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WA Rev Code § 2.10.180 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 2 - Courts of Record|Chapter 2.10 - Judicial Retirement System.|2.10.180 - Benefits exempt from taxation and judicial process—Exceptions—Deductions for group insurance premiums.

RCW 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 chapter, and the moneys in the fund created under this chapter, are hereby exempt from any state, county, municipal, or other local tax and shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, or any other process of law whatsoever whether the same be in actual possession of the person or be deposited or loaned.(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not be deemed to prohibit a beneficiary of a retirement allowance from authorizing deductions therefrom for payment of premiums due on any group insurance policy or plan issued for the benefit of a group comprised of public employees of the state of Washington.(3) Deductions made in the past from retirement benefits are hereby expressly recognized, ratified, and affirmed. Future deductions may only be made in accordance with this section.(4) Subsection (1) of this section shall not prohibit the department of retirement systems from complying with (a) a wage assignment order for child support issued pursuant to chapter 26.18 RCW, (b) a notice of payroll deduction issued under chapter 26.23 RCW, (c) an order to withhold and deliver issued pursuant to chapter 74.20A RCW, (d) a mandatory benefits assignment order issued pursuant to chapter 41.50 RCW, (e) a court order directing the department of retirement systems to pay benefits directly to an obligee under a dissolution order as defined in RCW 41.50.500(3) which fully complies with RCW 41.50.670 and 41.50.700, or (f) any administrative or court order expressly authorized by federal law.[ 2012 c 159 § 17; 1991 c 365 § 18; 1989 c 360 § 22; 1987 c 326 § 17; 1982 1st ex.s. c 52 § 1; 1979 ex.s. c 205 § 1; 1971 ex.s. c 267 § 18.]NOTES:Severability—1991 c 365: See note following RCW 41.50.500.Effective date—1987 c 326: See RCW 41.50.901.Effective dates—1982 1st ex.s. c 52: "(1) Sections 9 and 34 of this act are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.(2) The remainder of this act shall take effect July 1, 1982." [ 1982 1st ex.s. c 52 § 37.]
WA Rev Code § 2.10.190 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 2 - Courts of Record|Chapter 2.10 - Judicial Retirement System.|2.10.190 - Hearing prior to judicial review—Required—Notice.

RCW 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 notice of hearing shall set forth in full detail the grounds upon which such person considers such decision unjust or unlawful and shall include every issue to be considered by the retirement board, and it must contain a detailed statement of facts upon which such person relies in support thereof. Such persons shall be deemed to have waived all objections or irregularities concerning the matter on which such appeal is taken other than those records of the retirement system.[ 1971 ex.s. c 267 § 19.]
WA Rev Code § 2.10.200 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 2 - Courts of Record|Chapter 2.10 - Judicial Retirement System.|2.10.200 - Hearing prior to judicial review—Conduct.

RCW 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 all such proceedings and introduce testimony in support of the decision. Judicial review of any final decision by the director is governed by the provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW.[ 1989 c 175 § 37; 1971 ex.s. c 267 § 20.]NOTES:Effective date—1989 c 175: See note following RCW 34.05.010.
WA Rev Code § 2.10.210 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 2 - Courts of Record|Chapter 2.10 - Judicial Retirement System.|2.10.210 - Hearing prior to judicial review—No bond required.

RCW 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 § 21.]
WA Rev Code § 2.10.230 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 2 - Courts of Record|Chapter 2.10 - Judicial Retirement System.|2.10.230 - Cessation of benefits upon appointment or election to court.

RCW 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 shall not constitute appointment as that term is used in this section. Upon leaving such office, a person shall have his or her benefits recomputed or restored, as determined in this chapter: PROVIDED, That no such person shall receive a benefit less than that which was being paid at the time his or her benefit ceased.[ 1988 c 109 § 4.]NOTES:Effective date—1988 c 109: See note following RCW 2.10.030.
WA Rev Code § 2.10.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 2 - Courts of Record|Chapter 2.10 - Judicial Retirement System.|2.10.900 - Construction—Domestic relations terms—2009 c 521.

RCW 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 persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.[ 2009 c 521 § 5.]NOTES:Effective dates—2009 c 521 §§ 5-8, 79, 87-103, 107, 151, 165, 166, 173-175, and 190-192: "(1) Sections 5 through 8, 79, 87 through 103, 107, 151, 173 through 175, and 190 through 192 of this act take effect January 1, 2014.(2) Sections 165 and 166 of this act take effect August 1, 2009." [ 2009 c 521 § 201.]
WA Rev Code § 2.12.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 2 - Courts of Record|Chapter 2.12 - Retirement of Judges—Retirement System.|2.12.010 - Retirement for service or age.

RCW 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 may, during or at the expiration of his or her term of office, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, be retired and receive the retirement pay herein provided for. In computing such term of service, there shall be counted the time spent by such judge in active service in the armed forces of the United States of America, under leave of absence from his or her judicial duties as provided for under chapter 201, Laws of 1941: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That in computing such credit for such service in the armed forces of the United States of America no allowance shall be made for service beyond the date of the expiration of the term for which such judge was elected. Any judge desiring to retire under the provisions of this section shall file with the director of retirement systems, a notice in duplicate in writing, verified by his or her affidavit, fixing a date when he or she desires his or her retirement to commence, one copy of which the director shall forthwith file with the administrator for the courts. The notice shall state his or her name, the court or courts of which he or she has served as judge, the period of service thereon and the dates of such service.[ 2011 c 336 § 29; 1982 1st ex.s. c 52 § 2; 1973 c 106 § 4; 1971 c 30 § 1; 1943 c 221 § 1; 1937 c 229 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 11054-1.]NOTES:Effective dates—1982 1st ex.s. c 52: See note following RCW 2.10.180.Construction—1971 c 30: "The provisions of this 1971 amendatory act shall be construed in accordance with RCW 2.06.100 which provides for the retirement of judges of the court of appeals." [ 1971 c 30 § 7.]Severability—1937 c 229: "If any section or provision of this act shall be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the act as a whole or any section, provision, or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional." [ 1937 c 229 § 10; RRS § 11054-10.] This applies to RCW 2.12.010, 2.12.020, 2.12.030, and 2.12.040 through 2.12.070.
WA Rev Code § 2.12.012 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 2 - Courts of Record|Chapter 2.12 - Retirement of Judges—Retirement System.|2.12.012 - Partial pension for less than eighteen years service—When authorized, amount.

RCW 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 as determined by the proportion his or her years of judicial service bears to eighteen and shall receive the same upon attainment of age seventy, or eighteen years after the commencement of such judicial service, whichever shall occur first.[ 2011 c 336 § 30; 1971 c 30 § 2; 1961 c 286 § 1.]NOTES:Construction—1971 c 30: See note following RCW 2.12.010.
WA Rev Code § 2.12.015 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 2 - Courts of Record|Chapter 2.12 - Retirement of Judges—Retirement System.|2.12.015 - Additional pension for more than eighteen years service—Amount.

RCW 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 benefit based upon one-eighteenth of his or her salary for each year of full service after eighteen years, provided his or her total pension shall not exceed seventy-five percent of the monthly salary he or she was receiving as a judge at the time of his or her retirement.[ 2011 c 336 § 31; 1971 c 30 § 3; 1961 c 286 § 2.]NOTES:Construction—1971 c 30: See note following RCW 2.12.010.
WA Rev Code § 2.12.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 2 - Courts of Record|Chapter 2.12 - Retirement of Judges—Retirement System.|2.12.020 - Retirement for disability.

RCW 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 the full and efficient performance of the duties of his or her office, may file with the director of retirement systems an application in duplicate in writing, asking for retirement, which application shall be signed and verified by the affidavit of the applicant or by someone in his or her behalf and which shall set forth his or her name, the office then held, the court or courts of which he or she has served as judge, the period of service thereon, the dates of such service and the reasons why he or she believes himself or herself to be, or why they believe him or her to be incapacitated. Upon filing of such application the director shall forthwith transmit a copy thereof to the governor who shall appoint three physicians of skill and repute, duly licensed to practice their professions in the state of Washington, who shall, within fifteen days thereafter, for such compensation as may be fixed by the governor, to be paid out of the fund hereinafter created, examine said judge and report, in writing, to the governor their findings in the matter. If a majority of such physicians shall report that in their opinion said judge has become permanently incapacitated for the full and efficient performance of the duties of his or her office, and if the governor shall approve such report, he or she shall file the report, with his or her approval endorsed thereon, in the office of the director and a duplicate copy thereof with the administrator for the courts, and from the date of such filing the applicant shall be deemed to have retired from office and be entitled to the benefits of this chapter to the same extent as if he or she had retired under the provisions of RCW 2.12.010.(2) The retirement for disability of a judge, who has served as a judge of the supreme court, court of appeals, or superior court of the state of Washington for a period of ten years in the aggregate, by the supreme court under Article IV, section 31 of the Constitution of the state of Washington (House Joint Resolution No. 37, approved by the voters November 4, 1980), with the concurrence of the retirement board, shall be considered a retirement under subsection (1) of this section.[ 2011 c 336 § 32; 1982 1st ex.s. c 52 § 3; 1982 c 18 § 2; 1973 c 106 § 5; 1971 c 30 § 4; 1937 c 229 § 2; RRS § 11054-2.]NOTES:Reviser's note: House Joint Resolution No. 37, approved by the voters November 4, 1980, became Amendment 71 to the state Constitution.Effective dates—1982 1st ex.s. c 52: See note following RCW 2.10.180.Construction—1971 c 30: See note following RCW 2.12.010.
WA Rev Code § 2.12.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 2 - Courts of Record|Chapter 2.12 - Retirement of Judges—Retirement System.|2.12.030 - Amount and time of payment—Surviving spouse's benefit.

RCW 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 monthly salary they were receiving as a judge at the time of their retirement, or at the end of the term immediately prior to their retirement if their retirement is made after expiration of their term. The surviving spouse of any judge who shall have heretofore retired or may hereafter retire, or of a judge who was heretofore or may hereafter be eligible for retirement at the time of death, if the surviving spouse had been married to the judge for three years, if the surviving spouse had been married to the judge prior to retirement, shall be paid an amount equal to one-half of the retirement pay of the judge, as long as such surviving spouse remains unmarried. The retirement pay shall be paid monthly by the state treasurer on or before the tenth day of each month. The provisions of this section shall apply to the surviving spouse of any judge who dies while holding such office or dies after having retired under the provisions of this chapter and who at the time of death had served ten or more years in the aggregate as a judge of the supreme court, court of appeals, or superior court or any of such courts, or had served an aggregate of twelve years in the supreme court, court of appeals, or superior court if such pension rights are based upon RCW 2.12.012.[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 154 § 1; 1971 c 30 § 5; 1961 c 286 § 3; 1957 c 243 § 1; 1951 c 79 § 1; 1945 c 19 § 1; 1937 c 229 § 3; RRS § 11054-3.]NOTES:Severability—1973 1st ex.s. c 154: "If any provision of this 1973 amendatory act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1973 1st ex.s. c 154 § 130.]Construction—1971 c 30: See note following RCW 2.12.010.
WA Rev Code § 2.12.035 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 2 - Courts of Record|Chapter 2.12 - Retirement of Judges—Retirement System.|2.12.035 - Retirement pay of certain justices or judges retiring prior to December 1, 1968—Widow's benefits.

RCW 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, upon the annual salary which was being prescribed by the statute in effect for the office of justice of the supreme court or for the office of judge of the superior court, respectively, at the time of his or her retirement or at the end of the term immediately prior to his or her retirement if his or her retirement was made after expiration of his or her term or at the time of his or her death if he or she died prior to retirement. The widow's benefit for the widow of any such justice or judge as provided for in RCW 2.12.030 shall be based, effective December 1, 1968, upon such retirement pay.[ 2011 c 336 § 33; 1971 c 81 § 7; 1969 ex.s. c 202 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 2.12.037 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 2 - Courts of Record|Chapter 2.12 - Retirement of Judges—Retirement System.|2.12.037 - Adjustment of pension of retired judges or widows or widowers.

RCW 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, every pension computed and payable under the provisions of RCW 2.12.030 to any retired judge or to his or her widow or widower which does not exceed four hundred fifty dollars per month shall be adjusted to that dollar amount which bears the ratio of its original dollar amount which is found to exist between the index for 1969 and the index for the calendar year prior to the effective retirement date of the person to whom, or on behalf of whom, such retirement allowance is being paid.[ 2012 c 117 § 1; 1970 ex.s. c 96 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 2.12.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 2 - Courts of Record|Chapter 2.12 - Retirement of Judges—Retirement System.|2.12.040 - Service after retirement.

RCW 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 contribution to the judges' retirement fund as provided in this chapter.[ 2011 c 336 § 35; 1955 c 38 § 6; 1943 c 37 § 1; 1937 c 229 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 11054-4.]
WA Rev Code § 2.12.045 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 2 - Courts of Record|Chapter 2.12 - Retirement of Judges—Retirement System.|2.12.045 - Minimum monthly benefit—Post-retirement adjustment—Computation.

RCW 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. Portions of a year shall be treated as fractions of a year and the decimal equivalent shall be multiplied by ten dollars. Where the monthly benefit was adjusted at the time benefit payments to the beneficiary commenced, the minimum benefit provided in this section shall be adjusted in a manner consistent with that adjustment.(2) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, effective July 1, 1979, 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, 1978, or commenced receiving a monthly benefit under this chapter as of a date no later than July 1, 1974, shall be permanently increased by a post-retirement adjustment. This adjustment shall be in lieu of any adjustments provided under RCW 2.12.037 as of July 1, 1979, or July 1, 1980, for the affected persons. Such adjustment shall be calculated as follows:(a) Monthly benefits to which this subsection and subsection (1) of this section are both applicable shall be determined by first applying subsection (1) and then applying this subsection. The department shall determine the total years of creditable service and the total dollar benefit base accrued as of December 31, 1978, except that this determination shall take into account only those persons to whom this subsection applies;(b) The department shall multiply the total benefits determined in (a) of this subsection by six percent and divide the dollar value thus determined by the total service determined in (a) of this subsection. The resultant figure shall then be a post-retirement increase factor which shall be applied as specified in (c) of this subsection;(c) Each person to whom this subsection applies shall receive an increase which is the product of the factor determined in (b) of this subsection multiplied by the years of creditable service.[ 1979 ex.s. c 96 § 4.]