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WA Rev Code § 34.05.467 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 34 - Administrative Law|Chapter 34.05 - Administrative Procedure Act.|34.05.467 - Stay.

RCW 34.05.467 Stay.A party may submit to the presiding or reviewing officer, as is appropriate to the stage of the proceeding, a petition for stay of effectiveness of a final order within ten days of its service unless otherwise provided by statute or stated in the final order. Disposition of the petition for stay shall be made by the presiding officer, reviewing officer, or agency head as provided by agency rule. Disposition may be made either before or after the effective date of the final order. Disposition denying a stay is not subject to judicial review.[ 1988 c 288 § 420.]
WA Rev Code § 34.05.470 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 34 - Administrative Law|Chapter 34.05 - Administrative Procedure Act.|34.05.470 - Reconsideration.

RCW 34.05.470 Reconsideration.(1) Within ten days of the service of a final order, any party may file a petition for reconsideration, stating the specific grounds upon which relief is requested. The place of filing and other procedures, if any, shall be specified by agency rule.(2) No petition for reconsideration may stay the effectiveness of an order.(3) If a petition for reconsideration is timely filed, and the petitioner has complied with the agency's procedural rules for reconsideration, if any, the time for filing a petition for judicial review does not commence until the agency disposes of the petition for reconsideration. The agency is deemed to have denied the petition for reconsideration if, within twenty days from the date the petition is filed, the agency does not either: (a) Dispose of the petition; or (b) serve the parties with a written notice specifying the date by which it will act on the petition.(4) Unless the petition for reconsideration is deemed denied under subsection (3) of this section, the petition shall be disposed of by the same person or persons who entered the order, if reasonably available. The disposition shall be in the form of a written order denying the petition, granting the petition and dissolving or modifying the final order, or granting the petition and setting the matter for further hearing.(5) The filing of a petition for reconsideration is not a prerequisite for seeking judicial review. An order denying reconsideration, or a notice provided for in subsection (3)(b) of this section is not subject to judicial review.[ 1989 c 175 § 21; 1988 c 288 § 421.]NOTES:Effective date—1989 c 175: See note following RCW 34.05.010.
WA Rev Code § 34.05.473 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 34 - Administrative Law|Chapter 34.05 - Administrative Procedure Act.|34.05.473 - Effectiveness of orders.

RCW 34.05.473 Effectiveness of orders.(1) Unless a later date is stated in an order or a stay is granted, an order is effective when entered, but:(a) A party may not be required to comply with a final order unless the party has been served with or has actual knowledge of the final order;(b) A nonparty may not be required to comply with a final order unless the agency has made the final order available for public inspection and copying or the nonparty has actual knowledge of the final order;(c) For purposes of determining time limits for further administrative procedure or for judicial review, the determinative date is the date of service of the order.(2) Unless a later date is stated in the initial order or a stay is granted, the time when an initial order becomes a final order in accordance with RCW 34.05.461 is determined as follows:(a) When the initial order is entered, if administrative review is unavailable; or(b) When the agency head with such authority enters an order stating, after a petition for administrative review has been filed, that review will not be exercised.(3) This section does not preclude an agency from taking immediate action to protect the public interest in accordance with RCW 34.05.479.[ 1989 c 175 § 22; 1988 c 288 § 422.]NOTES:Effective date—1989 c 175: See note following RCW 34.05.010.
WA Rev Code § 34.05.476 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 34 - Administrative Law|Chapter 34.05 - Administrative Procedure Act.|34.05.476 - Agency record.

RCW 34.05.476 Agency record.(1) An agency shall maintain an official record of each adjudicative proceeding under this chapter.(2) The agency record shall include:(a) Notices of all proceedings;(b) Any prehearing order;(c) Any motions, pleadings, briefs, petitions, requests, and intermediate rulings;(d) Evidence received or considered;(e) A statement of matters officially noticed;(f) Proffers of proof and objections and rulings thereon;(g) Proposed findings, requested orders, and exceptions;(h) The recording prepared for the presiding officer at the hearing, together with any transcript of all or part of the hearing considered before final disposition of the proceeding;(i) Any final order, initial order, or order on reconsideration;(j) Staff memoranda or data submitted to the presiding officer, unless prepared and submitted by personal assistants and not inconsistent with RCW 34.05.455; and(k) Matters placed on the record after an ex parte communication.(3) Except to the extent that this chapter or another statute provides otherwise, the agency record constitutes the exclusive basis for agency action in adjudicative proceedings under this chapter and for judicial review of adjudicative proceedings.[ 1988 c 288 § 423.]
WA Rev Code § 34.05.479 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 34 - Administrative Law|Chapter 34.05 - Administrative Procedure Act.|34.05.479 - Emergency adjudicative proceedings.

RCW 34.05.479 Emergency adjudicative proceedings.(1) Unless otherwise provided by law, an agency may use emergency adjudicative proceedings in a situation involving an immediate danger to the public health, safety, or welfare requiring immediate agency action.(2) The agency may take only such action as is necessary to prevent or avoid the immediate danger to the public health, safety, or welfare that justifies use of emergency adjudication.(3) The agency shall enter an order, including a brief statement of findings of fact, conclusions of law, and policy reasons for the decision if it is an exercise of the agency's discretion, to justify the determination of an immediate danger and the agency's decision to take the specific action.(4) The agency shall give such notice as is practicable to persons who are required to comply with the order. The order is effective when entered.(5) After entering an order under this section, the agency shall proceed as quickly as feasible to complete any proceedings that would be required if the matter did not involve an immediate danger.(6) The agency record consists of any documents regarding the matter that were considered or prepared by the agency. The agency shall maintain these documents as its official record.(7) Unless otherwise required by a provision of law, the agency record need not constitute the exclusive basis for agency action in emergency adjudicative proceedings or for judicial review thereof.(8) This section shall not apply to agency action taken pursuant to a provision of law that expressly authorizes the agency to issue a cease and desist order. The agency may proceed, alternatively, under that independent authority.[ 1988 c 288 § 424.]NOTES:Designation of persons for emergency adjudications by utilities and transportation commission: RCW 80.01.060.
WA Rev Code § 34.05.4791 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 34 - Administrative Law|Chapter 34.05 - Administrative Procedure Act.|34.05.4791 - Secure community transition facility—Proceeding concerning public safety measures.

RCW 34.05.4791 Secure community transition facility—Proceeding concerning public safety measures.A petition brought pursuant to RCW 71.09.342(5) shall be heard under the provisions of RCW 34.05.479 except that the decision of the governor's designee shall be final and is not subject to judicial review.[ 2002 c 68 § 10.]NOTES:Purpose—Severability—Effective date—2002 c 68: See notes following RCW 36.70A.200.
WA Rev Code § 34.05.482 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 34 - Administrative Law|Chapter 34.05 - Administrative Procedure Act.|34.05.482 - Brief adjudicative proceedings—Applicability.

RCW 34.05.482 Brief adjudicative proceedings—Applicability.(1) An agency may use brief adjudicative proceedings if:(a) The use of those proceedings in the circumstances does not violate any provision of law;(b) The protection of the public interest does not require the agency to give notice and an opportunity to participate to persons other than the parties;(c) The matter is entirely within one or more categories for which the agency by rule has adopted this section and RCW 34.05.485 through 34.05.494; and(d) The issue and interests involved in the controversy do not warrant use of the procedures of RCW 34.05.413 through 34.05.479.(2) Brief adjudicative proceedings are not authorized for public assistance and food stamp or benefit programs provided for in Title 74 RCW, including but not limited to public assistance as defined in *RCW 74.04.005(1).[ 1998 c 79 § 3; 1988 c 288 § 425.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 74.04.005 was alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k), changing subsection (1) to subsection (11).
WA Rev Code § 34.05.485 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 34 - Administrative Law|Chapter 34.05 - Administrative Procedure Act.|34.05.485 - Brief adjudicative proceedings—Procedure.

RCW 34.05.485 Brief adjudicative proceedings—Procedure.(1) If not specifically prohibited by law, the following persons may be designated as the presiding officer of a brief adjudicative proceeding:(a) The agency head;(b) One or more members of the agency head;(c) One or more administrative law judges; or(d) One or more other persons designated by the agency head.(2) Before taking action, the presiding officer shall give each party an opportunity to be informed of the agency's view of the matter and to explain the party's view of the matter.(3) At the time any unfavorable action is taken the presiding officer shall serve upon each party a brief statement of the reasons for the decision. Within ten days, the presiding officer shall give the parties a brief written statement of the reasons for the decision and information about any internal administrative review available.(4) The brief written statement is an initial order. If no review is taken of the initial order as authorized by RCW 34.05.488 and 34.05.491, the initial order shall be the final order.[ 1989 c 175 § 23; 1988 c 288 § 426.]NOTES:Effective date—1989 c 175: See note following RCW 34.05.010.
WA Rev Code § 34.05.488 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 34 - Administrative Law|Chapter 34.05 - Administrative Procedure Act.|34.05.488 - Brief proceedings—Administrative review—Applicability.

RCW 34.05.488 Brief proceedings—Administrative review—Applicability.Unless prohibited by any provision of law, an agency, on its own motion, may conduct administrative review of an order resulting from brief adjudicative proceedings. An agency shall conduct this review upon the written or oral request of a party if the agency receives the request within twenty-one days after service of the written statement required by RCW 34.05.485(3).[ 1989 c 175 § 24; 1988 c 288 § 427.]NOTES:Effective date—1989 c 175: See note following RCW 34.05.010.
WA Rev Code § 34.05.491 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 34 - Administrative Law|Chapter 34.05 - Administrative Procedure Act.|34.05.491 - Brief proceedings—Administrative review—Procedures.

RCW 34.05.491 Brief proceedings—Administrative review—Procedures.Unless otherwise provided by statute:(1) If the parties have not requested review, the agency may review an order resulting from a brief adjudicative proceeding on its own motion and without notice to the parties, but it may not take any action on review less favorable to any party than the original order without giving that party notice and an opportunity to explain that party's view of the matter.(2) The reviewing officer may be any person who could have presided at the brief proceeding, but the reviewing officer must be one who is authorized to grant appropriate relief upon review.(3) The reviewing officer shall give each party an opportunity to explain the party's view of the matter and shall make any inquiries necessary to ascertain whether the proceeding must be converted to a formal adjudicative hearing.(4) The order on review must be in writing, must include a brief statement of the reasons for the decision, and must be entered within twenty days after the date of the initial order or of the request for review, whichever is later. The order shall include a description of any further available administrative review or, if none is available, a notice that judicial review may be available.(5) A request for administrative review is deemed to have been denied if the agency does not make a disposition of the matter within twenty days after the request is submitted.[ 1988 c 288 § 428.]
WA Rev Code § 34.05.494 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 34 - Administrative Law|Chapter 34.05 - Administrative Procedure Act.|34.05.494 - Agency record in brief proceedings.

RCW 34.05.494 Agency record in brief proceedings.(1) The agency record consists of any documents regarding the matter that were considered or prepared by the presiding officer for the brief adjudicative proceeding or by the reviewing officer for any review. The agency shall maintain these documents as its official record.(2) Unless otherwise required by a provision of law, the agency record need not constitute the exclusive basis for agency action in brief adjudicative proceedings or for the judicial review of brief adjudicative proceedings.[ 1988 c 288 § 429.]
WA Rev Code § 34.05.510 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 34 - Administrative Law|Chapter 34.05 - Administrative Procedure Act.|34.05.510 - Relationship between this chapter and other judicial review authority.

RCW 34.05.510 Relationship between this chapter and other judicial review authority.This chapter establishes the exclusive means of judicial review of agency action, except:(1) The provisions of this chapter for judicial review do not apply to litigation in which the sole issue is a claim for money damages or compensation and the agency whose action is at issue does not have statutory authority to determine the claim.(2) Ancillary procedural matters before the reviewing court, including intervention, class actions, consolidation, joinder, severance, transfer, protective orders, and other relief from disclosure of privileged or confidential material, are governed, to the extent not inconsistent with this chapter, by court rule.(3) To the extent that de novo review or jury trial review of agency action is expressly authorized by provision of law.[ 1988 c 288 § 501.]
WA Rev Code § 34.05.514 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 34 - Administrative Law|Chapter 34.05 - Administrative Procedure Act.|34.05.514 - Petition for review—Where filed.

RCW 34.05.514 Petition for review—Where filed.(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) through (4) of this section, proceedings for review under this chapter shall be instituted by paying the fee required under RCW 36.18.020 and filing a petition in the superior court, at the petitioner's option, for (a) Thurston county, (b) the county of the petitioner's residence or principal place of business, or (c) in any county where the property owned by the petitioner and affected by the contested decision is located.(2) For proceedings involving institutions of higher education, the petition shall be filed either in the county in which the principal office of the institution involved is located or in the county of an institution's campus if the action involves such campus.(3) For proceedings conducted by the pollution control hearings board pursuant to chapter 43.21B RCW or as otherwise provided in RCW 90.03.210(2) involving decisions of the department of ecology on applications for changes or transfers of water rights that are the subject of a general adjudication of water rights that is being litigated actively under chapter 90.03 or 90.44 RCW, the petition must be filed with the superior court conducting the adjudication, to be consolidated by the court with the general adjudication. A party to the adjudication shall be a party to the appeal under this chapter only if the party files or is served with a petition for review to the extent required by this chapter.(4) For proceedings involving appeals of examinations or evaluation exercises of the board of pilotage commissioners under chapter 88.16 RCW, the petition must be filed either in Thurston county or in the county in which the board maintains its principal office.[ 2017 c 52 § 12; 2008 c 128 § 16; 2001 c 220 § 3. Prior: 1995 c 347 § 113; 1995 c 292 § 9; 1994 c 257 § 23; 1988 c 288 § 502.]NOTES:Intent—Construction—Effective date—2001 c 220: See notes following RCW 43.21B.110.Finding—Severability—Part headings and table of contents not law—1995 c 347: See notes following RCW 36.70A.470.Severability—1994 c 257: See note following RCW 36.70A.270.
WA Rev Code § 34.05.522 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 34 - Administrative Law|Chapter 34.05 - Administrative Procedure Act.|34.05.522 - Refusal of review by court of appeals.

RCW 34.05.522 Refusal of review by court of appeals. (Effective until July 1, 2026.)The court of appeals may refuse to accept direct review of a case pursuant to RCW 34.05.518 if it finds that the case does not meet the applicable standard in RCW 34.05.518. The refusal to accept such review is not subject to further appellate review, notwithstanding anything in Rule 13.3 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure to the contrary.[ 2021 c 305 § 3; 1995 c 382 § 6; 1988 c 288 § 504; 1980 c 76 § 2. Formerly RCW 34.04.135.]NOTES:Expiration date—2021 c 305 §§ 2 and 3: See note following RCW 34.05.518.Effective date—2021 c 305: See note following RCW 36.70C.150.RCW 34.05.522Refusal of review by court of appeals. (Effective July 1, 2026.)The court of appeals may refuse to accept direct review of a case pursuant to RCW 34.05.518 if it finds that the case does not meet the applicable standard in RCW 34.05.518 (2) or (5). The refusal to accept such review is not subject to further appellate review, notwithstanding anything in Rule 13.3 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure to the contrary.[ 2021 c 305 § 6; 1995 c 382 § 6; 1988 c 288 § 504; 1980 c 76 § 2. Formerly RCW 34.04.135.]NOTES:Effective date—2021 c 305 §§ 5 and 6: See note following RCW 34.05.518.
WA Rev Code § 34.05.526 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 34 - Administrative Law|Chapter 34.05 - Administrative Procedure Act.|34.05.526 - Appellate review by supreme court or court of appeals.

RCW 34.05.526 Appellate review by supreme court or court of appeals.An aggrieved party may secure appellate review of any final judgment of the superior court under this chapter by the supreme court or the court of appeals. The review shall be secured in the manner provided by law for review of superior court decisions in other civil cases.[ 1988 c 288 § 505; 1988 c 202 § 35; 1971 c 81 § 87; 1959 c 234 § 14. Formerly RCW 34.04.140.]NOTES:Reviser's note: This section was amended by 1988 c 202 § 35, effective June 9, 1988, and by 1988 c 288 § 505, effective July 1, 1989, each without reference to the other. Both amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section under RCW 1.12.025(2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025(1).Severability—1988 c 202: See note following RCW 2.24.050.
WA Rev Code § 34.05.530 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 34 - Administrative Law|Chapter 34.05 - Administrative Procedure Act.|34.05.530 - Standing.

RCW 34.05.530 Standing.A person has standing to obtain judicial review of agency action if that person is aggrieved or adversely affected by the agency action. A person is aggrieved or adversely affected within the meaning of this section only when all three of the following conditions are present:(1) The agency action has prejudiced or is likely to prejudice that person;(2) That person's asserted interests are among those that the agency was required to consider when it engaged in the agency action challenged; and(3) A judgment in favor of that person would substantially eliminate or redress the prejudice to that person caused or likely to be caused by the agency action.[ 1988 c 288 § 506.]
WA Rev Code § 34.05.534 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 34 - Administrative Law|Chapter 34.05 - Administrative Procedure Act.|34.05.534 - Exhaustion of administrative remedies.

RCW 34.05.534 Exhaustion of administrative remedies.A person may file a petition for judicial review under this chapter only after exhausting all administrative remedies available within the agency whose action is being challenged, or available within any other agency authorized to exercise administrative review, except:(1) A petitioner for judicial review of a rule need not have participated in the rule-making proceeding upon which that rule is based, have petitioned for its amendment or repeal, have petitioned the joint administrative rules review committee for its review, or have appealed a petition for amendment or repeal to the governor;(2) A petitioner for judicial review need not exhaust administrative remedies to the extent that this chapter or any other statute states that exhaustion is not required; or(3) The court may relieve a petitioner of the requirement to exhaust any or all administrative remedies upon a showing that:(a) The remedies would be patently inadequate;(b) The exhaustion of remedies would be futile; or(c) The grave irreparable harm that would result from having to exhaust administrative remedies would clearly outweigh the public policy requiring exhaustion of administrative remedies.[ 1997 c 409 § 302; 1995 c 403 § 803; 1988 c 288 § 507.]NOTES:Part headings—Severability—1997 c 409: See notes following RCW 43.22.051.Findings—Short title—Intent—1995 c 403: See note following RCW 34.05.328.
WA Rev Code § 34.05.542 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 34 - Administrative Law|Chapter 34.05 - Administrative Procedure Act.|34.05.542 - Time for filing petition for review.

RCW 34.05.542 Time for filing petition for review.Subject to other requirements of this chapter or of another statute:(1) A petition for judicial review of a rule may be filed at any time, except as limited by RCW 34.05.375.(2) A petition for judicial review of an order shall be filed with the court and served on the agency, the office of the attorney general, and all parties of record within thirty days after service of the final order.(3) A petition for judicial review of agency action other than the adoption of a rule or the entry of an order is not timely unless filed with the court and served on the agency, the office of the attorney general, and all other parties of record within thirty days after the agency action, but the time is extended during any period that the petitioner did not know and was under no duty to discover or could not reasonably have discovered that the agency had taken the action or that the agency action had a sufficient effect to confer standing upon the petitioner to obtain judicial review under this chapter.(4) Service of the petition on the agency shall be by delivery of a copy of the petition to the office of the director, or other chief administrative officer or chairperson of the agency, at the principal office of the agency. Service of a copy by mail upon the other parties of record and the office of the attorney general shall be deemed complete upon deposit in the United States mail, as evidenced by the postmark.(5) Failure to timely serve a petition on the office of the attorney general is not grounds for dismissal of the petition.(6) For purposes of this section, service upon the attorney of record of any agency or party of record constitutes service upon the agency or party of record.[ 1998 c 186 § 1; 1988 c 288 § 509.]