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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.43 - Interpreters for Non-English-Speaking Persons. › 2.43.040 - Fees and expenses—Cost of providing interpreter—Reimbursement.

RCW 2.43.040
Fees and expenses—Cost of providing interpreter—Reimbursement.
(1) Interpreters appointed according to this chapter are entitled to a reasonable fee for their services and shall be reimbursed for actual expenses which are reasonable as provided in this section.
(2) In all legal proceedings in which the non-English-speaking person is a party, or is subpoenaed or summoned by the appointing authority or is otherwise compelled by the appointing authority to appear, including criminal proceedings, grand jury proceedings, coroner's inquests, mental health commitment proceedings, and other legal proceedings initiated by agencies of government, the cost of providing the interpreter shall be borne by the governmental body initiating the legal proceedings.
(3) In other legal proceedings, the cost of providing the interpreter shall be borne by the non-English-speaking person unless such person is indigent according to adopted standards of the body. In such a case the cost shall be an administrative cost of the governmental body under the authority of which the legal proceeding is conducted.
(4) Subject to the availability of funds specifically appropriated therefor, the administrative office of the courts shall reimburse the appointing authority for up to one-half of the payment to the interpreter where an interpreter is appointed by a judicial officer in a proceeding before a court at public expense and:
(a) The interpreter appointed is an interpreter certified by the administrative office of the courts or is a qualified interpreter registered by the administrative office of the courts in a noncertified language, or where the necessary language is not certified or registered, the interpreter has been qualified by the judicial officer pursuant to this chapter;
(b) The court conducting the legal proceeding has an approved language assistance plan that complies with RCW 2.43.090; and
(c) The fee paid to the interpreter for services is in accordance with standards established by the administrative office of the courts.
[ 2023 c 102 § 1; 2008 c 291 § 3; 1989 c 358 § 4. Formerly RCW 2.42.230.]
NOTES:
Severability—1989 c 358: See note following RCW 2.43.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.43 - Interpreters for Non-English-Speaking Persons. › 2.43.050 - Oath.

RCW 2.43.050
Oath.
(1) Upon certification or registration with the administrative office of the courts, certified or registered interpreters shall take an oath, affirming that the interpreter will make a true interpretation to the person being examined of all the proceedings in a language which the person understands, and that the interpreter will repeat the statements of the person being examined to the court or agency conducting the proceedings, in the English language, to the best of the interpreter's skill and judgment. The administrative office of the courts shall maintain a record of the oath in the same manner that the list of certified and registered interpreters is maintained.
(2) Before any person serving as an interpreter for the court or agency begins to interpret, the appointing authority shall require the interpreter to state the interpreter's name on the record and whether the interpreter is a certified or registered interpreter. If the interpreter is not a certified or registered interpreter, the interpreter must submit the interpreter's qualifications on the record.
(3) Before beginning to interpret, every interpreter appointed under this chapter shall take an oath unless the interpreter is a certified or registered interpreter who has taken the oath as required in subsection (1) of this section. The oath must affirm that the interpreter will make a true interpretation to the person being examined of all the proceedings in a language which the person understands, and that the interpreter will repeat the statements of the person being examined to the court or agency conducting the proceedings, in the English language, to the best of the interpreter's skill and judgment.
[ 2017 c 83 § 2; 2010 c 190 § 1; 1989 c 358 § 5. Formerly RCW 2.42.240.]
NOTES:
Severability—1989 c 358: See note following RCW 2.43.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.43 - Interpreters for Non-English-Speaking Persons. › 2.43.060 - Waiver of right to interpreter.

RCW 2.43.060
Waiver of right to interpreter.
(1) The right to a qualified interpreter may not be waived except when:
(a) A non-English-speaking person requests a waiver; and
(b) The appointing authority determines on the record that the waiver has been made knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently.
(2) Waiver of a qualified interpreter may be set aside and an interpreter appointed, in the discretion of the appointing authority, at any time during the proceedings.
[ 1989 c 358 § 6. Formerly RCW 2.42.250.]
NOTES:
Severability—1989 c 358: See note following RCW 2.43.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.43 - Interpreters for Non-English-Speaking Persons. › 2.43.070 - Testing, certification of interpreters.

RCW 2.43.070
Testing, certification of interpreters.
(1) Subject to the availability of funds, the administrative office of the courts shall establish and administer a comprehensive testing and certification program for language interpreters.
(2) The administrative office of the courts shall work cooperatively with community colleges and other private or public educational institutions, and with other public or private organizations to establish a certification preparation curriculum and suitable training programs to ensure the availability of certified interpreters. Training programs shall be made readily available in both eastern and western Washington locations.
(3) The administrative office of the courts shall establish and adopt standards of proficiency, written and oral, in English and the language to be interpreted.
(4) The administrative office of the courts shall conduct periodic examinations to ensure the availability of certified interpreters. Periodic examinations shall be made readily available in both eastern and western Washington locations.
(5) The administrative office of the courts shall compile, maintain, and disseminate a current list of interpreters certified by the office.
(6) The administrative office of the courts may charge reasonable fees for testing, training, and certification.
[ 2005 c 282 § 4; 1989 c 358 § 7. Formerly RCW 2.42.260.]
NOTES:
Severability—1989 c 358: See note following RCW 2.43.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.43 - Interpreters for Non-English-Speaking Persons. › 2.43.080 - Code of ethics.

RCW 2.43.080
Code of ethics.
All language interpreters serving in a legal proceeding, whether or not certified or qualified, shall abide by a code of ethics established by supreme court rule.
[ 1989 c 358 § 8. Formerly RCW 2.42.270.]
NOTES:
Severability—1989 c 358: See note following RCW 2.43.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.44 - Attorneys-at-Law. › 2.44.010 - Authority of attorney.

RCW 2.44.010
Authority of attorney.
An attorney and counselor has authority:
(1) To bind his or her client in any of the proceedings in an action or special proceeding by his or her agreement duly made, or entered upon the minutes of the court; but the court shall disregard all agreements and stipulations in relation to the conduct of, or any of the proceedings in, an action or special proceeding unless such agreement or stipulation be made in open court, or in presence of the clerk, and entered in the minutes by him or her, or signed by the party against whom the same is alleged, or his or her attorney;
(2) To receive money claimed by his or her client in an action or special proceeding, during the pendency thereof, or after judgment upon the payment thereof, and not otherwise, to discharge the same or acknowledge satisfaction of the judgment;
(3) This section shall not prevent a party from employing a new attorney or from issuing an execution upon a judgment, or from taking other proceedings prescribed by statute for its enforcement.
[ 2011 c 336 § 57; Code 1881 § 3280; 1863 p 404 § 6; RRS § 130.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.44 - Attorneys-at-Law. › 2.44.020 - Appearance without authority—Procedure.

RCW 2.44.020
Appearance without authority—Procedure.
If it be alleged by a party for whom an attorney appears, that he or she does so without authority, the court may, at any stage of the proceedings, relieve the party for whom the attorney has assumed to appear from the consequences of his or her act; it may also summarily, upon motion, compel the attorney to repair the injury to either party consequent upon his or her assumption of authority.
[ 2011 c 336 § 58; Code 1881 § 3281; 1863 p 405 § 7; RRS § 131.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.44 - Attorneys-at-Law. › 2.44.030 - Production of authority to act.

RCW 2.44.030
Production of authority to act.
The court, or a judge, may, on motion of either party, and on showing reasonable grounds therefor, require the attorney for the adverse party, or for any one of several adverse parties, to produce or prove the authority under which he or she appears, and until he or she does so, may stay all proceedings by him or her on behalf of the party for whom he or she assumes to appear.
[ 2011 c 336 § 59; Code 1881 § 3282; 1863 p 405 § 8; RRS § 132.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.44 - Attorneys-at-Law. › 2.44.040 - Change of attorneys.

RCW 2.44.040
Change of attorneys.
The attorney in an action or special proceeding, may be changed at any time before judgment or final determination as follows:
(1) Upon his or her own consent, filed with the clerk or entered upon the minutes; or
(2) Upon the order of the court, or a judge thereof, on the application of the client, or for other sufficient cause; but no such change can be made until the charges of such attorney have been paid by the party asking such change to be made.
[ 2011 c 336 § 60; Code 1881 § 3283; 1863 p 405 § 9; RRS § 133.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.44 - Attorneys-at-Law. › 2.44.050 - Notice of change and substitution.

RCW 2.44.050
Notice of change and substitution.
When an attorney is changed, as provided in RCW 2.44.040, written notice of the change, and of the substitution of a new attorney, or of the appearance of the party in person, must be given to the adverse party; until then, he or she shall be bound to recognize the former attorney.
[ 2011 c 336 § 61; Code 1881 § 3284; 1863 p 405 § 10; RRS § 134.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.44 - Attorneys-at-Law. › 2.44.060 - Death or removal of attorney—Proceedings.

RCW 2.44.060
Death or removal of attorney—Proceedings.
When an attorney dies, or is removed, or suspended, or ceases to act as such, a party to an action for whom he or she was acting as attorney, must, at least twenty days before any further proceedings against him or her, be required by the adverse party, by written notice, to appoint another attorney, or to appear in person.
[ 2011 c 336 § 62; Code 1881 § 3285; 1863 p 405 § 11; RRS § 135.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.48 - State Bar Act. › 2.48.010 - Objects and powers.

RCW 2.48.010
Objects and powers.
There is hereby created as an agency of the state, for the purpose and with the powers hereinafter set forth, an association to be known as the Washington State Bar Association, hereinafter designated as the state bar, which association shall have a common seal and may sue and be sued, and which may, for the purpose of carrying into effect and promoting the objects of said association, enter into contracts and acquire, hold, encumber and dispose of such real and personal property as is necessary thereto.
[ 1933 c 94 § 2; RRS § 138-2.]
NOTES:
Severability—1933 c 94: "If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this act or any rule adopted thereunder, is for any reason held unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this act nor of any other rule adopted hereunder. The legislature hereby declares that it would have passed this act, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional." [ 1933 c 94 § 17.]
Short title—1933 c 94: "This act may be known and cited as the State Bar Act." [ 1933 c 94 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.48 - State Bar Act. › 2.48.020 - First members.

RCW 2.48.020
First members.
The first members of the Washington State Bar Association shall be all persons now [on June 7, 1933] entitled to practice law in this state.
[ 1933 c 94 § 3; RRS § 138-3. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1933 c 94 § 4; RRS § 138-4 now codified as RCW 2.48.021.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.48 - State Bar Act. › 2.48.021 - New members.

RCW 2.48.021
New members.
After the organization of the state bar, as herein provided, all persons who are admitted to practice in accordance with the provisions of RCW 2.48.010 through 2.48.180, except judges of courts of record, shall become by that fact active members of the state bar.
[ 1933 c 94 § 4; RRS § 138-4. Formerly RCW 2.48.020, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.48 - State Bar Act. › 2.48.030 - Board of governors.

RCW 2.48.030
Board of governors.
There is hereby constituted a board of governors of the state bar which shall consist of not more than fifteen members, to include: The president of the state bar elected as provided by the bylaws of the association, one member from each congressional district now or hereafter existing in the state elected by secret ballot by mail by the active members residing therein, and such additional members elected as provided by the bylaws of the association. The members of the board of governors shall hold office for three years and until their successors are elected and qualified. Any vacancies in the board of governors shall be filled by the continuing members of the board until the next election, held in accordance with the bylaws of the association.
The board shall not be deemed to be unlawfully constituted and a member of the board shall not be deemed ineligible to serve the remainder of the member's unexpired term on the board solely by reason of the establishment of new or revised boundaries for congressional districts.
[ 1982 1st ex.s. c 30 § 1; 1972 ex.s. c 66 § 1; 1933 c 94 § 5; RRS § 138-5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.48 - State Bar Act. › 2.48.035 - Board of governors—Membership—Effect of creation of new congressional districts or boundaries.

RCW 2.48.035
Board of governors—Membership—Effect of creation of new congressional districts or boundaries.
The terms of office of members of the board of governors of the state bar who are elected from the various congressional districts shall not be affected by the creation of either new boundaries for congressional districts or additional districts. In such an event, each board member so elected may continue to serve in office for the balance of the term for which he or she was elected or appointed: PROVIDED, That the board member continues to reside within the boundaries of the congressional district as they existed at the time of his or her election or appointment. Vacancies which occur in a board member position during the balance of any such term shall be filled pursuant to RCW 2.48.030, as now or hereafter amended, by a successor who resides within the boundaries of the congressional district from which the member whose office was vacated was elected as they existed at the time of his or her election. At the election immediately preceding expiration of the term of office of each board member provided for in this section following the creation of either new boundaries for congressional districts or additional districts, and thereafter, a successor shall be elected from the congressional district which corresponds in number with the congressional district from which the incumbent was appointed or elected.
[ 1982 1st ex.s. c 30 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.48 - State Bar Act. › 2.48.040 - State bar governed by board of governors.

RCW 2.48.040
State bar governed by board of governors.
The state bar shall be governed by the board of governors which shall be charged with the executive functions of the state bar and the enforcement of the provisions of RCW 2.48.010 through 2.48.180 and all rules adopted in pursuance thereof. The members of the board of governors shall receive no salary by virtue of their office.
[ 1933 c 94 § 6; RRS § 138-6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.48 - State Bar Act. › 2.48.050 - Powers of governors.

RCW 2.48.050
Powers of governors.
The said board of governors shall have power, in its discretion, from time to time to adopt rules
(1) concerning membership and the classification thereof into active, inactive and honorary members; and
(2) concerning the enrollment and privileges of membership; and
(3) defining the other officers of the state bar, the time, place and method of their selection, and their respective powers, duties, terms of office and compensation; and
(4) concerning annual and special meetings; and
(5) concerning the collection, the deposit and the disbursement of the membership and admission fees, penalties, and all other funds; and
(6) providing for the organization and government of district and/or other local subdivisions of the state bar; and
(7) providing for all other matters, whether similar to the foregoing or not, affecting in any way whatsoever, the organization and functioning of the state bar. Any such rule may be modified, or rescinded, or a new rule adopted, by a vote of the active members under rules to be prescribed by the board of governors.
[ 1933 c 94 § 7; RRS § 138-7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.48 - State Bar Act. › 2.48.060 - Admission and disbarment.

RCW 2.48.060
Admission and disbarment.
The said board of governors shall likewise have power, in its discretion, from time to time to adopt rules, subject to the approval of the supreme court, fixing the qualifications, requirements and procedure for admission to the practice of law; and, with such approval, to establish from time to time and enforce rules of professional conduct for all members of the state bar; and, with such approval, to appoint boards or committees to examine applicants for admission; and, to investigate, prosecute and hear all causes involving discipline, disbarment, suspension or reinstatement, and make recommendations thereon to the supreme court; and, with such approval, to prescribe rules establishing the procedure for the investigation and hearing of such matters, and establishing county or district agencies to assist therein to the extent provided by such rules: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That no person who shall have participated in the investigation or prosecution of any such cause shall sit as a member of any board or committee hearing the same.
[ 1933 c 94 § 8; RRS § 138-8.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: See Rules for Lawyer Discipline, also Admission to Practice Rules.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.48 - State Bar Act. › 2.48.070 - Admission of veterans.

RCW 2.48.070
Admission of veterans.
Any person who shall have graduated from any accredited law school and after such graduation shall have served in the armed forces of the United States of America between December 7, 1941, and the termination of the present World War, may be admitted to the practice of law in the state of Washington and to membership in the Washington State Bar Association, upon motion made before the supreme court of the state of Washington, provided the following is made to appear:
(1) That the applicant is a person of good moral character over the age of twenty-one years;
(2) That the applicant, at the time of entering the armed forces of the United States, was a legal resident of the state of Washington;
(3) That the applicant's service in the armed forces of the United States is or was satisfactory and honorable.
[ 1945 c 181 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 138-7A.]
NOTES:
Qualifications for admission to practice as prescribed by Rules of court: Admission to Practice Rules.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.48 - State Bar Act. › 2.48.080 - Admission of veterans—Establishment of requirements if in service.

RCW 2.48.080
Admission of veterans—Establishment of requirements if in service.
If an applicant under RCW 2.48.070 through 2.48.110 is, at the time he or she applies for admission to practice law in the state of Washington, still in the armed forces of the United States, he or she may establish the requirements of the proviso in RCW 2.48.070 by a letter or certificate from his or her commanding officer and by the certificates of at least two active members of the Washington state bar association.
[ 2011 c 336 § 63; 1945 c 181 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 138-7B.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.48 - State Bar Act. › 2.48.090 - Admission of veterans—Establishment of requirements if discharged.

RCW 2.48.090
Admission of veterans—Establishment of requirements if discharged.
If an applicant under RCW 2.48.070 through 2.48.110 is, at the time he or she applies for admission to practice law in the state of Washington, no longer in the armed forces of the United States, he or she may establish the requirements of the proviso in RCW 2.48.070 as follows:
(1) If he or she shall have been an enlisted person, by producing an honorable discharge, and by the certificates of at least two active members of the Washington state bar association.
(2) If he or she shall have been an officer, by an affidavit showing that he or she has been relieved from active duty under circumstances other than dishonorable, and by the certificates of at least two active members of the Washington state bar association.
[ 2011 c 336 § 64; 1945 c 181 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 138-7C.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.48 - State Bar Act. › 2.48.100 - Admission of veterans—Effect of disability discharge.

RCW 2.48.100
Admission of veterans—Effect of disability discharge.
A physical disability discharge shall be considered an honorable discharge unless it be coupled with a dishonorable discharge.
[ 1945 c 181 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 138-7D.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.48 - State Bar Act. › 2.48.110 - Admission of veterans—Fees of veterans.

RCW 2.48.110
Admission of veterans—Fees of veterans.
An applicant applying for admission to practice law under the provisions of RCW 2.48.070 through 2.48.090, shall pay the same fees as are required of residents of the state of Washington seeking admission to practice law by examination.
[ 1945 c 181 § 5; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 138-7E.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.48 - State Bar Act. › 2.48.130 - Membership fee—Active.

RCW 2.48.130
Membership fee—Active.
The annual membership fees for active members shall be payable on or before February 1st of each year. The board of governors may establish the amount of such annual membership fee to be effective each year: PROVIDED, That written notice of any proposed increase in membership fee shall be sent to active members not less than sixty days prior to the effective date of such increase: PROVIDED FURTHER, That the board of governors may establish the fee at a reduced rate for those who have been active members for less than five years in this state or elsewhere.
[ 1957 c 138 § 1; 1953 c 256 § 1; 1933 c 94 § 9; RRS § 138-9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.48 - State Bar Act. › 2.48.140 - Membership fee—Inactive.

RCW 2.48.140
Membership fee—Inactive.
The annual membership fee for inactive members shall be the sum of two dollars, payable on or before the first day of February of each year.
[ 1955 c 34 § 1; 1933 c 94 § 10; RRS § 138-10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.48 - State Bar Act. › 2.48.150 - Admission fees.

RCW 2.48.150
Admission fees.
Applicants for admission to the bar upon accredited certificates or upon examination, not having been admitted to the bar in another state or territory, shall pay a fee of twenty-five dollars and all other applicants a fee of fifty dollars. Said admission fees shall be used to pay the expenses incurred in connection with examining and admitting applicants to the bar, including salaries of examiners, and any balance remaining at the close of each biennium shall be paid to the state treasurer and be by him or her credited to the general fund.
[ 2011 c 336 § 65; 1933 c 94 § 11; RRS § 138-11.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: Admission—APR 3(d).
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.48 - State Bar Act. › 2.48.160 - Suspension for nonpayment of fees.

RCW 2.48.160
Suspension for nonpayment of fees.
Any member failing to pay any fees after the same become due, and after two months' written notice of his or her delinquency, must be suspended from membership in the state bar, but may be reinstated upon payment of accrued fees and such penalties as may be imposed by the board of governors, not exceeding double the amount of the delinquent fee.
[ 2011 c 336 § 66; 1933 c 94 § 12; RRS § 138-12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.48 - State Bar Act. › 2.48.166 - Admission to or suspension from practice—Noncompliance with support order—Rules.

RCW 2.48.166
Admission to or suspension from practice—Noncompliance with support order—Rules.
The Washington state supreme court may provide by rule that no person who has been certified by the department of social and health services as a person who is in noncompliance with a support order or a *residential or visitation order as provided in RCW 74.20A.320 may be admitted to the practice of law in this state, and that any member of the Washington state bar association who has been certified by the department of social and health services as a person who is in noncompliance with a support order or a residential or visitation order as provided in RCW 74.20A.320 shall be immediately suspended from membership. The court's rules may provide for review of an application for admission or reinstatement of membership after the department of social and health services has issued a release stating that the person is in compliance with the order.
[ 1997 c 58 § 810.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: 1997 c 58 § 886 requiring a court to order certification of noncompliance with residential provisions of a court-ordered parenting plan was vetoed. Provisions ordering the department of social and health services to certify a responsible parent based on a court order to certify for noncompliance with residential provisions of a parenting plan were vetoed. See RCW 74.20A.320.
Intent—1997 c 58: "The legislature intends that the license suspension program established in chapter 74.20A RCW be implemented fairly to ensure that child support obligations are met and that parents comply with residential and visitation orders. However, being mindful of the separations of powers and responsibilities among the branches of government, the legislature strongly encourages the state supreme court to adopt rules providing for suspension and denial of licenses related to the practice of law to those individuals who are in noncompliance with a support order or a residential or visitation order." [ 1997 c 58 § 809.]
Short title—Part headings, captions, table of contents not law—Exemptions and waivers from federal law—Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—1997 c 58: See RCW 74.08A.900 through 74.08A.904.
Effective dates—Intent—1997 c 58: See notes following RCW 74.20A.320.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.48 - State Bar Act. › 2.48.170 - Only active members may practice law.

RCW 2.48.170
Only active members may practice law.
No person shall practice law in this state subsequent to the first meeting of the state bar unless he or she shall be an active member thereof as hereinbefore defined: PROVIDED, That a member of the bar in good standing in any other state or jurisdiction shall be entitled to appear in the courts of this state under such rules as the board of governors may prescribe.
[ 2011 c 336 § 67; 1933 c 94 § 13; RRS § 138-13.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: Admission—APR 5.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.48 - State Bar Act. › 2.48.190 - Qualifications on admission to practice.

RCW 2.48.190
Qualifications on admission to practice.
No person shall be permitted to practice as an attorney or counselor at law or to do work of a legal nature for compensation, or to represent himself or herself as an attorney or counselor at law or qualified to do work of a legal nature, unless he or she is a bona fide resident of this state and has been admitted to practice law in this state: PROVIDED, That any person may appear and conduct his or her own case in any action or proceeding brought by or against him or her, or may appear in his or her own behalf in the small claims department of the district court: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That an attorney of another state may appear as counselor in a court of this state without admission, upon satisfying the court that his or her state grants the same right to attorneys of this state.
[ 2023 c 102 § 2; 1987 c 202 § 107; 1921 c 126 § 4; RRS § 139-4. Prior: 1919 c 100 § 1; 1917 c 115 § 1.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: Admission—APR 5.
Reviser's note: Last proviso, see later enactment, RCW 2.48.170.
Intent—1987 c 202: See note following RCW 2.04.190.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.48 - State Bar Act. › 2.48.200 - Restrictions on practice by certain officers.

RCW 2.48.200
Restrictions on practice by certain officers.
No person shall practice law who holds a commission as judge in any court of record, or as sheriff or coroner; nor shall the clerk of the supreme court, the court of appeals, or of the superior court or any deputy thereof practice in the court of which he or she is clerk or deputy clerk: PROVIDED, It shall be unlawful for a deputy prosecuting attorney, or for the employee, partner, or agent of a prosecuting attorney, or for an attorney occupying offices with a prosecuting attorney, to appear for an adverse interest in any proceeding in which a prosecuting attorney is appearing, or to appear in any suit, action or proceeding in which a prosecuting attorney is prohibited by law from appearing, but nothing herein shall prohibit a prosecuting attorney or a deputy prosecuting attorney from appearing in any action or proceeding for an interest divergent from that represented in the same action or proceeding by another attorney or special attorney in or for the same office, so long as such appearances are pursuant to the duties of prosecuting attorneys as set out in RCW 36.27.020 and such appearances are consistent with the code of professional responsibility or other code of ethics adopted by the Washington state supreme court, but nothing herein shall preclude a judge or justice of a court of this state from finishing any business undertaken in a court of the United States prior to him or her becoming a judge or justice.
[ 1992 c 225 § 1; 1975 1st ex.s. c 19 § 3; 1971 c 81 § 13; 1921 c 126 § 5; RRS § 139-5.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: Judicial ethics—CJC.
Administrator for the courts, assistant not to practice law: RCW 2.56.020.
Attorney general, deputies, assistants—Private practice of law prohibited: RCW 43.10.115, 43.10.120, 43.10.125; but see RCW 43.10.130.
Clerk not to practice law: RCW 2.32.090.
Coroner not to practice law: RCW 36.24.170.
Judges may not practice law: State Constitution Art. 4 § 19 and RCW 2.06.090, 35.20.170; but see RCW 2.28.040.
Prosecuting and deputy prosecuting attorneys—Private practice prohibited in certain counties: RCW 36.27.060.
Sheriff not to practice law: RCW 36.28.110.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.48 - State Bar Act. › 2.48.220 - Grounds of disbarment or suspension.

RCW 2.48.220
Grounds of disbarment or suspension.
An attorney or counselor may be disbarred or suspended for any of the following causes arising after his or her admission to practice:
(1) His or her conviction of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, in which case the record of conviction shall be conclusive evidence.
(2) Willful disobedience or violation of an order of the court requiring him or her to do or forbear an act connected with, or in the course of, his or her profession, which he or she ought in good faith to do or forbear.
(3) Violation of his or her oath as an attorney, or of his or her duties as an attorney and counselor.
(4) Corruptly or willfully, and without authority, appearing as attorney for a party to an action or proceeding.
(5) Lending his or her name to be used as attorney and counselor by another person who is not an attorney and counselor.
(6) For the commission of any act involving moral turpitude, dishonesty, or corruption, whether the same be committed in the course of his or her relations as an attorney or counselor at law, or otherwise, and whether the same constitute a felony or misdemeanor or not; and if the act constitute a felony or misdemeanor, conviction thereof in a criminal proceeding shall not be a condition precedent to disbarment or suspension from practice therefor.
(7) Misrepresentation or concealment of a material fact made in his or her application for admission or in support thereof.
(8) Disbarment by a foreign court of competent jurisdiction.
(9) Practicing law with or in cooperation with a disbarred or suspended attorney, or maintaining an office for the practice of law in a room or office occupied or used in whole or in part by a disbarred or suspended attorney, or permitting a disbarred or suspended attorney to use his or her name for the practice of law, or practicing law for or on behalf of a disbarred or suspended attorney, or practicing law under any arrangement or understanding for division of fees or compensation of any kind with a disbarred or suspended attorney or with any person not a licensed attorney.
(10) Gross incompetency in the practice of the profession.
(11) Violation of the ethics of the profession.
[ 2011 c 336 § 68; 1921 c 126 § 14; 1909 c 139 § 7; RRS § 139-14.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: RLD 1.1.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.48 - State Bar Act. › 2.48.230 - Code of ethics.

RCW 2.48.230
Code of ethics.
The code of ethics of the American Bar Association shall be the standard of ethics for the members of the bar of this state.
[ 1921 c 126 § 15; RRS § 139-15. Prior: 1917 c 115 § 20.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: See Code of Professional Responsibility, also Code of Judicial Conduct.
Reviser's note: RCW 2.48.190, 2.48.200, 2.48.220, and 2.48.230 are the only sections of the earlier act relating to the admission, regulation, disbarment, etc., of attorneys which are thought not to be embraced within the general repeal contained in the state bar act of 1933.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.50 - Legal Aid. › 2.50.010 - Legal aid defined.

RCW 2.50.010
Legal aid defined.
Legal aid is the rendition, without compensation, of professional services by an active member of the Washington State Bar Association to or for any indigent person unable to pay a reasonable attorney's fee determined in accordance with the established code of legal ethics.
[ 1939 c 93 § 1; RRS § 10007-201. Formerly RCW 74.36.010.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.50 - Legal Aid. › 2.50.020 - Public interest.

RCW 2.50.020
Public interest.
The promotion of organized legal aid is hereby declared to be in the public interest.
[ 1939 c 93 § 2; RRS § 10007-202. Formerly RCW 74.36.020.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.50 - Legal Aid. › 2.50.040 - Declaration of necessity by board of county commissioners.

RCW 2.50.040
Declaration of necessity by board of county commissioners.
The board of county commissioners (hereinafter called the county board) is empowered to find by resolution the existence of a necessity in such county for organized legal aid. Such resolution shall specify the amount of county funds thereby to be allocated for and expended in the operation of a legal aid bureau during the period of the fiscal year or the remainder thereof. Within ten days after the passage of such a resolution, the commissioners shall cause a certified copy to be transmitted to the board of governors of the Washington State Bar Association (hereinafter called the bar board).
[ 1939 c 93 § 4; RRS § 10007-204. Formerly RCW 74.36.040.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.50 - Legal Aid. › 2.50.050 - Legal aid bureau defined.

RCW 2.50.050
Legal aid bureau defined.
A legal aid bureau (hereinafter called the bureau), is an agency for the rendition of organized legal aid to indigent persons resident in the county, consisting of one director, who shall be an attorney resident in the county, and who shall be in good standing and active membership in the Washington State Bar Association, together with such professional and other personnel, such office facilities, and other equipment, as may be determined by the bar board and be financed by the county board.
[ 1939 c 93 § 5; RRS § 10007-205. Formerly RCW 74.36.050.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.50 - Legal Aid. › 2.50.060 - Board of governors—Authority.

RCW 2.50.060
Board of governors—Authority.
Upon receipt of a certified copy of such resolution the bar board is empowered and, within sixty days thereafter, is obligated to create and continue a legal aid bureau as soon and as long as the necessary funds so allocated are made available by the county board, all expenditures for the bureau to be limited to county funds so supplied, except only as hereinafter authorized. The bar board is vested with the ultimate power to control by its rules and regulations such bureau, the immediate supervision of which in actual operation shall be by the bar board itself or by a committee of its selection.
[ 1939 c 93 § 6; RRS § 10007-206. Formerly RCW 74.36.060.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.50 - Legal Aid. › 2.50.070 - Legal aid county committee created.

RCW 2.50.070
Legal aid county committee created.
The legal aid county committee (hereinafter called the committee), if created and continued by resolution of the bar board, shall consist of three members chosen by the bar board as follows: A member of the bar board, who shall be chair, a judge of the superior court of the county, and an active member of the Washington state bar association, resident in the county.
[ 2011 c 336 § 69; 1939 c 93 § 7; RRS § 10007-207. Formerly RCW 74.36.070.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.50 - Legal Aid. › 2.50.080 - Supervision.

RCW 2.50.080
Supervision.
Among the powers to supervise the actual operation of any such bureau, which shall be exercised either by the bar board itself or in its discretion by the committee, are the following:
(1) To appoint and remove at will the director and to fix the amount of his or her salary not in excess of two hundred dollars per month;
(2) To engage and discharge all other employees of the bureau and to fix their salaries or remuneration;
(3) To assist the director in supplying the free services of attorneys for the bureau;
(4) To cooperate with the dean of any law school now or hereafter established within this state respecting the participation of law students in the rendition of services by the bureau under the guidance of the director—however, by this provision, no law student shall be deemed authorized to represent as an attorney in a court of record any legal aid client;
(5) To require of the director periodically written statements of account and written reports upon any and all subjects within the operation of the bureau;
(6) To prescribe rules and regulations, always subject to the bar board, for determination of the indigent persons who are entitled to legal aid, for determination of the kinds of legal problems and cases subject to legal aid, and for determination of all operative legal aid policies not inconsistent with this chapter;
(7) To advise the county board, for its budget upon its written request, as to the estimated amount of county funds reasonably required to effectively operate the bureau for the ensuing fiscal year;
(8) To receive county funds allocated by the county board for the bureau, and to render an account thereof at the times and in the manner reasonably required by the county board;
(9) To disburse such county funds, after receipt thereof, solely for the purposes contemplated by this chapter.
[ 2011 c 336 § 70; 1939 c 93 § 8; RRS § 10007-208. Formerly RCW 74.36.080.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.50 - Legal Aid. › 2.50.090 - Registration fees and private funds.

RCW 2.50.090
Registration fees and private funds.
For the purpose of promoting organized legal aid, the bar board is empowered to receive and disburse, at its discretion, a nominal registration fee (not in excess of fifty cents), which it may require of legal aid applicants, and also donations in any sum of private funds.
[ 1939 c 93 § 9; RRS § 10007-209. Formerly RCW 74.36.090.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.50 - Legal Aid. › 2.50.100 - Limitation of legal aid.

RCW 2.50.100
Limitation of legal aid.
No legal aid shall be rendered by or through any bureau as to any matter which, in the opinion of the director or the committee is not a proper subject of legal aid. No legal aid shall be given concerning matters relating to claims or litigation commonly handled on a contingent fee basis, nor to the defense of criminal charges in court.
[ 1939 c 93 § 10; RRS § 10007-210. Formerly RCW 74.36.100.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.50 - Legal Aid. › 2.50.110 - Attorneys' fees.

RCW 2.50.110
Attorneys' fees.
No attorney's fee shall be charged to or received from any legal aid client as to any legal aid matter handled by or through the bureau. All attorneys' fees and court costs collected from any third party by the bureau in the name of any legal aid client shall become a part of the bureau's operation funds.
[ 1939 c 93 § 11; RRS § 10007-211. Formerly RCW 74.36.110.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.50 - Legal Aid. › 2.50.120 - County funds.

RCW 2.50.120
County funds.
The county board in its discretion shall allocate funds for the purposes of the bureau from county funds available for public assistance and relief received from the levy of three mills as provided in section 17, chapter 180, Laws of 1937.
[ 1939 c 93 § 12; RRS § 10007-212. Formerly RCW 74.36.120.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: 1937 c 180 § 17 was repealed by 1939 c 216 § 35.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.50 - Legal Aid. › 2.50.125 - Cities authorized to appropriate funds.

RCW 2.50.125
Cities authorized to appropriate funds.
A city of any class or any code city may appropriate funds in any amount for the purposes of this chapter.
[ 1974 ex.s. c 5 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.50 - Legal Aid. › 2.50.130 - Revocation of declaration of necessity.

RCW 2.50.130
Revocation of declaration of necessity.
The county board is empowered to find by resolution the nonexistence of a necessity in such county for organized legal aid. Within ten days after the passage of such a resolution the county board shall cause a certified copy to be transmitted to the bar board. Upon receipt of a certified copy of such resolution the bar board is empowered and, within sixty days thereafter, is obligated to discontinue the legal aid bureau—unless it is subsequently maintained in the discretion of the bar board and financed by funds other than county funds. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a county board from adopting successive resolutions declaring the existence or nonexistence of a necessity for organized legal aid, but no bureau actually created as a result of such a resolution shall be discontinued by a resolution of revocation within sixty days thereafter.
[ 1939 c 93 § 13; RRS § 10007-213. Formerly RCW 74.36.130.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.50 - Legal Aid. › 2.50.140 - Washington State Bar Association not restricted.

RCW 2.50.140
Washington State Bar Association not restricted.
No county funds shall be expended for legal aid except in accordance with this chapter, but nothing in this chapter shall limit the powers of the Washington State Bar Association, or its board of governors, to promote or render legal aid independent of county financial support.
[ 1939 c 93 § 14; RRS § 10007-214. Formerly RCW 74.36.140.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.50 - Legal Aid. › 2.50.150 - Certain other acts not applicable.

RCW 2.50.150
Certain other acts not applicable.
The provisions of section 6 of chapter 180 of the Laws of 1937 shall not be applicable to a bureau or a committee as authorized by this chapter, or to the bar board or the Washington State Bar Association.
[ 1939 c 93 § 15; RRS § 10007-215. Formerly RCW 74.36.150.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: 1937 c 180 § 6 was repealed by 1939 c 216 § 35.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.50 - Legal Aid. › 2.50.160 - Chapter not exclusive—Counties authorized to provide legal aid.

RCW 2.50.160
Chapter not exclusive—Counties authorized to provide legal aid.
The provisions of this chapter are not exclusive. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as placing a limitation on the establishment of alternative methods or systems for providing legal aid. Counties are hereby authorized to expend county funds for the establishment of such methods or systems of providing legal aid as shall be deemed in the public interest by the county legislative body.
[ 1972 ex.s. c 109 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.53 - Civil Legal Aid. › 2.53.005 - Findings.

RCW 2.53.005
Findings.
The legislature finds that the provision of civil legal aid services to indigent persons is an important component of the state's responsibility to provide for the proper and effective administration of civil and criminal justice. The legislature further finds that state-funded legal aid services should be administered by an independent office of civil legal aid located within the judicial branch and subject to formal continuing oversight that includes bipartisan legislative representation.
[ 2005 c 105 § 1.]