities regarding the different kinds of decision-making authority, including guardianship, authority granted un... |
2.72.060 | Office to provide decision-making assistance services, navigator service, and trainings for decision makers and professional guardians. | (1) Subject to the availability of funds appropriated for this specific purpose, the office shall contract with public or private entities or individuals to provide decision-making assistance services, prioritizing persons who are: (a) Age 18 or older whose income does not exceed 400 percent of the federal poverty leve... |
2.72.070 | Annual report to legislature. | (1) By October 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, and in compliance with RCW 43.01.036 , the office of public guardianship must submit a report to the legislature regarding the demand for the services provided by the office, barriers to service delivery, and outcomes achieved. (2) The report required in subsection (1) o... |
2.76.010 | Creation—Membership.(Expires January 1, 2031.) | There is created an interbranch advisory committee consisting of the following members: (1) Two legislative members, one from each of the two largest caucuses of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. One member shall be a member of a committee having jurisdiction over g... |
2.76.020 | Purposes.(Expires January 1, 2031.) | The purpose of the interbranch advisory committee is to foster cooperation, communication, coordination, collaboration, and planning regarding issues of mutual concern among the three branches of state government. An additional purpose of the committee is to suggest ways to provide access to justice and to court servic... |
2.76.030 | Meetings—Issues to discuss—Staff support.(Expires January 1, 2031.) | (1) The interbranch advisory committee may set its own meeting schedule. The committee shall discuss issues of mutual concern between the branches. Examples include, but are not limited to: (a) Funding legislative mandates; (b) Initiatives related to access to justice; (c) Issues of local concern; (d) Courthouse securi... |
2.76.900 | Expiration date. | This chapter expires January 1, 2031.
[ 2025 c 398 s 4 ; 2022 c 284 s 5 .] |
3.02.010 | Court of limited jurisdiction defined. | For purposes of this chapter, a court of limited jurisdiction is any court organized under Titles 3 , 35 , or 35A RCW.
[ 1980 c 162 s 1 .]
Effective dates, savings — 1980 c 162: "Sections 1 through 4 of this 1980 act shall take effect on January 1, 1981, and shall apply to civil or criminal actions commenced on or afte... |
3.02.020 | Review of proceedings. | Review of the proceedings in a court of limited jurisdiction shall be by the superior court, the procedure for which may be established by supreme court rule.
[ 1980 c 162 s 2 .]
Effective dates, savings — Severability — 1980 c 162: See notes following RCW 3.02.010 . |
3.02.030 | Record of proceedings. | The supreme court may, by court rule, establish a method of making a record of the proceedings of a court of limited jurisdiction for purposes of review.
[ 1980 c 162 s 3 .]
Effective dates, savings — Severability — 1980 c 162: See notes following RCW 3.02.010 . |
3.02.040 | Electronic recording equipment. | The administrator for the courts may be consulted for advice on the selection, installation, and operation of any electronic recording equipment in courts of limited jurisdiction.
[ 2016 c 74 s 3 ; 1980 c 162 s 4 .]
Effective dates, savings — Severability — 1980 c 162: See notes following RCW 3.02.010 . |
3.02.045 | Use of collection agencies and attorneys to collect unpaid amounts—Interest to agency authorized—Credit or debit card use—Assessment of amounts paid for collection as court costs. | (1) Courts of limited jurisdiction may use collection agencies under chapter 19.16 RCW for purposes of collecting unpaid penalties on infractions, criminal fines, costs, assessments, civil judgments, or forfeitures that have been imposed by the courts. Courts of limited jurisdiction may enter into agreements with one o... |
3.02.050 | Discovery rules in civil cases. | By January 1, 1982, the supreme court shall adopt rules providing for discovery in civil cases in the courts of limited jurisdiction.
[ 1981 c 331 s 8 .]
Court Congestion Reduction Act of 1981 — Purpose — Severability — 1981 c 331: See notes following RCW 2.32.070 . |
3.02.060 | Judge pro tempore appointments. | A judge pro tempore may be authorized under RCW 3.50.090 or 35.20.200 whenever a judge of the municipal 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 RCW 3.50.090 or 35.20.20... |
3.02.070 | Applicability of courts open to all act. | The provisions of RCW 2.28.300 through 2.28.330 apply to courts of limited jurisdiction.
[ 2020 c 37 s 7 .]
Findings — Short title — 2020 c 37: See notes following RCW 2.28.300 . |
3.20.100 | Change of venue—Affidavit of prejudice. | If, previous to the commencement of any trial before a justice of the peace, the defendant, his or her attorney or agent, shall make and file with the justice an affidavit that the deponent believes that the defendant cannot have an impartial trial before such justice, it shall be the duty of the justice to forthwith t... |
3.30.010 | Definitions. | As used in this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise: "City" means an incorporated city or town. "Department" means an administrative unit of a district court established for the orderly and efficient administration of business and may include, without being limited in scope thereby, a unit or units fo... |
3.30.015 | Construction of "justices of the peace," "justice courts," "justice of the peace courts." | All references to justices of the peace in other titles of the Revised Code of Washington shall be construed as meaning district judges. All references to justice courts or justice of the peace courts in other titles of the Revised Code of Washington shall be construed as meaning district courts.
[ 1984 c 258 s 90 .]
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3.30.020 | Application of chapters3.30through3.74RCW. | The provisions of chapters 3.30 through 3.74 RCW shall apply to each county with a population of two hundred ten thousand or more: PROVIDED, That any city having a population of more than four hundred thousand may by resolution of its legislative body elect to continue to operate a municipal court pursuant to the provi... |
3.30.030 | Nomenclature for judges and courts. | The judges of each district court district shall be the justices of the peace of the district elected or appointed as provided in chapters 3.30 through 3.74 RCW. Such courts shall alternately be referred to as district courts and the judges thereof as district judges.
[ 1984 c 258 s 4 ; 1971 c 73 s 1 ; 1961 c 299 s 3 .... |
3.30.040 | Sessions. | The district courts shall be open except on nonjudicial days. Sessions of the court shall be held at such places as shall be provided by the district court districting plan. The court shall sit as often as business requires in each city of the district which provides suitable courtroom facilities, to hear causes in whi... |
3.30.050 | Departments. | Each court may be organized in a manner consistent with the departments created by the districting plan.
[ 1984 c 258 s 6 ; 1971 c 73 s 2 ; 1961 c 299 s 5 .]
Court Improvement Act of 1984 — Effective dates — Severability — Short title — 1984 c 258: See notes following RCW 3.30.010 . |
3.30.060 | Adjournments. | Adjournments from day to day, or from time to time, are to be construed as recesses in the sessions, and shall not prevent the court from sitting at any time.
[ 1961 c 299 s 6 .] |
3.30.070 | Records. | The clerk of each district court shall keep uniform records of each case filed and the proceedings had therein including an accounting for all funds received and disbursed. Financial reporting shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the state auditor. The form of other records may be prescribed by the supreme cou... |
3.30.080 | Rules. | The supreme court may adopt rules of procedure for district courts. A district court may adopt local rules of procedure which are not inconsistent with state law or with the rules adopted by the supreme court. The rules for a county with a single district and multiple facilities may include rules to provide where cases... |
3.30.090 | Violations bureau. | A violations bureau may be established by any city or district court having jurisdiction of traffic cases to assist in processing traffic cases. As designated by written order of the court having jurisdiction of traffic cases, specific offenses under city ordinance, county resolution, or state law may be processed by s... |
3.34.010 | District judges—Number for each county. | The minimum number of district judges to be elected in each county shall be: Adams, two; Asotin, one; Benton, five; Chelan, two; Clallam, two; Clark, six; Columbia, one; Cowlitz, three; Douglas, one; Ferry, one; Franklin, one; Garfield, one; Grant, three; Grays Harbor, two; Island, one; Jefferson, one; King, twenty-thr... |
3.34.020 | District judges—Number—Changes. | (1) Any increase in the number of full and part-time district judges after January 1, 1992, shall be determined by the county legislative authority of the affected county after receiving a recommendation from the supreme court. The supreme court shall make its recommendations to the county legislative authority based o... |
3.34.025 | District judge positions—Approval and agreement. | Any additional district judge positions created under RCW 3.34.020 shall be effective only if the legislative authority of the affected county documents its approval of any additional positions and its agreement that it will pay out of county funds, without reimbursement from the state, the expenses of such additional ... |
3.34.040 | District judges—Full time—Other. | A district judge serving a district having a population of forty thousand or more persons, and a district judge receiving a salary equal to the maximum salary set by the salary commission under RCW 3.58.020 for district judges shall be deemed full time judges and shall devote all of their time to the office and shall n... |
3.34.050 | District judges—Election. | At the general election in November 1962 and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be elected by the voters of each district court district the number of judges authorized for the district by the district court districting plan. Judges shall be elected for each district and electoral district, if any, by the qualified ... |
3.34.060 | District judges—Eligibility and qualifications. | To be eligible to file a declaration of candidacy for and to serve as a district court judge, a person must: (1) Be a registered voter of the district court district and electoral district, if any; and (2) Be either: (a) A lawyer admitted to practice law in the state of Washington; or (b) In those districts having a po... |
3.34.070 | District judges—Term of office. | Every district judge shall hold office for a term of four years from and after the second Monday in January next succeeding his or her selection and continuing until a successor is elected and qualified.
[ 1984 c 258 s 13 ; 1961 c 299 s 16 .]
Court Improvement Act of 1984 — Effective dates — Severability — Short title ... |
3.34.080 | Oath—District judges—Court commissioners. | Each district judge, district judge pro tempore and district court commissioner shall, before entering upon the duties of office, take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution and laws of the state of Washington, and to perform the duties of the office faithfully and impartially and... |
3.34.090 | Bonds—Insurance as reimbursable expense. | The county legislative authority shall provide for the bonding of each district judge, district judge pro tempore, district court commissioner, clerk of the district court, and court employee, at the expense of the county, in such amount as the county legislative authority shall prescribe, conditioned that each such pe... |
3.34.100 | District judges—Vacancies—Remuneration. | (1) If a district judge dies, resigns, is convicted of a felony, ceases to reside in the district, fails to serve for any reason except temporary disability, or if his or her term of office is terminated in any other manner, the office shall be deemed vacant. The county legislative authority shall fill all vacancies by... |
3.34.110 | District judicial officers—Disqualification. | (1) A district court judicial officer shall not preside in any of the following cases: (a) In an action to which the judicial officer is a party, or in which the judicial officer is directly interested, or in which the judicial officer has been an attorney for a party. (b) When the judicial officer or one of the partie... |
3.34.120 | District judges—Disqualification of partners. | The partner and associates of a judge who is a lawyer shall not practice law before the judge.
[ 1984 c 258 s 18 ; 1961 c 299 s 21 .]
Court Improvement Act of 1984 — Effective dates — Severability — Short title — 1984 c 258: See notes following RCW 3.30.010 . |
3.34.130 | District judges pro tempore—Reduction in salary of replaced judges—Exception—Reimbursement of counties. | (1) In addition to the designation of a presiding judge pro tempore for a single judge court as provided in RCW 3.34.150 (2), each district court shall designate one or more persons as judge pro tempore who shall serve during the temporary absence, disqualification, or incapacity of a district judge or to serve as an a... |
3.34.140 | Exchange of district judges—Reimbursement for expenses. | Any district judge may hold a session in any district in the state, at the request of the judge or majority of judges in the district if the visiting judge determines that the state of business in his or her district allows the judge to be absent. The county legislative authority in which the district court is located ... |
3.34.150 | Presiding judge. | (1) If a district has more than one judge, the supreme court may by rule provide for the manner of selection of one of the judges to serve as presiding judge and prescribe the presiding judge's duties. If a county has multiple districts or has one district with multiple electoral districts, the supreme court may by rul... |
3.38.010 | Districting committee—Membership. | There is established in each county a district court districting committee composed of the following: (1) The judge of the superior court, or, if there be more than one such judge, then one of the judges selected by that court; (2) The prosecuting attorney, or a deputy selected by the prosecuting attorney; (3) A practi... |
3.38.020 | Districting committee—Duties—Districting plan. | The district court districting committee shall meet at the call of the prosecuting attorney to prepare or amend the plan for the districting of the county into one or more district court districts in accordance with the provisions of chapters 3.30 through 3.74 RCW. The plan shall include the following: (1) The boundari... |
3.38.022 | Location of offices and courtrooms. | The districting plan may provide that the offices and courtrooms of more than one district may be in the same building: PROVIDED, That no office or courtroom of any district shall be located further than two miles outside the boundary of the district which it serves.
[ 1984 c 258 s 24 ; 1963 c 213 s 1 .]
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3.38.030 | Districting plan—Adoption. | Upon receipt of the districting plan, the county legislative authority shall hold a public hearing, pursuant to the provisions of RCW 36.32.120 (7), as now or hereafter amended. At the hearing, anyone interested in the plan may attend and be heard as to the convenience which will be afforded to the public by the plan, ... |
3.38.031 | Districting plan—Transitional provisions. | As a part of the districting plan, the county legislative authority shall designate a date on which the terms of the district judges of the county shall end. For each judicial position under the districting plan, the county legislative authority shall appoint a person qualified under RCW 3.34.060 who shall take office ... |
3.38.040 | Districting plan—Amendment. | (1) The districting committee may meet for the purpose of amending the districting plan at any time on call of the county legislative authority, the chairperson of the committee or a majority of its members. Amendments to the plan shall be submitted to the county legislative authority not later than March 15th of each ... |
3.38.050 | District court districts—Standards. | District court districts shall be established in accordance with the following standards: (1) Every part of the county shall be in some district. (2) The whole county may constitute one district. (3) There shall not be more districts than there are judges authorized for the county. (4) A district boundary shall not int... |
3.38.060 | Joint district court districts. | Joint districts may be established containing all or part of two or more counties. The county containing the largest portion of the population of a joint district shall be known as the "principal county" and each joint district shall be deemed to lie within the principal county for the purpose of chapters 3.30 through ... |
3.38.070 | Separate electoral districts—Establishment. | A county legislative authority for a county that has a single district but has multiple locations for courtrooms may establish separate electoral districts to provide for election of district court judges by subcounty local districts. In any county containing a city of more than four hundred thousand population, the le... |
3.38.080 | Separate electoral districts—Definition. | In any county in which separate electoral districts have been established pursuant to RCW 3.38.070 , the term "district" also means "electoral district" for purposes of RCW 3.38.022 , 3.38.050 , and 3.38.060 .
[ 1990 c 257 s 2 .] |
3.42.010 | District court commissioners—Appointment—Qualifications—Term of office. | When so authorized by the districting plan, one or more district court commissioners may be appointed in any district by the judges of the district. Each commissioner shall be a registered voter of the county in which the district or a portion thereof is located, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the appointing ... |
3.42.020 | Powers of commissioners—Limitations. | Each district court commissioner shall have such power, authority, and jurisdiction in criminal and civil matters as the appointing judges possess and shall prescribe, except that when serving as a commissioner, the commissioner does not have authority to preside over trials in criminal matters, or jury trials in civil... |
3.42.040 | Compensation. | District court commissioners shall receive such compensation as the county legislative authority or city council shall provide.
[ 1984 c 258 s 33 ; 1969 ex.s. c 66 s 4 ; 1961 c 299 s 34 .]
Court Improvement Act of 1984 — Effective dates — Severability — Short title — 1984 c 258: See notes following RCW 3.30.010 .
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3.46.015 | Operation of municipal department in existence prior to July 1, 2008. | A municipality operating a municipal department under this chapter prior to July 1, 2008, may continue to operate as if chapter 227, Laws of 2008 was not adopted. Such municipal departments shall remain subject to the provisions of this chapter as this chapter was written prior to the adoption of chapter 227, Laws of 2... |
3.50.003 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "City" means an incorporated city or town. (2) "Contracting city" means any city that contracts with a hosting jurisdiction for the delivery of judicial services. (3) "Hosting jurisdiction" means a county or... |
3.50.005 | Legislative finding—Alternative court structure for cities and towns of four hundred thousand or less. | The legislature finds that there is a multitude of statutes governing the municipal courts of the state. This situation is confusing and misleading to attorneys, judges, court personnel, and others who work with the municipal courts. The legislature therefore finds that a reorganization of the municipal courts of the s... |
3.50.010 | Municipal court authorized in cities of four hundred thousand or less. | Any city or town with a population of four hundred thousand or less may by ordinance provide for an inferior court to be known and designated as a municipal court, which shall be entitled "The Municipal Court of . . . . . . . . . (insert name of city or town)," hereinafter designated and referred to as "municipal court... |
3.50.020 | Jurisdiction. | The municipal court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction over traffic infractions arising under city ordinances and exclusive original criminal jurisdiction of all violations of city ordinances duly adopted by the city and shall have original jurisdiction of all other actions brought to enforce or recover license... |
3.50.030 | Violations bureau for traffic cases—Disposition of moneys collected. | Every city or town may establish and operate under the supervision of the municipal court a violations bureau to assist the court in processing traffic cases. Each municipal court shall designate the specific traffic offenses and traffic infractions under city or town ordinances which may be processed by the violations... |
3.50.040 | Municipal judges—Appointed—Terms, qualifications—District judge as part-time municipal judge. | Within thirty days after the effective date of the ordinance creating the municipal court, the mayor of each city or town shall appoint a municipal judge or judges of the municipal court for a term of four years. The terms of judges serving on July 1, 1984, and municipal judges who are appointed to terms commencing bef... |
3.50.045 | Judicial officers—Disqualification. | (1) A municipal court judicial officer shall not preside in any of the following cases: (a) In an action to which the judicial officer is a party, or in which the judicial officer is directly interested, or in which the judicial officer has been an attorney for a party. (b) When the judicial officer or one of the parti... |
3.50.050 | Municipal judge may be elective position—Qualifications, term. | The legislative authority of the city or town may, by ordinance, provide that the position of municipal judge within the city or town shall be an elective position. The ordinance shall provide for the qualifications of the municipal judge which shall be the same as the qualifications necessary for the appointment there... |
3.50.055 | Judicial positions—Filling—Circumstances permitted. | Notwithstanding RCW 3.50.040 and 3.50.050 , judicial positions may be filled only by election under the following circumstances: (1) Each full-time equivalent judicial position shall be filled by election. This requirement applies regardless of how many judges are employed to fill the position. For purposes of this sec... |
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