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1.04.010 | Title 1 | 1.04 | 1.04.010 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.04.010 | PDF
RCW
1.04.010
Revised Code of Washington enacted.
The ninety-one titles with chapters and sections designated as the "Revised Code of Washington" and attested by the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house of representatives of the legislature of the state of Washington, are hereby enacted and desig... | 2025-12-10 21:36:28 |
1.04.013 | Title 1 | 1.04 | 1.04.013 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.04.013 | PDF
RCW
1.04.013
1950 Supplement enacted.
The titles, chapters, and sections designated as the "1950 Supplement to the Revised Code of Washington" attested by the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house of representatives of the legislature of the state of Washington, and filed with the secretary of st... | 2025-12-10 21:37:35 |
1.04.014 | Title 1 | 1.04 | 1.04.014 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.04.014 | PDF
RCW
1.04.014
Numbering system adopted
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Application.
The system of numbering employed in the 1950 supplement is hereby adopted as the general system to be followed in designating sections of the revised code. Specific numbers, in accordance with such system, are authorized to be assigned to sections of the revised ... | 2025-12-10 21:37:37 |
1.04.015 | Title 1 | 1.04 | 1.04.015 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.04.015 | PDF
RCW
1.04.015
Numbering new sections, chapters
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Corrections.
New chapters or sections added to the Revised Code of Washington (as supplemented or modified by the 1950 supplement), as the result of laws enacted at this or subsequent sessions of the legislature, shall be numbered in harmony with said general numberin... | 2025-12-10 21:37:41 |
1.04.016 | Title 1 | 1.04 | 1.04.016 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.04.016 | PDF
RCW
1.04.016
Expansion of numbering system
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Decimal factor.
It is the intent that under said numbering system the section factor of the section number shall be treated as a decimal figure, and where new sections must hereafter in codifying be inserted between sections then already consecutively numbered, the prope... | 2025-12-10 21:37:43 |
1.04.020 | Title 1 | 1.04 | 1.04.020 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.04.020 | PDF
RCW
1.04.020
Code as evidence of the law
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Rule of construction
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Effect of amendment.
The contents of the Revised Code of Washington, after striking therefrom sections repealed or superseded by laws of the state of Washington enacted since January 1, 1949, as the revised code is supplemented or modified in the 195... | 2025-12-10 21:37:44 |
1.04.021 | Title 1 | 1.04 | 1.04.021 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.04.021 | PDF
RCW
1.04.021
Rule of construction
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Prima facie law.
The contents of said code shall establish prima facie the laws of this state of a general and permanent nature in effect on January 1, 1949, but nothing herein shall be construed as changing the meaning of any such laws. In case of any omissions, or any inconsist... | 2025-12-10 21:37:46 |
1.04.030 | Title 1 | 1.04 | 1.04.030 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.04.030 | PDF
RCW
1.04.030
New laws to be added to code.
All laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after January 1, 1949, shall, from time to time, be incorporated into and become a part of said code.
[
1950 ex.s. c 16 s 3
.] | 2025-12-10 21:37:49 |
1.04.040 | Title 1 | 1.04 | 1.04.040 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.04.040 | PDF
RCW
1.04.040
Code may be cited as "RCW."
The code may be cited by the abbreviation "RCW."
[
1950 ex.s. c 16 s 4
.] | 2025-12-10 21:37:54 |
1.08.001 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.001 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.001 | PDF
RCW
1.08.001
Statute law committee created
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Membership.
There is created a permanent statute law committee consisting of eleven members as follows:
(1) The secretary of the senate, ex officio;
(2) Two members of the senate, one from each of the two largest caucuses in the senate, appointed by the president of the ... | 2025-12-10 21:37:58 |
1.08.003 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.003 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.003 | PDF
RCW
1.08.003
Terms of members
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Filling vacancies.
The term of the member of the committee appointed by the State Bar Association, shall be for two years.
The term of any ex officio member expires upon expiration of tenure of the position by virtue of which he or she is a member of the committee. The remaining memb... | 2025-12-10 21:38:00 |
1.08.005 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.005 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.005 | PDF
RCW
1.08.005
Compensation and expenses of members.
For attendance at meetings of the committee or in attending to such other business of the committee as may be authorized thereby, each legislative member of the committee shall receive the per diem and travel allowances provided for such members by RCW
44.04.120
, ... | 2025-12-10 21:38:03 |
1.08.007 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.007 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.007 | PDF
RCW
1.08.007
Committee meetings.
The committee shall from time to time elect a chair from among its members and adopt rules to govern its procedures. Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business but no proceeding of the committee shall be valid unless carried by the vo... | 2025-12-10 21:38:07 |
1.08.011 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.011 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.011 | PDF
RCW
1.08.011
Employment of code reviser and staff.
The committee shall employ on behalf of the state and from time to time fix the compensation of a competent code reviser, with power to terminate any such employment at any time. The committee shall also employ on behalf of the state and fix the compensation of suc... | 2025-12-10 21:38:08 |
1.08.013 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.013 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.013 | PDF
RCW
1.08.013
Code reviser defined.
Code reviser shall mean any lawyer or law publisher employing competent lawyers, each deemed by the committee to be qualified to compile the statutory law of the state of Washington as enacted by the legislature into a code or compilation of laws by title, chapter and section, wit... | 2025-12-10 21:38:10 |
1.08.015 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.015 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.015 | PDF
RCW
1.08.015
Codification and revision of laws
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Scope of revision.
Subject to such general policies as may be promulgated by the committee and to the general supervision of the committee, the reviser shall:
(1) Codify for consolidation into the Revised Code of Washington all laws of a general and permanent nature ... | 2025-12-10 21:38:11 |
1.08.016 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.016 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.016 | PDF
RCW
1.08.016
Code correction
—
Committee orders.
The committee may at any time by order correct any section or portion of the code in any of the respects enumerated in RCW
1.08.015
. Orders shall be numbered consecutively and signed by the committee chair and each order shall be followed by an explanatory note reci... | 2025-12-10 21:38:14 |
1.08.017 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.017 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.017 | PDF
RCW
1.08.017
Code reviser may omit certain provisions of legislative acts from code; may omit annotations after ten years.
(1) The reviser may omit from the code all titles to acts, enacting and repealing clauses, preambles, declarations of emergency, severability, and validity and construction sections unless, in ... | 2025-12-10 21:38:16 |
1.08.020 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.020 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.020 | PDF
RCW
1.08.020
Code index.
The reviser, as soon as practicable, shall compile and thereafter maintain a comprehensive index and from time to time prepare for publication supplements thereto.
[
1953 c 257 s 7
.] | 2025-12-10 21:38:17 |
1.08.021 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.021 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.021 | PDF
RCW
1.08.021
Historical records.
The reviser shall prepare and maintain full historical records showing the enactment, amendment, revision, supersession, and repeal of the various sections of the revised code.
[
1951 c 157 s 9
.] | 2025-12-10 21:38:19 |
1.08.023 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.023 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.023 | PDF
RCW
1.08.023
Annotations.
The reviser may prepare and maintain complete annotations of court decisions construing the statutes of this state.
[
1951 c 157 s 10
.] | 2025-12-10 21:38:22 |
1.08.024 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.024 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.024 | PDF
RCW
1.08.024
Inclusion in code of rules of court.
The committee may provide for inclusion in the published sets of the code the rules of court promulgated by the supreme court.
[
1953 c 257 s 8
.] | 2025-12-10 21:38:26 |
1.08.025 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.025 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.025 | PDF
RCW
1.08.025
Improvement of statutes.
The committee, or the reviser with the approval of the committee, shall from time to time make written recommendations to the legislature concerning deficiencies, conflicts, or obsolete provisions in, and need for reorganization or revision of, the statutes, and shall prepare f... | 2025-12-10 21:38:31 |
1.08.026 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.026 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.026 | PDF
RCW
1.08.026
Examination of code
—
Hearings
—
Recommendations to legislature.
The committee also shall examine the revised code and from time to time submit to the legislature proposals for enactment of the several titles, chapters and sections thereof, to the end that, as expeditiously as possible, the revised cod... | 2025-12-10 21:38:32 |
1.08.027 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.027 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.027 | PDF
RCW
1.08.027
Bill drafting service.
The reviser shall be in charge of and shall at all times maintain an expert bill drafting service for the use and benefit of the legislature, its committees and its members. Prior to any session thereof, the legislature shall provide quarters convenient to both houses and shall a... | 2025-12-10 21:38:33 |
1.08.028 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.028 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.028 | PDF
RCW
1.08.028
Opinions as to validity or constitutionality.
Neither the reviser nor any member of his or her staff shall be required to furnish any written opinion as to the validity or constitutionality of any proposed legislation, which he or she may be requested to draft or prepare, nor shall any member of the co... | 2025-12-10 21:38:36 |
1.08.031 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.031 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.031 | PDF
RCW
1.08.031
Information service to legislators.
The reviser shall, to the extent reasonably feasible through available facilities and public sources of information, provide objective and factual information in writing to and upon request of any member of the legislature relative to any matter which is or may be th... | 2025-12-10 21:38:40 |
1.08.033 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.033 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.033 | PDF
RCW
1.08.033
Reviser's office location.
The department of public institutions shall provide suitable office and storage space and facilities for the reviser and his or her staff at Olympia, at a location convenient to the legislature and to the state law library.
[
2011 c 336 s 5
;
1955 c 235 s 5
;
1951 c 157 s 15
... | 2025-12-10 21:38:43 |
1.08.037 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.037 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.037 | PDF
RCW
1.08.037
Publication of code
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Specifications
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Certificate of compliance.
The committee shall from time to time formulate specifications relative to the format, size and style of type, paper stock, number of volumes, method and quality of binding, contents, indexing, and general scope and character of footnote... | 2025-12-10 21:38:46 |
1.08.038 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.038 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.038 | PDF
RCW
1.08.038
Publication, sale, and distribution of code and supplements
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Reprints.
The statute law committee shall publish, sell and distribute, and arrange for the publication, sale and distribution of the Revised Code of Washington and of supplements thereto and of such other materials as in their discretion ma... | 2025-12-10 21:38:48 |
1.08.039 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.039 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.039 | PDF
RCW
1.08.039
Publication, sale, and distribution of code and supplements
—
Contracts or other arrangements.
The committee may enter into contracts or otherwise arrange for the publication and/or distribution, provided for in RCW
1.08.038
, with or without calling for bids, by the department of enterprise services, ... | 2025-12-10 21:38:53 |
1.08.0392 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.0392 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.0392 | PDF
RCW
1.08.0392
Publication, sale, and distribution of code and supplements
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Statute law committee publications account created
—
Purpose
—
Disbursements.
For the purposes of financing the production and sale of such of its publications as in the judgment of the statute law committee may be advantageously financed b... | 2025-12-10 21:38:57 |
1.08.040 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.040 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.040 | PDF
RCW
1.08.040
Certification
—
Official code
—
Prima facie evidence.
The Revised Code of Washington containing the certificate of the temporary code committee and any supplement or addition thereto or reprint edition thereof, which contains the certificate of the statute law committee referred to in RCW
1.08.037
, sh... | 2025-12-10 21:38:58 |
1.08.050 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.050 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.050 | PDF
RCW
1.08.050
Amendment, repeal to include code numbers
—
Assignment of code numbers.
The legislature in amending or repealing laws shall include in such act references to the code numbers of the law affected. The reviser shall assign code numbers to such permanent and general laws as are hereafter enacted at any le... | 2025-12-10 21:38:59 |
1.08.060 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.060 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.060 | PDF
RCW
1.08.060
Loans and exchanges of codes and supplements.
The committee may loan sets of the code and materials supplemental thereto
(1) for the use of senate committees, a quantity as required by advice from the secretary of the senate, not to exceed twenty-five sets;
(2) for use of the house committees, a quanti... | 2025-12-10 21:39:02 |
1.08.070 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.070 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.070 | PDF
RCW
1.08.070
Legislators to receive codes and supplements on digital media without charge.
Each member of the legislature may receive one set of the Revised Code of Washington on digital media without charge. All persons receiving codes under this section may receive supplements to the code on digital media free of... | 2025-12-10 21:39:07 |
1.08.080 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.080 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.080 | PDF
RCW
1.08.080
Statute law committee publications to be permanently available in digital form on legislative websites.
Current digital copies of the Revised Code of Washington, the Washington Administrative Code, the Washington State Register, and the session laws of the Washington state legislature shall be maintain... | 2025-12-10 21:39:11 |
1.08.110 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.110 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.110 | PDF
RCW
1.08.110
Publication of Washington State Register
—
Rule-making authority.
The statute law committee, in addition to the other responsibilities enumerated in this chapter, shall publish the Washington State Register as created in RCW
34.08.020
. The statute law committee or the code reviser may adopt rules as a... | 2025-12-10 21:39:15 |
1.08.112 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.112 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.112 | PDF
RCW
1.08.112
Report on rule-making activity.
(1) The code reviser shall compile and publish on a quarterly basis a report on state agency rule-making activity. The report shall summarize the following information by agency and by type of activity for new, amended, and repealed rules adopted by state agencies pursua... | 2025-12-10 21:39:20 |
1.08.120 | Title 1 | 1.08 | 1.08.120 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.08.120 | PDF
RCW
1.08.120
Substitution of words designating department or secretary of transportation.
For purposes of harmonizing and clarifying the provisions of the statute sections published in the revised code of Washington, the code reviser may substitute words designating the department of transportation or the secretary... | 2025-12-10 21:39:24 |
1.12.010 | Title 1 | 1.12 | 1.12.010 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.12.010 | PDF
RCW
1.12.010
Code to be liberally construed.
The provisions of this code shall be liberally construed, and shall not be limited by any rule of strict construction.
[1891 c 23 s 1, part; Code 1881 ss 758, 1686;
1877 p 153 s 763
;
1854 p 221 s 504
; RRS s 144.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note:
(1) This section is a part of
189... | 2025-12-10 21:39:26 |
1.12.020 | Title 1 | 1.12 | 1.12.020 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.12.020 | PDF
RCW
1.12.020
Statutes continued, when.
The provisions of a statute, so far as they are substantially the same as those of a statute existing at the time of their enactment, must be construed as continuations thereof.
[1891 c 23 s 1, part; Code 1881 ss 761, 1292, 1681; RRS s 145.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note:
This section... | 2025-12-10 21:39:27 |
1.12.025 | Title 1 | 1.12 | 1.12.025 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.12.025 | PDF
RCW
1.12.025
Construction of multiple amendments to statutes
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Publication
—
Decodification of repealed sections.
(1) If at any session of the legislature there are enacted two or more acts amending the same section of the session laws or of the official code, each amendment without reference to the others, each ac... | 2025-12-10 21:39:30 |
1.12.026 | Title 1 | 1.12 | 1.12.026 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.12.026 | PDF
RCW
1.12.026
Construction of statutes
—
Retrospective application.
The provisions of RCW
1.12.025
as now or hereafter amended shall apply retrospectively as well as prospectively.
[
1969 ex.s. c 240 s 2
.] | 2025-12-10 21:39:33 |
1.12.028 | Title 1 | 1.12 | 1.12.028 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.12.028 | PDF
RCW
1.12.028
Construction of statutes
—
Internal references as including amendments thereto.
If a statute refers to another statute of this state, the reference includes any amendments to the referenced statute unless a contrary intent is clearly expressed.
[
1982 c 16 s 1
.] | 2025-12-10 21:39:34 |
1.12.040 | Title 1 | 1.12 | 1.12.040 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.12.040 | PDF
RCW
1.12.040
Computation of time.
The time within which an act is to be done, as herein provided, shall be computed by excluding the first day, and including the last, unless the last day is a holiday, Saturday, or Sunday, and then it is also excluded.
[
1997 c 125 s 1
;
1887 c 20 s 1
; Code 1881 s 743;
1854 p 219 ... | 2025-12-10 21:39:36 |
1.12.050 | Title 1 | 1.12 | 1.12.050 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.12.050 | PDF
RCW
1.12.050
Number and gender.
Words importing the singular number may also be applied to the plural of persons and things; words importing the plural may be applied to the singular; and words importing the masculine gender may be extended to females also.
[1891 c 23 s 1, part; Code 1881 ss 756, 965, 1920;
1877 p ... | 2025-12-10 21:39:37 |
1.12.060 | Title 1 | 1.12 | 1.12.060 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.12.060 | PDF
RCW
1.12.060
Certified mail
—
Use
—
Electronic return receipts authorized.
(1) Whenever the use of "registered" mail is authorized by this code, "certified" mail, with return receipt requested, may be used.
(2) Whenever the use of "certified mail with a return receipt requested" is authorized or required by this co... | 2025-12-10 21:39:43 |
1.12.070 | Title 1 | 1.12 | 1.12.070 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.12.070 | PDF
RCW
1.12.070
Reports, claims, tax returns, remittances, etc.
—
Filing.
Except as otherwise specifically provided by law hereafter:
(1) Any report, claim, tax return, statement or other document required to be filed with, or any payment made to the state or to any political subdivision thereof, which is (a) transmit... | 2025-12-10 21:39:45 |
1.12.080 | Title 1 | 1.12 | 1.12.080 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.12.080 | PDF
RCW
1.12.080
Construction of statutes
—
Domestic relations
—
Exceptions.
For the purposes of this code and any legislation hereafter enacted by the legislature or by the people, with the exception of chapter
26.04
RCW, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall... | 2025-12-10 21:39:48 |
1.16.020 | Title 1 | 1.16 | 1.16.020 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.16.020 | PDF
RCW
1.16.020
"Fiscal biennium."
The fiscal biennium of the state shall commence on the first day of July in each odd-numbered year and end on the thirtieth day of June of the next succeeding odd-numbered year. The fiscal biennium of those cities and towns which utilize a biennial budget shall commence on the first ... | 2025-12-10 21:39:55 |
1.16.030 | Title 1 | 1.16 | 1.16.030 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.16.030 | PDF
RCW
1.16.030
"Fiscal year"
—
School districts and other taxing districts.
August 31st shall end the fiscal year of school districts and December 31st of all other taxing districts.
[1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 118 s 21;
1909 c 76 s 13
; RRS s 9963.]
NOTES:
Severability
—
1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 118:
See note following RCW
28... | 2025-12-10 21:39:56 |
1.16.040 | Title 1 | 1.16 | 1.16.040 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.16.040 | PDF
RCW
1.16.040
"Folio."
The term "folio" when used as a measure for computing fees or compensation, shall be construed to mean one hundred words, counting every two figures necessarily used as a word. Any portion of a folio, when in the whole draft or paper there should not be a complete folio, and when there shall b... | 2025-12-10 21:39:57 |
1.16.050 | Title 1 | 1.16 | 1.16.050 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.16.050 | PDF
RCW
1.16.050
"Legal holidays" and "legislatively recognized days"
—
Unpaid holidays for employees with appointments or contracts of less than 12 consecutive months.
(1) The following are state legal holidays:
(a) Sunday;
(b) The first day of January, commonly called New Year's Day;
(c) The third Monday of January, ... | 2025-12-10 21:40:00 |
1.16.060 | Title 1 | 1.16 | 1.16.060 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.16.060 | PDF
RCW
1.16.060
"Month" or "months."
The word "month" or "months," whenever the same occurs in the statutes of this state now in force, or in statutes hereinafter enacted, or in any contract made in this state, shall be taken and construed to mean "calendar months."
[1891 c 23 s 1, part; Code 1881 s 759;
1877 p 333 s ... | 2025-12-10 21:40:02 |
1.16.065 | Title 1 | 1.16 | 1.16.065 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.16.065 | PDF
RCW
1.16.065
"Officer."
Whenever any term indicating an officer is used it shall be construed, when required, to mean any person authorized by law to discharge the duties of such officer.
[Code 1881 s 755;
1854 p 221 s 501
; RRS s 147.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note:
This section was formerly a part of RCW
42.04.010
. It f... | 2025-12-10 21:40:03 |
1.16.080 | Title 1 | 1.16 | 1.16.080 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.16.080 | PDF
RCW
1.16.080
"Person"
—
Construction of "association," "unincorporated association," and "person, firm, or corporation" to include a limited liability company.
(1) The term "person" may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited ... | 2025-12-10 21:40:07 |
1.16.090 | Title 1 | 1.16 | 1.16.090 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.16.090 | PDF
RCW
1.16.090
Legislative declaration for civil liberties day of remembrance.
The legislature recognizes that on February 19, 1942, the President of the United States issued Executive Order 9066 which authorized military rule over civilian law and lives; that Executive Order 9066 led to the World War II evacuation a... | 2025-12-10 21:40:11 |
1.16.100 | Title 1 | 1.16 | 1.16.100 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.16.100 | PDF
RCW
1.16.100
Domestic relations terms
—
Exceptions.
For the purposes of this code, with the exception of chapter
26.04
RCW, 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... | 2025-12-10 21:40:13 |
1.20.010 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.010 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.010 | PDF
RCW
1.20.010
State flag.
The official flag of the state of Washington shall be of dark green silk or bunting and shall bear in its center a reproduction of the seal of the state of Washington embroidered, printed, painted or stamped thereon. The edges of the flag may, or may not, be fringed. If a fringe is used the... | 2025-12-10 21:40:18 |
1.20.015 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.015 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.015 | PDF
RCW
1.20.015
Display of national and state flags.
The flag of the United States and the flag of the state shall be prominently installed, displayed and maintained in schools, court rooms and state buildings.
[
1955 c 88 s 1
.]
NOTES:
Crimes relating to flags: Chapter
9.86
RCW.
Flag exercises in schools: RCW
28A.230... | 2025-12-10 21:40:19 |
1.20.017 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.017 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.017 | PDF
RCW
1.20.017
Display of national league of families' POW/MIA flag.
(1) Each public entity must display the national league of families' POW/MIA flag along with the flag of the United States and the flag of the state upon or near the principal building of the public entity on the following days: (a) Former Prisoners... | 2025-12-10 21:40:24 |
1.20.020 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.020 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.020 | PDF
RCW
1.20.020
State tree.
That certain evergreen tree known and described as the western hemlock (
Tsuga heterophylla
) is hereby designated as the official tree of the state of Washington.
[
1947 c 191 s 1
; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 10964-120.] | 2025-12-10 21:40:28 |
1.20.025 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.025 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.025 | PDF
RCW
1.20.025
State grass.
Agropyron spicatum
, the species of natural grass commonly called "bluebunch wheatgrass," is hereby designated as the official grass of the state of Washington.
[
1989 c 354 s 62
.]
NOTES:
Severability
—
1989 c 354:
See note following RCW
15.36.012
. | 2025-12-10 21:40:30 |
1.20.030 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.030 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.030 | PDF
RCW
1.20.030
State flower.
The native species,
Rhododendron macrophyllum
, is hereby designated as the official flower of the state of Washington.
[
1959 c 29 s 1
;
1949 c 18 s 1
; Rem. Supp. 1949 s 10964-200.] | 2025-12-10 21:40:35 |
1.20.035 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.035 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.035 | PDF
RCW
1.20.035
State fruit.
The official fruit of the state of Washington is the apple.
[
1989 c 354 s 63
.]
NOTES:
Severability
—
1989 c 354:
See note following RCW
15.36.012
. | 2025-12-10 21:40:40 |
1.20.037 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.037 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.037 | PDF
RCW
1.20.037
State marine mammal.
The orca,
Orcinus orca
, is hereby designated as the official marine mammal of the state of Washington.
[
2005 c 51 s 2
.]
NOTES:
Finding
—
Intent
—
2005 c 51:
"The legislature finds that many people visit Washington state to watch orcas, the orca is a significant symbol for the Na... | 2025-12-10 21:40:43 |
1.20.038 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.038 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.038 | PDF
RCW
1.20.038
State endemic mammal.
The Olympic marmot,
Marmota olympus
, is hereby designated as the official endemic mammal of the state of Washington.
[
2009 c 464 s 2
.]
NOTES:
Finding
—
Intent
—
2009 c 464:
"The legislature finds that the Olympic marmot, the only endemic mammal in Washington state, should be de... | 2025-12-10 21:40:48 |
1.20.040 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.040 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.040 | PDF
RCW
1.20.040
State bird.
The willow goldfinch is hereby designated as the official bird of the state of Washington.
[
1951 c 249 s 1
.] | 2025-12-10 21:40:48 |
1.20.041 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.041 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.041 | PDF
RCW
1.20.041
State dinosaur.
The Suciasaurus rex is hereby designated as the official dinosaur of the state of Washington.
[
2023 c 330 s 2
.]
NOTES:
Finding
—
2023 c 330:
"The legislature finds that the Suciasaurus rex, the first and, as of July 23, 2023, only dinosaur discovered in Washington state, should be des... | 2025-12-10 21:40:51 |
1.20.042 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.042 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.042 | PDF
RCW
1.20.042
State fossil.
The Columbian mammoth of North America,
Mammuthus columbi
, is hereby designated as the official fossil of the state of Washington.
[
1998 c 129 s 2
.]
NOTES:
Legislative recognition
—
1998 c 129:
"The legislature recognizes that the large, hairy prehistoric elephants of the extinct genus... | 2025-12-10 21:40:52 |
1.20.045 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.045 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.045 | PDF
RCW
1.20.045
State fish.
The species of trout commonly called "steelhead trout" (
Salmo gairdnerii
) is hereby designated as the official fish of the state of Washington.
[
1969 c 36 s 1
.] | 2025-12-10 21:40:56 |
1.20.047 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.047 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.047 | PDF
RCW
1.20.047
State insect.
The common green darner dragonfly,
Anax junius drury
, is hereby designated as the official insect of the state of Washington.
[
1997 c 6 s 2
.]
NOTES:
Finding
—
1997 c 6:
"The legislature finds that the common green darner dragonfly,
Anax junius drury
, can be found throughout Washington... | 2025-12-10 21:41:01 |
1.20.050 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.050 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.050 | PDF
RCW
1.20.050
Standard time
—
Daylight saving time.
(Contingent repeal.)
No county, city or other political subdivision of this state shall adopt any provision for the observance of daylight saving time, or any time other than standard, except pursuant to a gubernatorial proclamation declaring an emergency during a ... | 2025-12-10 21:41:04 |
1.20.051 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.051 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.051 | PDF
RCW
1.20.051
Daylight saving time.
(Contingent repeal.)
At two o'clock antemeridian Pacific Standard Time of the second Sunday in March each year the time of the state of Washington shall be advanced one hour, and at two o'clock antemeridian Pacific Standard Time of the first Sunday in November in each year the tim... | 2025-12-10 21:41:06 |
1.20.052 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.052 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.052 | PDF
RCW
1.20.052
Permanent daylight saving time
—
Intent.
(Contingent repeal.)
Under federal law as it exists on July 28, 2019, states are not permitted to observe daylight saving time year-round. If the United States congress amends federal law to authorize states to observe daylight saving time year-round, the legisl... | 2025-12-10 21:41:08 |
1.20.055 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.055 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.055 | PDF
RCW
1.20.055
Pacific daylight time.
(Contingent effective date.)
(1) The time of the state of Washington and all of its political subdivisions is Pacific daylight time throughout the calendar year, as determined by reference to coordinated universal time.
(2) Pacific daylight time within the state is that of the fi... | 2025-12-10 21:41:11 |
1.20.060 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.060 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.060 | PDF
RCW
1.20.060
Arbor day.
The second Wednesday in April of each year is designated as Arbor day.
[
1957 c 220 s 1
.] | 2025-12-10 21:41:13 |
1.20.070 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.070 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.070 | PDF
RCW
1.20.070
State song.
The song, music and lyrics, "Washington My Home", composed by Helen Davis, is hereby designated as the official song of the state of Washington.
[
1959 c 281 s 1
.] | 2025-12-10 21:41:18 |
1.20.071 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.071 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.071 | PDF
RCW
1.20.071
State song
—
Proceeds from sale.
All proceeds from the sale of the official song of the state as designated in RCW
1.20.070
shall be placed in the general fund.
[
1973 1st ex.s. c 59 s 1
;
1959 c 281 s 2
.]
NOTES:
Effective date
—
1973 1st ex.s. c 59:
See note following RCW
43.79.420
. | 2025-12-10 21:41:21 |
1.20.073 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.073 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.073 | PDF
RCW
1.20.073
State folk song.
The legislature recognizes that winter recreational activities are part of the folk tradition of the state of Washington. Winter recreational activities serve to turn the darkness of a northwest winter into the dawn of renewed vitality. As the winter snows dissolve into the torrents of... | 2025-12-10 21:41:24 |
1.20.075 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.075 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.075 | PDF
RCW
1.20.075
State dance.
The square dance is designated as the official dance of the state of Washington.
[
1979 ex.s. c 10 s 1
.] | 2025-12-10 21:41:26 |
1.20.080 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.080 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.080 | PDF
RCW
1.20.080
State seal.
The seal of the state of Washington shall be, a seal encircled with the words: "The Seal of the State of Washington," with the vignette of General George Washington as the central figure, and beneath the vignette the figures "1889" and shall be composed as appears in the illustration below:... | 2025-12-10 21:41:29 |
1.20.090 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.090 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.090 | PDF
RCW
1.20.090
State gem.
Petrified wood is hereby designated as the official gem of the state of Washington.
[
1975 c 8 s 1
.] | 2025-12-10 21:41:32 |
1.20.100 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.100 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.100 | PDF
RCW
1.20.100
Diverse cultures and languages encouraged
—
State policy.
The legislature finds that:
(1) Diverse ethnic and linguistic communities have contributed to the social and economic prosperity of Washington state;
(2) It is the welcomed responsibility and opportunity of this state to respect and facilitate t... | 2025-12-10 21:41:37 |
1.20.110 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.110 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.110 | PDF
RCW
1.20.110
State tartan.
The Washington state tartan is hereby designated. The tartan shall have a pattern of colors, called a sett, that is made up of a green background with stripes of blue, white, yellow, red, and black. The secretary of state shall register the tartan with the Scottish Register of Tartans.
[
... | 2025-12-10 21:41:42 |
1.20.120 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.120 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.120 | PDF
RCW
1.20.120
State arboretum.
The Washington park arboretum is hereby designated as an official arboretum of the state of Washington.
[
1995 c 82 s 2
.]
NOTES:
Findings
—
1995 c 82:
"The legislature finds that the arboreta in this state act as living museums devoted to the display and conservation of woody plant sp... | 2025-12-10 21:41:46 |
1.20.130 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.130 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.130 | PDF
RCW
1.20.130
Preferred terminology in government documents.
(1) All state and local government statutes, codes, rules, regulations, and other official documents enacted after July 1, 2002, are required to use the term "Asian" when referring to persons of Asian descent. The use of the term "Oriental" is prohibited.
... | 2025-12-10 21:41:49 |
1.20.140 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.140 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.140 | PDF
RCW
1.20.140
State vegetable.
The Walla Walla sweet onion is designated as the official vegetable of the state of Washington.
[
2007 c 137 s 1
.] | 2025-12-10 21:41:51 |
1.20.150 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.150 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.150 | PDF
RCW
1.20.150
State amphibian.
The Pacific chorus frog,
Pseudacris regilla,
is hereby designated as the official amphibian of the state of Washington.
[
2007 c 224 s 1
.] | 2025-12-10 21:41:52 |
1.20.160 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.160 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.160 | PDF
RCW
1.20.160
State ship.
The Lady Washington is hereby designated as the official ship of the state of Washington.
[
2007 c 351 s 1
.] | 2025-12-10 21:41:53 |
1.20.170 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.170 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.170 | PDF
RCW
1.20.170
State waterfall.
Palouse falls is hereby designated as the official waterfall of the state of Washington.
[
2014 c 41 s 2
.]
NOTES:
Findings
—
2014 c 41:
"(1) The tourist industry is a vital part of the state's economy. Palouse falls has visitors numbering averaging over eighty thousand to one hundred ... | 2025-12-10 21:41:58 |
1.20.180 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.180 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.180 | PDF
RCW
1.20.180
State oyster.
The
Ostrea lurida
is hereby designated the official oyster of the state of Washington. This native oyster species plays an important role in the history and culture that surrounds shellfish in Washington state and along the west coast of the United States. Some of the common and historic ... | 2025-12-10 21:42:01 |
1.20.190 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.190 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.190 | PDF
RCW
1.20.190
Purple heart state.
Washington state is designated a purple heart state that honors people who have received the purple heart award.
[
2021 c 213 s 2
.]
NOTES:
Findings
—
2021 c 213:
"(1) Washington state is grateful to be home to multitudes of United States armed forces members, veterans, and their fa... | 2025-12-10 21:42:05 |
1.20.200 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.200 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.200 | PDF
RCW
1.20.200
State sport.
The sport of pickleball is hereby designated as the official sport of the state of Washington.
[
2022 c 188 s 2
.]
NOTES:
Finding
—
Intent
—
2022 c 188:
"The legislature recognizes that the sport of pickleball was created in 1965 on Bainbridge Island by Joel McFee Pritchard, who went on to... | 2025-12-10 21:42:10 |
1.20.210 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.210 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.210 | PDF
RCW
1.20.210
Water safety day.
On the day recognized as water safety day under RCW
1.16.050
, individuals who work directly with children, from infants to age 18, in their profession are encouraged to provide training, educational materials, and other resources to the children and their families around water safety... | 2025-12-10 21:42:12 |
1.20.220 | Title 1 | 1.20 | 1.20.220 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.20.220 | PDF
RCW
1.20.220
State marine forest.
Bull kelp (
Nereocystis luetkeana
) forests are hereby designated to be the official marine forest of the state of Washington.
[
2025 c 45 s 2
.]
NOTES:
Findings
—
2025 c 45:
"(1) As the foundational species of the evergreen state's underwater forests, bull kelp is vital to Washing... | 2025-12-10 21:42:14 |
1.40.010 | Title 1 | 1.40 | 1.40.010 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.40.010 | PDF
RCW
1.40.010
State medal of merit established.
There is established a decoration of the state medal of merit with accompanying ribbons and appurtenances for award by the governor, in the name of the state, to any person who has been distinguished by exceptionally meritorious conduct in performing outstanding servic... | 2025-12-10 21:42:21 |
1.40.020 | Title 1 | 1.40 | 1.40.020 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.40.020 | PDF
RCW
1.40.020
Nominating committee created
—
Composition
—
Meeting
—
Rules.
There is created the state medal of merit committee for nominating candidates for the award of the state medal of merit. The committee membership consists of the governor, president of the senate, speaker of the house of representatives, and... | 2025-12-10 21:42:25 |
1.40.030 | Title 1 | 1.40 | 1.40.030 | http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=1.40.030 | PDF
RCW
1.40.030
Delegation of authority to make award.
The governor may delegate the awarding of the state medal of merit to the president of the senate, speaker of the house of representatives, or the chief justice of the supreme court.
[
1986 c 92 s 3
.] | 2025-12-10 21:42:27 |
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