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Chapter 42.20 RCW: MISCONDUCT OF PUBLIC OFFICERS
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Chapter 42.20 RCW
MISCONDUCT OF PUBLIC OFFICERS
42.20.020 Powers may not be delegated for profit.
42.20.030 Intrusion into and refusal to surrender public office.
42.20.040 False report.
42.20.050 Public officer making false certificate.
42.20.060 Falsely auditing and paying claims.
42.20.070 Misappropriation and falsification of accounts by public officer.
42.20.080 Other violations by officers.
42.20.090 Misappropriation, etc., by treasurer.
42.20.100 Failure of duty by public officer a misdemeanor.
42.20.110 Improper conduct by certain justices.
Bidding offenses: Chapter 9.18 RCW.
Bribery or corrupt solicitation prohibited: State Constitution Art. 2 § 30.
optional municipal code, council-manager plan, forfeiture of office for misconduct: RCW 35A.13.020.
optional municipal code, mayor-council plan, forfeiture of office for misconduct: RCW 35A.12.060.
Cities and towns, commission form, misconduct of officers and employees: RCW 35.17.150.
County officers, misconduct: RCW 36.18.160, 36.18.170.
County treasurer, suspension for misconduct: RCW 36.29.090.
Election officials, misconduct: Chapter 29A.84 RCW.
Flood control district officers, interest in contracts prohibited: RCW 86.09.286.
Forfeiture of office upon conviction of felony or malfeasance: RCW 9.92.120.
Free transportation for public officers prohibited: State Constitution Art. 2 § 39, Art. 12 § 20.
Impersonating public officer: RCW 9A.60.045.
Juries, misconduct of public officers concerning: Chapter 9.51 RCW.
Militia, misconduct: Chapter 38.32 RCW.
Official misconduct: RCW 9A.80.010.
Penitentiary employees, misconduct: RCW 72.01.060.
Private use of public funds, penalty: State Constitution Art. 11 § 14.
School funds, failure to turn over: RCW 28A.635.070.
disclosing examination questions: RCW 28A.635.040.
grafting: RCW 28A.635.050.
failure to display flag: RCW 28A.230.140.
failure to enforce rules: RCW 28A.405.060.
revocation or suspension of certificate or permit to teach—investigation by superintendent of public instruction—mandatory revocation for crimes against children: RCW 28A.410.090.
State and judicial officers, impeachment: State Constitution Art. 5.
State treasurer, embezzlement: RCW 43.08.140.
Utilities and transportation commission members and employees, interest in regulated companies prohibited: RCW 80.01.020.
RCW 42.20.020
Powers may not be delegated for profit.
[ 2012 c 117 § 113; 1909 c 249 § 83; RRS § 2335.]
RCW 42.20.030
Intrusion into and refusal to surrender public office.
[ 2012 c 117 § 114; 1909 c 249 § 84; RRS § 2336.]
Impersonating a public officer: RCW 9A.60.045.
Quo warranto: Chapter 7.56 RCW.
[ 1909 c 249 § 98; RRS § 2350.]
[ 2012 c 117 § 115; 1909 c 249 § 128; RRS § 2380.]
RCW 42.20.060
Falsely auditing and paying claims.
Every public officer, or person holding or discharging the duties of any public office or place of trust under the state or in any county, town or city, a part of whose duty it is to audit, allow or pay, or take part in auditing, allowing or paying, claims or demands upon the state or such county, town or city, who shall knowingly audit, allow or pay, or, directly or indirectly, consent to or in any way connive at the auditing, allowance or payment of any claim or demand against the state or such county, town or city, which is false or fraudulent or contains any charge, item or claim which is false or fraudulent, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[ 1909 c 249 § 129; RRS § 2381.]
RCW 42.20.070
Misappropriation and falsification of accounts by public officer.
(4) Willfully omits or refuses to pay over to the state, its officer or agent authorized by law to receive the same, or to such county, city, town, or such school, diking, drainage, or irrigation district or to the proper officer or authority empowered to demand and receive the same, any money received by him or her as such officer when it is a duty imposed upon him or her by law to pay over and account for the same,
is guilty of a class B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in a state correctional facility for not more than fifteen years.
[ 2003 c 53 § 219; 1992 c 7 § 37; 1909 c 249 § 317; RRS § 2569. Prior: Code 1881 § 890; 1873 p 202 § 92; 1854 p 91 § 83.]
[ 2012 c 117 § 116; 1909 c 249 § 318; RRS § 2570.]
RCW 42.20.090
Misappropriation, etc., by treasurer.
Every state, county, city, or town treasurer who willfully misappropriates any moneys, funds, or securities received by or deposited with him or her as such treasurer, or who shall be guilty of any other malfeasance or willful neglect of duty in his or her office, is guilty of a class C felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in a state correctional facility for not more than five years or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars.
[ 2003 c 53 § 220; 1992 c 7 § 38; 1909 c 249 § 319; RRS § 2571.]
[ 1909 c 249 § 16; RRS § 2268. Prior: Code 1881 § 889; 1854 p 90 § 82.]
Official misconduct by public servant: RCW 9A.80.010.
RCW 42.20.110
Improper conduct by certain justices.
It shall be a misdemeanor for any judge or justice of any court not of record, during the hearing of any cause or proceeding therein, to address any person in his or her presence in unfit, unseemly, or improper language.
[ 2012 c 117 § 117; 1911 c 115 § 1; RRS § 2696-1.]