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2.08.064 | Judges—Benton, Franklin, Clallam, Jefferson, Snohomish, Asotin, Columbia, Garfield, Cowlitz, Klickitat, and Skamania counties. | There shall be in the counties of Benton and Franklin jointly, seven judges of the superior court; in the county of Clallam, three judges of the superior court; in the county of Jefferson, one judge of the superior court; in the county of Snohomish, 17 judges of the superior court; in the counties of Asotin, Columbia a... |
2.08.065 | Judges—Grant, Ferry, Okanogan, Mason, Thurston, Pacific, Wahkiakum, Pend Oreille, Stevens, San Juan, and Island counties. | There shall be in the county of Grant, three judges of the superior court; in the county of Okanogan, two judges of the superior court; in the county of Mason, three judges of the superior court; in the county of Thurston, nine judges of the superior court; in the counties of Pacific and Wahkiakum jointly, one judge of... |
2.08.069 | Judges—Filling vacancies resulting from creation of additional judgeships. | Unless otherwise provided, upon the taking effect of any act providing for additional judges of the superior court and thereby creating a vacancy, the governor shall appoint a person to hold the office until the election and qualification of a judge to fill the vacancy, which election shall be at the next succeeding ge... |
2.08.070 | Terms of office. | The judges of the superior court elected under the provisions of RCW 2.08.060 through 2.08.065 shall hold their offices for the term of four years from and after the second Monday in January next succeeding their election, and until their successors are elected and qualified.
[ 1927 c 135 s 2 ; RRS s 11045-2.]
Election... |
2.08.080 | Oath of office. | Every judge of a superior court shall, before entering upon the duties of his or her office, take and subscribe an oath that he or she will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the state of Washington, and will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of judge to the best of his ... |
2.08.092 | Salary of judges. | The annual salary of the judges of the superior court shall be established by the Washington citizens' commission on salaries for elected officials.
[ 1986 c 155 s 6 ; 1984 c 258 s 403 .]
Contingent effective date — Severability — 1986 c 155: See notes following RCW 43.03.300 .
Court Improvement Act of 1984 — Effective... |
2.08.100 | Payment of county's portion. | The county auditor of each county shall pay superior court judges in the same means and manner provided for all other elected officials.
[ 1997 c 204 s 1 ; 1939 c 189 s 1 ; 1893 c 30 s 1 ; 1890 p 329 s 2 ; RRS s 10967.]
Distribution of work of courts by chief justice — Unavailability of presiding judge in single judge ... |
2.08.110 | Apportionment between counties in joint judicial district. | Where there is only one judge of the superior court for two or more counties, the auditors thereof, acting together, shall apportion among or between such counties, according to the assessed valuation of their taxable property, the amount of such judge's salary that each county shall pay.
[ 1890 p 329 s 3 ; RRS s 10968... |
2.08.115 | Judge serving district comprising more than one county—Reimbursement for travel expenses. | Whenever a judge of the superior court shall serve a district comprising more than one county, such judge shall be reimbursed for travel expenses in connection with business of the court in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 as now existing or hereafter amended for travel from his or her residence to the other... |
2.08.120 | Vacancy, how filled. | (1) If a vacancy occurs in the office of judge of the superior court, the governor shall appoint a person to hold the office until the election and qualification of a judge to fill the vacancy, which election shall be at the next succeeding general election, and the judge so elected shall hold office for the remainder ... |
2.08.140 | Visiting judge at direction of governor. | Whenever a judge of the superior court of any county in this state, or a majority of such judges in any county in which there is more than one judge of said court, shall request the governor of the state to direct a judge of the superior court of any other county to hold a session of the superior court of any such coun... |
2.08.150 | Visiting judge at request of judge or judges. | Whenever a like request shall be addressed by the judge, or by a majority of the judges (if there be more than one) of the superior court of any county to the superior judge of any other county, he or she is hereby empowered, if he or she deem it consistent with the state of judicial business in the county or counties ... |
2.08.160 | Sessions where more than one judge sits—Effect of decrees, orders, etc. | In any county where there shall be more than one superior judge, or in which a superior judge of another county may be holding a session of the superior court, as provided in RCW 2.08.140 through 2.08.170 , there may be as many sessions of the superior court at the same time as there are judges thereof, or assigned to ... |
2.08.170 | Expenses of visiting judge. | Any judge of the superior court of any county in this state who shall hold a session of the superior court of any other county, in pursuance of the provisions of RCW 2.08.140 through 2.08.170 shall be entitled to receive from the county in which he or she shall hold such sessions reimbursement for subsistence, lodging,... |
2.08.180 | Judge pro tempore—Appointment—Oath—Compensation. | A case in the superior court of any county may be tried by a judge pro tempore, who must be either: (1) A member of the bar, agreed upon in writing by the parties litigant, or their attorneys of record, approved by the court, and sworn to try the case; or (2) pursuant to supreme court rule, any sitting elected judge. A... |
2.08.185 | Attorney serving as guardian ad litem—Disqualification as judge pro tempore or commissioner pro tempore—Circumstances. | An attorney may not serve as a superior court judge pro tempore or a superior court commissioner pro tempore in a judicial district while appointed to or serving on a case in that judicial district as a guardian ad litem for compensation under Title 11 , 13 , or 26 RCW, if that judicial district is contained within div... |
2.08.190 | Powers of judge in counties of his or her district. | Any judge of the superior court of the state of Washington shall have power, in any county within his or her district: (1) To sign all necessary orders and papers in probate matters pending in any other county in his or her district; (2) to issue restraining orders, and to sign the necessary orders of continuance in ac... |
2.08.200 | Decisions and rulings in matters heard outside judge's district. | Any judge of the superior court of the state of Washington who shall have heard any cause, either upon motion, demurrer, issue of fact, or other matter in any county out of his or her district, may decide, rule upon, and determine the same in any county in this state, which decision, ruling, and determination shall be ... |
2.08.210 | Extent of court's process—Venue. | The process of the superior courts shall extend to all parts of the state: PROVIDED, That all actions for the recovery of the possession of, quieting the title to, or for the enforcement of liens upon, real estate, shall be commenced in the county in which the real estate, or any part thereof, affected by such action o... |
2.08.220 | Process, to whom directed. | Unless otherwise provided by statute, all process issuing out of the court shall be directed to the sheriff of the county in which it is to be served, and be by him or her executed according to law.
[ 2011 c 336 s 20 ; 1891 c 45 s 5 ; RRS s 35.] |
2.08.230 | Uniform rules to be established. | The judges of the superior courts shall, from time to time, establish uniform rules for the government of the superior courts.
[ 1890 p 344 s 13 ; RRS s 36.]
Rule-making power, supreme court: RCW 2.04.180 through 2.04.210 .
Superior court rules: State Constitution Art. 4 s 24.
Supplementary superior court rules: RCW 2.... |
2.08.240 | Limit of time for decision. | Every case submitted to a judge of a superior court for his or her decision shall be decided by him or her within ninety days from the submission thereof: PROVIDED, That if within said period of ninety days a rehearing shall have been ordered, then the period within which he or she is to decide shall commence at the ti... |
2.08.250 | Report to judges of supreme court. | Superior judges shall, on or before the first day of November in each year, report in writing to the judges of the supreme court, such defects and omissions in the laws as their experience may suggest.
[ 1890 p 344 s 14 ; RRS s 11050.]
Annual report to supreme court: State Constitution Art. 4 s 25. |
2.10.010 | Short title. | This chapter shall be known and cited as the Washington Judicial Retirement System Act.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 267 s 1 .] |
2.10.020 | Purpose. | The purpose of this chapter is to effect a system of retirement from active service.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 267 s 2 .] |
2.10.030 | Definitions. | (1) "Accumulated contributions" means the total amount deducted from the judge's monthly salary pursuant to RCW 2.10.090 , together with the regular interest thereon from July 1, 1988, as determined by the director of the department of retirement systems. (2) "Beneficiary" means any person in receipt of a retirement al... |
2.10.040 | System created—Coverage—Exclusions. | The Washington judicial retirement system is hereby created for judges appointed or elected under the provisions of chapters 2.04 , 2.06, and 2.08 RCW. All judges first appointed or elected to the courts covered by these chapters on or after August 9, 1971, and prior to July 1, 1988, shall be members of this system: PR... |
2.10.052 | Retirement board abolished—Transfer of powers, duties, and functions. | The Washington judicial retirement board established by this chapter is abolished. All powers, duties, and functions of the board are transferred to the director of retirement systems.
[ 1982 c 163 s 1 .]
Severability — 1982 c 163: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held i... |
2.10.070 | Retirement board—Duties. | The retirement board shall perform the following duties: (1) Keep in convenient form such data as shall be deemed necessary for actuarial evaluation purposes; (2) As of July 1st of every even-numbered year have an actuarial evaluation made as to the mortality and service experience of the beneficiaries under this chapt... |
2.10.080 | Funds and securities. | (1) The state treasurer shall be the custodian of all funds and securities of the retirement system. Disbursements from this fund shall be made by the state treasurer upon receipt of duly authorized vouchers. (2) The state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to deposit any portion of the funds of the retirement... |
2.10.090 | Funding. | The total liability, as determined by the actuary, of this system shall be funded as follows: (1) Every judge shall have deducted from his or her monthly salary an amount equal to seven and one-half percent of said salary. (2) The state as employer shall contribute an equal amount on a quarterly basis. (3) The state sh... |
2.10.100 | Retirement for service or age. | Retirement of a member for service shall be made by the retirement board as follows: (1) Any judge who, on August 9, 1971 or within one year thereafter, shall have completed as a judge the years of actual service required under chapter 2.12 RCW and who shall elect to become a member of this system, shall in all respect... |
2.10.110 | Service retirement allowance. | A member upon retirement for service shall receive a monthly retirement allowance computed according to his or her completed years of service, as follows: Ten years, but less than fifteen years, three percent of his or her final average salary for each year of service; fifteen years and over, three and one-half percent... |
2.10.120 | Retirement for disability—Procedure. | (1) Any judge who has served as a judge for a period of ten or more years, and who shall believe he or she has become physically or otherwise permanently incapacitated for the full and efficient performance of the duties of his or her office, may file with the retirement board an application in writing, asking for reti... |
2.10.130 | Retirement for disability allowance. | Upon a judge being retired for disability as provided in RCW 2.10.120 , he or she shall receive from the fund an amount equal to one-half of his or her final average salary.
[ 2011 c 336 s 26 ; 1971 ex.s. c 267 s 13 .] |
2.10.140 | Survivor's benefits. | (1) A surviving spouse of any judge holding such office, or if he or she dies after having retired and who, at the time of his or her death, has served ten or more years in the aggregate, shall receive a monthly allowance equal to fifty percent of the retirement allowance the retired judge was receiving, or fifty perce... |
2.10.144 | Payment of accumulated contributions or retirement allowance upon death—Election. | (1) If a judge dies before the date of retirement, the amount of the accumulated contributions standing to the judge's credit at the time of death shall be paid to the member's estate, or such person or persons, trust, or organization as the judge has nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the de... |
2.10.146 | Election of option for payment of retirement or disability allowance—Retirement allowance adjustment. | (1) Upon making application for a service retirement allowance under RCW 2.10.100 or a disability allowance under RCW 2.10.120 , a judge who is eligible therefor shall make an election as to the manner in which such service retirement shall be paid from among the following designated options, calculated so as to be act... |
2.10.155 | Suspension of retirement allowance upon employment—Exceptions—Reinstatement—Pro tempore service. | (1) No judge shall be eligible to receive the judge's monthly service or disability retirement allowance if the retired judge is employed: (a) For more than eight hundred ten hours in a calendar year as a pro tempore judge; or (b) In an eligible position as defined in RCW 41.40.010 or 41.32.010 , or as a law enforcemen... |
2.10.165 | Refund of certain contributions. | If a judge who was a member of this system left the system before July 1, 1988, and neither the judge nor the judge's surviving spouse: (1) Was eligible at that time to receive a benefit under this chapter; or (2) has received an amount under a sundry claims appropriation from the state legislature intended as a refund... |
2.10.170 | Cost-of-living adjustment. | Effective July 1, 1972, and of each succeeding year, every retirement allowance which has been in effect for one year or more shall be adjusted to that dollar amount which bears the ratio to its original dollar amount which the retirement board finds to exist between the index for the previous calendar year and the ind... |
2.10.180 | Benefits exempt from taxation and judicial process—Exceptions—Deductions for group insurance premiums. | (1) Except as provided in subsections (2), (3), and (4) of this section, the right of a person to a retirement allowance, disability allowance, or death benefit, the retirement, disability or death allowance itself, any optional benefit, any other right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of this cha... |
2.10.190 | Hearing prior to judicial review—Required—Notice. | Any person aggrieved by any final decision of the retirement board must, before petitioning for judicial review, file with the director of the retirement system by mail or personally within sixty days from the day such decision was communicated to such person, a notice for a hearing before the retirement board. The not... |
2.10.200 | Hearing prior to judicial review—Conduct. | A hearing shall be held by the department of retirement systems, or an authorized representative, in the county of the residence of the claimant at a time and place designated by the director. Such hearings shall be de novo and shall conform to the provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW. The retirement system may appear in al... |
2.10.210 | Hearing prior to judicial review—No bond required. | No bond of any kind shall be required of a claimant appealing to the superior court, the court of appeals, or the supreme court from a finding of the retirement board affecting such claimant's right to retirement or disability benefits.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 267 s 21 .] |
2.10.220 | Transfer to system—Prior service credit. | (1) Any member of the Washington public employees' retirement system who is eligible to participate in the judicial retirement system may, by written request filed with the retirement boards of the two systems respectively, transfer such membership to the judicial retirement system. Upon the receipt of such request, th... |
2.10.230 | Cessation of benefits upon appointment or election to court. | Any person receiving retirement benefits from this system who is appointed or elected to a court under chapter 2.04 , 2.06, or 2.08 RCW shall upon the first day of entering such office become a member of this system and his or her retirement benefits shall cease. Pro tempore service as a judge of a court of record shal... |
2.10.900 | Construction—Domestic relations terms—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... |
2.12.010 | Retirement for service or age. | Any judge of the supreme court, court of appeals, or superior court of the state of Washington who heretofore and/or hereafter shall have served as a judge of any such courts for eighteen years in the aggregate or who shall have served ten years in the aggregate and shall have attained the age of seventy years or more ... |
2.12.012 | Partial pension for less than eighteen years service—When authorized, amount. | Any judge of the supreme court, court of appeals, or superior court of this state who shall leave judicial service at any time after having served as a judge of any of such courts for an aggregate of twelve years shall be eligible to a partial retirement pension in a percentage of the pension provided in this chapter a... |
2.12.015 | Additional pension for more than eighteen years service—Amount. | In the event any judge of the supreme court, court of appeals, or superior court of the state serves more than eighteen years in the aggregate as computed under RCW 2.12.010 , he or she shall receive in addition to any other pension benefits to which he or she may be entitled under this chapter, an additional pension b... |
2.12.020 | Retirement for disability. | (1) Any judge of the supreme court, court of appeals, or superior court of the state of Washington, who heretofore and/or hereafter shall have served as a judge of any such courts for a period of ten years in the aggregate, and who shall believe he or she has become physically or otherwise permanently incapacitated for... |
2.12.030 | Amount and time of payment—Surviving spouse's benefit. | Supreme court, court of appeals, or superior court judges of the state who retire from office under the provisions of this chapter other than as provided in RCW 2.12.012 shall be entitled to receive monthly during the period of their natural life, out of the fund hereinafter created, an amount equal to one-half of the ... |
2.12.035 | Retirement pay of certain justices or judges retiring prior to December 1, 1968—Widow's benefits. | The retirement pay or pension of any justice of the supreme or judge of any superior court of the state who was in office on August 6, 1965, and who retired prior to December 1, 1968, or who would have been eligible to retire at the time of death prior to December 1, 1968, shall be based, effective December 1, 1968, up... |
2.12.037 | Adjustment of pension of retired judges or widows or widowers. | (1) "Index" for the purposes of this section, shall mean, for any calendar year, that year's annual average consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers, all items (1957-1959 equal one hundred) compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor; (2) Effective July 1, 1970,... |
2.12.040 | Service after retirement. | If any retired judge shall accept an appointment or an election to a judicial office, he or she shall be entitled to receive the full salary pertaining thereto, and his or her retirement pay under this chapter shall be suspended during such term of office and his or her salary then received shall be subject to contribu... |
2.12.045 | Minimum monthly benefit—Post-retirement adjustment—Computation. | (1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, effective July 1, 1979, no person receiving a monthly benefit pursuant to this chapter shall receive a monthly benefit of less than ten dollars per month for each year of service creditable to the person whose service is the basis of the retirement allowance. Po... |
2.12.046 | Monthly benefit—Post-retirement adjustment—Computation. | Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, effective July 1, 1983, the monthly benefit of each person who either is receiving benefits pursuant to RCW 2.12.020 or 2.12.030 as of December 31, 1982, or commenced receiving a monthly benefit under this chapter as of a date no later than July 1, 1978, shall be pe... |
2.12.048 | Refund of certain contributions. | If a judge who was a member of this system left the system before July 1, 1988, and neither the judge nor the judge's surviving spouse: (1) Was eligible at that time to receive a benefit under this chapter; or (2) has received an amount under a sundry claims appropriation from the state legislature intended as a refund... |
2.12.050 | Judges' retirement fund—Created—Contents—Custodian—Records. | There is hereby created a fund in the state treasury to be known as "The Judges' Retirement Fund" which shall consist of the moneys appropriated from the general fund in the state treasury, as hereinafter provided; the deductions from salaries of judges, as hereinafter provided, all gifts, donations, bequests and devis... |
2.12.060 | Fund—Constitution—Salary deductions—Aid. | For the purpose of providing moneys in said judges' retirement fund, concurrent monthly deductions from judges' salaries and portions thereof payable from the state treasury and withdrawals from the general fund of the state treasury shall be made as follows: Six and one-half percent shall be deducted from the monthly ... |
2.12.090 | Benefits exempt from taxation and judicial process—Exceptions—Deductions for group insurance premiums. | (1) Except as provided in subsections (2), (3), and (4) of this section, the right of any person to a retirement allowance or optional retirement allowance under the provisions of this chapter and all moneys and investments and income thereof are exempt from any state, county, municipal, or other local tax and shall no... |
2.12.100 | Transfer of membership from Washington public employees' retirement system to judges' retirement system—Authorized—Procedure. | Any member of the Washington public employees' retirement system who is eligible to participate in the judges' retirement system, may by written request filed with the director and custodian of the two systems respectively, transfer such membership to the judges' retirement system. Upon the receipt of such request, the... |
2.12.900 | Construction—Gender. | Whenever words importing the masculine gender are used in the provisions of this chapter they may be extended to females also as provided in RCW 1.12.050 and whenever words importing the feminine gender are used in the provisions of this chapter they may be extended to males.
[ 1971 c 30 s 8 .] |
2.12.901 | 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... |
2.14.010 | Purpose. | (1) The purpose of this chapter is to provide a supplemental retirement benefit to judges who are elected or appointed under chapter 2.04 , 2.06, or 2.08 RCW and who are members of the public employees' retirement system for their service as a judge. (2) This chapter may be known and cited as the judicial retirement ac... |
2.14.020 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Plan" means the judicial retirement account plan. (2) "Principal account" means the judicial retirement principal account. (3) "Member" means a judge participating in the judicial retirement account plan. (4) "Administrative account" means the judicial... |
2.14.030 | Judicial retirement account plan established. | The judicial retirement account plan is established for judges appointed or elected under chapter 2.04 , 2.06, or 2.08 RCW and who are members of the public employees' retirement system for their service as a judge.
[ 1988 c 109 s 14 .]
Effective date — 1988 c 109: See note following RCW 2.10.030 . |
2.14.040 | Administration of plan. | The administrator for the courts, under the direction of the board for judicial administration, shall administer the plan. The administrator shall: (1) Deposit or invest contributions to the plan consistent with RCW 2.14.080 ; (2) Credit investment earnings or interest to individual judicial retirement accounts consist... |
2.14.050 | Administrator—Discharge of duties. | The administrator for the courts shall be deemed to stand in a fiduciary relationship to the members participating in the plan and shall discharge his or her duties in good faith and with that diligence, care, and skill which ordinary prudent persons would exercise under similar circumstances in like positions.
[ 1988 ... |
2.14.060 | Judicial retirement principal account—Creation—Transfer of deficiencies—Contributions—Use. | The judicial retirement principal account is created in the state treasury. Any deficiency in the judicial retirement administrative account caused by an excess of administrative expenses disbursed from that account over earnings of investments of balances credited to that account shall be transferred to that account f... |
2.14.070 | Judicial retirement administrative account—Creation—Use—Excess balance—Deficiencies. | The judicial retirement administrative account is created in the state treasury. All expenses of the administrator for the courts under this chapter, including staffing and administrative expenses, shall be paid out of the administrative account. Any excess balance of this account over administrative expenses disbursed... |
2.14.080 | Duties of administrator—Investments and earnings. | (1) The administrator for the courts shall: (a) Deposit or invest the contributions under RCW 2.14.090 in a credit union, savings and loan association, bank, or mutual savings bank; (b) Purchase life insurance, shares of an investment company, or fixed and/or variable annuity contracts from any insurance company or inv... |
2.14.090 | Funding of plan—Contributions. | The plan shall be funded as provided in this section. (1) Two and one-half percent shall be deducted from each member's salary. (2) The state, as employer, shall contribute an equal amount on a monthly basis. (3) The contributions shall be collected by the administrator for the courts and deposited in the member's acco... |
2.14.100 | Contributions—Distribution upon member's separation—Exemption from taxation and judicial process—Assignability—Exceptions. | (1) A member who separates from judicial service for any reason is entitled to receive a lump sum distribution of the member's accumulated contributions. The administrator for the courts may adopt rules establishing other payment options, in addition to lump sum distributions, if the other payment options conform to th... |
2.14.110 | Payment of contributions upon member's death. | If a member dies, the amount of the accumulated contributions standing to the member's credit at the time of the member's death, subject to the provisions of chapter 26.16 RCW, shall be paid to the member's estate, or such person or persons, trust, or organization as the member has nominated by written designation duly... |
2.14.115 | Discontinuing plan contributions—One-time irrevocable election. | Beginning January 1, 2007, through December 31, 2007, any member of the public employees' retirement system eligible to participate in the judicial retirement account plan under this chapter may make a one-time irrevocable election, filed in writing with the member's employer, the department of retirement systems, and ... |
2.14.900 | 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... |
2.16.010 | Association created. | All the judges of the superior courts of the state of Washington are hereby associated under the name of the superior court judges' association of the state of Washington.
[ 2016 c 179 s 2 ; 1933 ex.s. c 58 s 1 ; RRS s 11051-1.]
Findings — Purpose — 2016 c 179: "The legislature finds and declares as follows: (1) The le... |
2.16.020 | Officers. | The judges shall elect from their number a president, who shall be called president judge, and a secretary, who shall hold their offices from the date of one annual meeting of the association to the next.
[ 1955 c 38 s 7 ; 1933 ex.s. c 58 s 2 ; RRS s 11051-2.] |
2.16.040 | Uniform court rules. | At its annual meetings, pursuant to section 24, Article IV of the state Constitution, the association shall have power to establish uniform rules for the government of the superior courts, which rules may be amended from time to time.
[ 1955 c 38 s 9 ; 1933 ex.s. c 58 s 4 ; RRS s 11051-4.]
Rules of court: Cf. CR 83.
Ru... |
2.16.050 | Annual meeting. | The association shall meet annually at a time established by the association's governing board. At the meeting officers shall be chosen for the ensuing year, and other business transacted as may properly come before the association.
[ 1996 c 82 s 1 ; 1955 c 38 s 10 ; 1933 ex.s. c 58 s 5 ; RRS s 11051-5.] |
2.16.070 | Effect of chapter on existing laws. | Except for the provisions of *RCW 2.16.060 , this chapter shall not be held to repeal any other existing law relating to the visitation of judges.
[ 1933 ex.s. c 58 s 7 ; RRS s 11051-7.]
*Reviser's note: RCW 2.16.060 was repealed by 1973 c 106 s 40 . |
2.20.010 | Magistrate defined. | A magistrate is an officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with the commission of a crime.
[ 1891 c 53 s 1 ; RRS s 50.] |
2.20.020 | Who are magistrates. | The following persons are magistrates: (1) The justices of the supreme court. (2) The judges of the court of appeals. (3) The superior judges, and district judges. (4) All municipal officers authorized to exercise the powers and perform the duties of district judges.
[ 1987 c 202 s 103 ; 1971 c 81 s 9 ; 1891 c 53 s 2 ;... |
2.20.030 | Issuance of search warrants by district and municipal court judges—Jurisdiction in more than one county. | Any district or municipal court judge, in the county in which the offense is alleged to have occurred, may issue a search warrant for any person or evidence located anywhere within the state. If the jurisdiction of a district or municipal court encompasses all or part of more than one county, a judge for that district ... |
2.24.010 | Appointment of court commissioners, criminal commissioners—Qualifications—Term of office. | (1) There may be appointed in each county or judicial district, by the judges of the superior court having jurisdiction therein or a presiding judge pro tempore who is fulfilling presiding judge duties for a single judge court pursuant to RCW 2.08.120 (2), one or more court commissioners for said county or judicial dis... |
2.24.020 | Oath. | Court commissioners appointed hereunder shall, before entering upon the duties of such office, take and subscribe an oath to support the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the state of Washington, and to perform the duties of such office fairly and impartially and to the best of his or her ability.
... |
2.24.030 | Salary. | Each court commissioner appointed hereunder shall be allowed a salary, in addition to the fees herein provided for, in such sum as the board of county commissioners may designate, said salary to be paid at the time and in the manner as the salary of other county officials.
[ 1909 c 124 s 4 ; RRS s 87. Prior: 1895 c 83 ... |
2.24.040 | Powers—Fees. | Such court commissioner shall have power, authority, and jurisdiction, concurrent with the superior court and the judge thereof, in the following particulars: (1) To hear and determine all matters in probate, to make and issue all proper orders therein, and to issue citations in all cases where same are authorized by t... |
2.24.050 | Revision by court. | All of the acts and proceedings of court commissioners hereunder shall be subject to revision by the superior court. Any party in interest may have such revision upon demand made by written motion, filed with the clerk of the superior court, within ten days after the entry of any order or judgment of the court commissi... |
2.24.060 | Referees—Definition—Powers. | A referee is a person appointed by the court or judicial officer with power — (1) To try an issue of law or of fact in a civil action or proceeding and report thereon. (2) To ascertain any other fact in a civil action or proceeding when necessary for the information of the court, and report the fact or to take and repo... |
2.28.010 | Powers of courts in conduct of judicial proceedings. | Every court of justice has power — (1) To preserve and enforce order in its immediate presence. (2) To enforce order in the proceedings before it, or before a person or body empowered to conduct a judicial investigation under its authority. (3) To provide for the orderly conduct of proceedings before it or its officers... |
2.28.020 | Contempt—Punishment. | For the effectual exercise of the powers specified in RCW 2.28.010 , the court may punish for contempt in the cases and the manner provided by law.
[ 1891 c 54 s 2 ; RRS s 53.]
Rules of court: CR 45(f).
Contempts: Chapter 7.21 RCW.
Criminal contempts: Chapter 7.21 RCW, RCW 9.92.040 .
Power of judicial officer to punish... |
2.28.030 | Judicial officer defined—When disqualified. | A judicial officer is a person authorized to act as a judge in a court of justice. Such officer shall not act as such in a court of which he or she is a member in any of the following cases: (1) In an action, suit, or proceeding to which he or she is a party, or in which he or she is directly interested. (2) When he or... |
2.28.040 | May act as attorney, when. | A part-time district judge, if permitted by court rule, may act as an attorney in any court other than the one of which he or she is judge, except in an action, suit or proceeding removed therefrom to another court for review.
[ 1987 c 202 s 104 ; 1891 c 54 s 4 ; RRS s 55. Cf. Code 1881 s 3293.]
Intent — 1987 c 202: Se... |
2.28.050 | Judge distinguished from court. | A judge may exercise out of court all the powers expressly conferred upon a judge as contradistinguished from a court and not otherwise.
[ 1891 c 54 s 5 ; RRS s 56.] |
2.28.060 | Judicial officers—Powers. | Every judicial officer has power: (1) To preserve and enforce order in his or her immediate presence and in the proceedings before him or her, when he or she is engaged in the performance of a duty imposed upon him or her by law; (2) To compel obedience to his or her lawful orders as provided by law; (3) To compel the ... |
2.28.070 | Contempt—Judicial officer may punish. | For the effectual exercise of the powers specified in RCW 2.28.060 , a judicial officer may punish for contempt in the cases and manner provided by law.
[ 1891 c 54 s 7 ; RRS s 58.]
Rules of court: CR 45(f).
Contempts: Chapter 7.21 RCW.
Criminal contempts: Chapter 7.21 RCW, RCW 9.92.040 .
Power of court to punish for c... |
2.28.080 | Powers of judges of supreme and superior courts. | The judges of the supreme and superior courts have power in any part of the state to take and certify — (1) The proof and acknowledgment of a conveyance of real property or any other written instrument authorized or required to be proved or acknowledged. (2) The acknowledgment of satisfaction of a judgment in any court... |