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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.04 - The Code. › 1.04.010 - Revised Code of Washington enacted.

RCW 1.04.010
Revised Code of Washington enacted.
The ninety-one titles with chapters and sections designated as the "Revised Code of Washington" and attested by the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house of representatives of the legislature of the state of Washington, are hereby enacted and designated as the "Revised Code of Washington." Said code is intended to embrace in a revised, consolidated, and codified form and arrangement all the laws of the state of a general and permanent nature.
[ 1951 c 5 § 2; 1950 ex.s. c 16 § 1.]
NOTES:
Creation of new code titles authorized, effect: RCW 1.08.015.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.04 - The Code. › 1.04.013 - 1950 Supplement enacted.

RCW 1.04.013
1950 Supplement enacted.
The titles, chapters, and sections designated as the "1950 Supplement to the Revised Code of Washington" attested by the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house of representatives of the legislature of the state of Washington, and filed with the secretary of state, are hereby enacted and consolidated into and with the Revised Code of Washington. Said 1950 supplement is intended to embrace (1) in a revised and codified form, all those laws of the state of Washington of a general and permanent nature enacted since January 1, 1949, (2) revision and recodification of certain of the titles, chapters, and sections of the revised code, and (3) application of a new system of numbering to all of the sections and certain of the chapters of the revised code, subject to RCW 1.04.014.
[ 1951 c 5 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.04 - The Code. › 1.04.014 - Numbering system adopted—Application.

RCW 1.04.014
Numbering system adopted—Application.
The system of numbering employed in the 1950 supplement is hereby adopted as the general system to be followed in designating sections of the revised code. Specific numbers, in accordance with such system, are authorized to be assigned to sections of the revised code as follows:
Those chapters and sections of the revised code expressly numbered or renumbered in the 1950 supplement are authorized to be numbered or renumbered to the new number respectively shown in the 1950 supplement. All other sections of the revised code now existing are authorized to be renumbered by tens according to the plan generally used in the 1950 supplement, using the number of the title, the new number, if any, of the chapter in which the section occurs, and adding the digit "0" to the terminal end of the number marking the position of the section within the chapter. The secretary of state shall, before publication of any laws enacted at this session of the legislature which are by their terms expressly amendatory of any section or sections contained in the revised code or the 1950 supplement, renumber each section and correlate the numbers of sections so renumbered, in accordance with this provision, so that each such section when published bears or is referred to by its proper new number. The secretary of state, in publishing the session laws of this thirty-second session of the legislature shall use therein the applicable new numbers of the respective sections so renumbered.
[ 1951 c 5 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.04 - The Code. › 1.04.015 - Numbering new sections, chapters—Corrections.

RCW 1.04.015
Numbering new sections, chapters—Corrections.
New chapters or sections added to the Revised Code of Washington (as supplemented or modified by the 1950 supplement), as the result of laws enacted at this or subsequent sessions of the legislature, shall be numbered in harmony with said general numbering system, and shall bear such respective numbers in accordance therewith as may be assigned by such official or agency as may be expressly authorized by law so to do.
This section shall not prohibit or prevent the correction by any such official or agency, of the number of any section of the revised code found clearly to be incorrectly numbered or incorrectly correlated with other sections as to number.
[ 1951 c 5 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.04 - The Code. › 1.04.016 - Expansion of numbering system—Decimal factor.

RCW 1.04.016
Expansion of numbering system—Decimal factor.
It is the intent that under said numbering system the section factor of the section number shall be treated as a decimal figure, and where new sections must hereafter in codifying be inserted between sections then already consecutively numbered, the proper number for such new section shall be created by the insertion of an additional digit at the terminal end of the number of the section immediately preceding the location at which such new section is to be inserted.
[ 1951 c 5 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.04 - The Code. › 1.04.020 - Code as evidence of the law—Rule of construction—Effect of amendment.

RCW 1.04.020
Code as evidence of the law—Rule of construction—Effect of amendment.
The contents of the Revised Code of Washington, after striking therefrom sections repealed or superseded by laws of the state of Washington enacted since January 1, 1949, as the revised code is supplemented or modified in the 1950 supplement, shall establish the laws of this state of a general and permanent nature in effect on January 1, 1951; except, that nothing herein shall be construed as changing the meaning of any such laws and, as a rule of construction, in case of any omissions or any inconsistency between any of the provisions of the revised code as so supplemented or modified and the laws existing immediately preceding this enactment, the previously existing laws shall control. Any section of the Revised Code of Washington (as supplemented or modified by the 1950 supplement) expressly amended by the legislature, including the entire context set out, shall, as so amended, constitute the law and the ultimate declaration of legislative intent.
[ 1951 c 5 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.04 - The Code. › 1.04.021 - Rule of construction—Prima facie law.

RCW 1.04.021
Rule of construction—Prima facie law.
The contents of said code shall establish prima facie the laws of this state of a general and permanent nature in effect on January 1, 1949, but nothing herein shall be construed as changing the meaning of any such laws. In case of any omissions, or any inconsistency between any of the provisions of said code and the laws existing immediately preceding this enactment, the previously existing laws shall control.
[ 1950 ex.s. c 16 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.04 - The Code. › 1.04.030 - New laws to be added to code.

RCW 1.04.030
New laws to be added to code.
All laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after January 1, 1949, shall, from time to time, be incorporated into and become a part of said code.
[ 1950 ex.s. c 16 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.04 - The Code. › 1.04.040 - Code may be cited as "RCW."

RCW 1.04.040
Code may be cited as "RCW."
The code may be cited by the abbreviation "RCW."
[ 1950 ex.s. c 16 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser). › 1.08.001 - Statute law committee created—Membership.

RCW 1.08.001
Statute law committee created—Membership.
There is created a permanent statute law committee consisting of eleven members as follows:
(1) The secretary of the senate, ex officio;
(2) Two members of the senate, one from each of the two largest caucuses in the senate, appointed by the president of the senate;
(3) The chief clerk of the house of representatives, ex officio;
(4) Two members of the house of representatives, one from each of the two largest caucuses in the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;
(5) The staff director of the nonpartisan professional committee staff of the senate, ex officio;
(6) The staff director of the nonpartisan professional committee staff of the house of representatives, ex officio;
(7) A lawyer admitted to practice in this state, appointed by the board of governors of the Washington State Bar Association;
(8) A judge of the supreme court or a lawyer who has been admitted to practice in this state, appointed by the chief justice of the supreme court; and
(9) A lawyer staff member of the governor's office or a state agency, appointed by the governor.
All such initial appointments shall be made within thirty days of May 11, 2005.
[ 2005 c 409 § 1; 1967 ex.s. c 124 § 1; 1959 c 95 § 1; 1955 c 235 § 1; 1953 c 257 § 1; 1951 c 157 § 1.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2005 c 409: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately [May 11, 2005]." [ 2005 c 409 § 5.]
Severability—1955 c 235: "If any provision of this 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." [ 1955 c 235 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser). › 1.08.003 - Terms of members—Filling vacancies.

RCW 1.08.003
Terms of members—Filling vacancies.
The term of the member of the committee appointed by the State Bar Association, shall be for two years.
The term of any ex officio member expires upon expiration of tenure of the position by virtue of which he or she is a member of the committee. The remaining members of the committee shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. Vacancies shall be filled by designation, appointment, or ex officio in the same manner as for the member so vacating, and if a vacancy results other than from expiration of a term, the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term.
[ 2005 c 409 § 2; 1959 c 95 § 2; 1955 c 235 § 2; 1953 c 257 § 2; 1951 c 157 § 2.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2005 c 409: See note following RCW 1.08.001.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser). › 1.08.005 - Compensation and expenses of members.

RCW 1.08.005
Compensation and expenses of members.
For attendance at meetings of the committee or in attending to such other business of the committee as may be authorized thereby, each legislative member of the committee shall receive the per diem and travel allowances provided for such members by RCW 44.04.120, and each other member shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.240 and shall be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.
[ 1984 c 287 § 6; 1969 c 21 § 1; 1951 c 157 § 3.]
NOTES:
Legislative findings—Severability—Effective date—1984 c 287: See notes following RCW 43.03.220.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser). › 1.08.007 - Committee meetings.

RCW 1.08.007
Committee meetings.
The committee shall from time to time elect a chair from among its members and adopt rules to govern its procedures. Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business but no proceeding of the committee shall be valid unless carried by the vote of a majority of the members present. The code reviser or a member of his or her staff shall act as secretary of the committee.
[ 2011 c 336 § 1; 2005 c 409 § 3; 1953 c 257 § 3; 1951 c 157 § 4.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2005 c 409: See note following RCW 1.08.001.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser). › 1.08.011 - Employment of code reviser and staff.

RCW 1.08.011
Employment of code reviser and staff.
The committee shall employ on behalf of the state and from time to time fix the compensation of a competent code reviser, with power to terminate any such employment at any time. The committee shall also employ on behalf of the state and fix the compensation of such additional legal and clerical assistance to the code reviser as may reasonably be required under this chapter. The committee shall have general supervision and control over the functions and performance of the code reviser.
[ 2005 c 409 § 4; 1951 c 157 § 5.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2005 c 409: See note following RCW 1.08.001.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser). › 1.08.013 - Code reviser defined.

RCW 1.08.013
Code reviser defined.
Code reviser shall mean any lawyer or law publisher employing competent lawyers, each deemed by the committee to be qualified to compile the statutory law of the state of Washington as enacted by the legislature into a code or compilation of laws by title, chapter and section, without substantive change or alteration of purpose or intent.
[ 1951 c 157 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser). › 1.08.016 - Code correction—Committee orders.

RCW 1.08.016
Code correction—Committee orders.
The committee may at any time by order correct any section or portion of the code in any of the respects enumerated in RCW 1.08.015. Orders shall be numbered consecutively and signed by the committee chair and each order shall be followed by an explanatory note reciting the reason therefor.
Unless otherwise prescribed in the orders, each shall become effective ninety days after:
(1) Signing of the order; and
(2) Filing a summary thereof with the board of governors of the state bar association; and
(3) The filing thereof with the secretary of state.
[ 2011 c 336 § 2; 1953 c 257 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser). › 1.08.017 - Code reviser may omit certain provisions of legislative acts from code; may omit annotations after ten years.

RCW 1.08.017
Code reviser may omit certain provisions of legislative acts from code; may omit annotations after ten years.
(1) The reviser may omit from the code all titles to acts, enacting and repealing clauses, preambles, declarations of emergency, severability, and validity and construction sections unless, in a particular instance, it may be necessary to retain such to preserve the full intent of the law. The omission of validity or construction sections is not intended to, nor shall it change, or be considered as changing, the effect to be given thereto in construing legislation of which such validity and construction sections were a part. Any section so omitted, other than repealing, emergency, severability, or validity provisions, shall be referred to or set forth as an annotation to the applicable sections of the act as codified.
(2) The reviser may remove annotations that have appeared in the published Revised Code of Washington for more than ten years, unless in a particular instance, it may be necessary to retain such to preserve the full intent of the law. Any annotations removed under this subsection shall be retained and available in the electronic copy of the Revised Code of Washington available on the code reviser website.
(3) Section captions, part headings, subheadings, tables of contents, and indexes appearing in legislative bills shall not be considered any part of the law, and the reviser may omit such provisions from the Revised Code of Washington and annotations unless, in a particular instance, it may be necessary to retain such to preserve the full intent of the law.
[ 2009 c 186 § 2; 1955 c 235 § 3; 1951 c 157 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser). › 1.08.020 - Code index.

RCW 1.08.020
Code index.
The reviser, as soon as practicable, shall compile and thereafter maintain a comprehensive index and from time to time prepare for publication supplements thereto.
[ 1953 c 257 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser). › 1.08.021 - Historical records.

RCW 1.08.021
Historical records.
The reviser shall prepare and maintain full historical records showing the enactment, amendment, revision, supersession, and repeal of the various sections of the revised code.
[ 1951 c 157 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser). › 1.08.024 - Inclusion in code of rules of court.

RCW 1.08.024
Inclusion in code of rules of court.
The committee may provide for inclusion in the published sets of the code the rules of court promulgated by the supreme court.
[ 1953 c 257 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser). › 1.08.025 - Improvement of statutes.

RCW 1.08.025
Improvement of statutes.
The committee, or the reviser with the approval of the committee, shall from time to time make written recommendations to the legislature concerning deficiencies, conflicts, or obsolete provisions in, and need for reorganization or revision of, the statutes, and shall prepare for submission to the legislature, legislation for the correction or removal of such deficiencies, conflicts or obsolete provisions, or to otherwise improve the form or substance of any portion of the statute law of this state as the public interest or the administration of the subject may require.
Such or similar projects may also be undertaken at the request of the legislature and legislative interim bodies and if such undertaking will not impede the other functions of the committee.
All such proposed legislation shall be annotated so as to show the purposes, reasons, and history thereof.
[ 1997 c 41 § 1; 1983 c 52 § 2; 1959 c 95 § 3; 1951 c 157 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser). › 1.08.026 - Examination of code—Hearings—Recommendations to legislature.

RCW 1.08.026
Examination of code—Hearings—Recommendations to legislature.
The committee also shall examine the revised code and from time to time submit to the legislature proposals for enactment of the several titles, chapters and sections thereof, to the end that, as expeditiously as possible, the revised code, and each part thereof, shall constitute conclusive, rather than prima facie evidence of the law. Each such proposal shall be accompanied by explanatory matter. The committee may hold hearings concerning any such proposal or concerning recommendations formulated or to be formulated in accordance with RCW 1.08.025. Proposals or recommendations approved by the committee shall be submitted to the chair of the house or senate judiciary committee at the commencement of the next succeeding session of the legislature.
[ 2011 c 336 § 3; 1959 c 95 § 4; 1953 c 257 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser). › 1.08.027 - Bill drafting service.

RCW 1.08.027
Bill drafting service.
The reviser shall be in charge of and shall at all times maintain an expert bill drafting service for the use and benefit of the legislature, its committees and its members. Prior to any session thereof, the legislature shall provide quarters convenient to both houses and shall augment the reviser's staff with such additional legal and clerical assistance as may be needed to carry out the bill drafting functions of the legislature and pay the cost of such additional staff. Such services shall be confidential and nonpartisan and no member of the bill drafting staff shall advocate for or against any legislative measure.
[ 1953 c 257 § 6; 1951 c 157 § 12.]
NOTES:
Initiative measures, review by code reviser: RCW 29A.72.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser). › 1.08.028 - Opinions as to validity or constitutionality.

RCW 1.08.028
Opinions as to validity or constitutionality.
Neither the reviser nor any member of his or her staff shall be required to furnish any written opinion as to the validity or constitutionality of any proposed legislation, which he or she may be requested to draft or prepare, nor shall any member of the committee be required to pass upon the constitutionality of any matter submitted to it for consideration.
[ 2011 c 336 § 4; 1955 c 235 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser). › 1.08.031 - Information service to legislators.

RCW 1.08.031
Information service to legislators.
The reviser shall, to the extent reasonably feasible through available facilities and public sources of information, provide objective and factual information in writing to and upon request of any member of the legislature relative to any matter which is or may be the subject of or involved in, legislation.
[ 1951 c 157 § 13.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser). › 1.08.033 - Reviser's office location.

RCW 1.08.033
Reviser's office location.
The department of public institutions shall provide suitable office and storage space and facilities for the reviser and his or her staff at Olympia, at a location convenient to the legislature and to the state law library.
[ 2011 c 336 § 5; 1955 c 235 § 5; 1951 c 157 § 15.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: Powers and duties of department of public institutions relating to housing of state agencies were repealed by 1955 c 195 § 3 and the director of general administration was vested with these powers and duties in 1955 c 285 § 9. The director of general administration was renamed the director of enterprise services by 2011 1st sp.s. c 43 § 107.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser). › 1.08.037 - Publication of code—Specifications—Certificate of compliance.

RCW 1.08.037
Publication of code—Specifications—Certificate of compliance.
The committee shall from time to time formulate specifications relative to the format, size and style of type, paper stock, number of volumes, method and quality of binding, contents, indexing, and general scope and character of footnotes, and annotations, if any, for any publication for general use of the revised code and supplements thereto. No such publication or the contents thereof, other than such temporary edition as may expressly be authorized by the legislature, shall be received as evidence of the laws of this state unless it complies with such specifications of the committee as are current at the time of publication, including compliance with the section numbering adopted by the reviser under supervision of the statute law committee. If a publication complies with such specifications, the committee shall furnish a certificate of such compliance, executed on behalf of the committee by its chair, to the publisher, and the certificate shall be reproduced at the beginning of each such volume or supplement.
Upon request of any publisher in good faith interested in publishing said code, the committee shall furnish a copy of its current specifications and shall not during the process of any bona fide publication of said code or supplements modify any such specifications, if such modification would result in added expense or material inconvenience to the publisher, without written concurrence therein by such publisher.
[ 2011 c 336 § 6; 1955 c 235 § 6; 1953 c 257 § 14; 1951 c 157 § 14.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser). › 1.08.038 - Publication, sale, and distribution of code and supplements—Reprints.

RCW 1.08.038
Publication, sale, and distribution of code and supplements—Reprints.
The statute law committee shall publish, sell and distribute, and arrange for the publication, sale and distribution of the Revised Code of Washington and of supplements thereto and of such other materials as in their discretion may be incorporated in or appended to the code. They may republish, reprint or authorize the republishing or reprinting of the code or any portion thereof.
[ 1955 c 235 § 7; 1953 c 257 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser). › 1.08.039 - Publication, sale, and distribution of code and supplements—Contracts or other arrangements.

RCW 1.08.039
Publication, sale, and distribution of code and supplements—Contracts or other arrangements.
The committee may enter into contracts or otherwise arrange for the publication and/or distribution, provided for in RCW 1.08.038, with or without calling for bids, by the department of enterprise services, upon specifications formulated under the authority of RCW 1.08.037, and upon such basis as the committee deems to be most expeditious and economical. Any such contract may be upon such terms as the committee deems to be most advantageous to the state and to potential purchasers of such publications. The committee shall fix terms and prices for such publications.
[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 43 § 301; 1955 c 235 § 8; 1953 c 257 § 12.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Purpose—2011 1st sp.s. c 43: See notes following RCW 43.19.003.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser). › 1.08.0392 - Publication, sale, and distribution of code and supplements—Statute law committee publications account created—Purpose—Disbursements.

RCW 1.08.0392
Publication, sale, and distribution of code and supplements—Statute law committee publications account created—Purpose—Disbursements.
For the purposes of financing the production and sale of such of its publications as in the judgment of the statute law committee may be advantageously financed by the use of revolving fund moneys, there is hereby created, and the committee is authorized to maintain, a revolving fund to be known as statute law committee publications account. None of the provisions of RCW 43.01.050 shall be applicable to said fund nor to any moneys received or collected by the committee for publications financed by said fund.
All moneys shall be paid from said account by check or voucher in such form and in such manner as shall be prescribed by the committee.
[ 1961 c 246 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser). › 1.08.040 - Certification—Official code—Prima facie evidence.

RCW 1.08.040
Certification—Official code—Prima facie evidence.
The Revised Code of Washington containing the certificate of the temporary code committee and any supplement or addition thereto or reprint edition thereof, which contains the certificate of the statute law committee referred to in RCW 1.08.037, shall be deemed official, and shall be prima facie evidence of the laws contained therein.
[ 1955 c 5 § 2; 1953 c 257 § 15; 1951 c 157 § 16; 1941 c 149 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 152-38.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser). › 1.08.050 - Amendment, repeal to include code numbers—Assignment of code numbers.

RCW 1.08.050
Amendment, repeal to include code numbers—Assignment of code numbers.
The legislature in amending or repealing laws shall include in such act references to the code numbers of the law affected. The reviser shall assign code numbers to such permanent and general laws as are hereafter enacted at any legislative session.
[ 1959 c 95 § 5; 1955 c 5 § 3; 1951 c 157 § 17. Prior: (i) 1941 c 149 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 152-39. (ii) 1947 c 282 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 152-40.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser). › 1.08.060 - Loans and exchanges of codes and supplements.

RCW 1.08.060
Loans and exchanges of codes and supplements.
The committee may loan sets of the code and materials supplemental thereto
(1) for the use of senate committees, a quantity as required by advice from the secretary of the senate, not to exceed twenty-five sets;
(2) for use of the house committees, a quantity as required by advice from the chief clerk of the house, not to exceed thirty-five sets;
(3) to the state law library for library use;
(4) for use of the reviser's office, as required;
(5) for use of recognized news reporting services maintaining permanent offices at the capitol, three sets.
The committee may exchange copies of RCW for codes or compilations of other states.
[ 1982 1st ex.s. c 32 § 6; 1953 c 257 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser). › 1.08.070 - Legislators to receive codes and supplements on digital media without charge.

RCW 1.08.070
Legislators to receive codes and supplements on digital media without charge.
Each member of the legislature may receive one set of the Revised Code of Washington on digital media without charge. All persons receiving codes under this section may receive supplements to the code on digital media free of charge, during their term of office as a member or officer of the legislature.
[ 2011 c 156 § 2; 1955 c 235 § 9.]
NOTES:
Purpose—Finding—Intent—2011 c 156: See note following RCW 1.08.080.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser). › 1.08.080 - Statute law committee publications to be permanently available in digital form on legislative websites.

RCW 1.08.080
Statute law committee publications to be permanently available in digital form on legislative websites.
Current digital copies of the Revised Code of Washington, the Washington Administrative Code, the Washington State Register, and the session laws of the Washington state legislature shall be maintained and made freely available for permanent public access on the code reviser or legislative website. All historical digital copies added to the website shall be made freely available for permanent public access.
The statute law committee shall provide digital authentication for any publication in a digital format that is declared official, if in the discretion of the committee such authentication does not interfere with public access.
[ 2011 c 156 § 3.]
NOTES:
Purpose—Finding—Intent—2011 c 156: "The purpose of this act is to promote widespread access to legal and public information materials produced by the statute law committee in both digital and print formats while responding to a changing marketplace where sale of paper copies no longer supports the printing of copies intended for free distribution.
The legislature finds that web-based access to these materials has become the most popular and efficient method of access by the public, state agencies and local governments, and the legal community and that permanent public access to these web-based materials shall be maintained and preserved. The statute law committee shall also make it a priority to provide reasonably priced print alternatives to the public, state agencies and local governments, and libraries.
The legislature intends that the statute law committee have additional discretion to distribute its publications using the most efficient methods and technologies available and to use less expensive formats for the delivery of free copies to state and local agencies when appropriate." [ 2011 c 156 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser). › 1.08.110 - Publication of Washington State Register—Rule-making authority.

RCW 1.08.110
Publication of Washington State Register—Rule-making authority.
The statute law committee, in addition to the other responsibilities enumerated in this chapter, shall publish the Washington State Register as created in RCW 34.08.020. The statute law committee or the code reviser may adopt rules as are necessary for the effective operation of this service. The statute law committee, in its discretion, may publish the Washington State Register exclusively by electronic means on the code reviser website if it determines that public access to the Washington State Register is not substantially diminished. If the statute law committee publishes the Washington State Register exclusively by electronic means on the code reviser website, the electronic copy posted on the code reviser website shall be considered the official copy of the Washington State Register.
The code reviser shall provide a paper copy of any issue of the register or any register filing upon request. The code reviser may charge a reasonable fee for printing and mailing the paper copy.
[ 2007 c 456 § 2; 1977 ex.s. c 240 § 2.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1977 ex.s. c 240: See RCW 34.08.905.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser). › 1.08.112 - Report on rule-making activity.

RCW 1.08.112
Report on rule-making activity.
(1) The code reviser shall compile and publish on a quarterly basis a report on state agency rule-making activity. The report shall summarize the following information by agency and by type of activity for new, amended, and repealed rules adopted by state agencies pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW:
(a) The number adopted, proposed for adoption, and withdrawn;
(b) The number adopted as emergency rules;
(c) The number adopted in order to comply with federal statute, with federal rules or standards, and with recently enacted state statutes;
(d) The number adopted at the request of a nongovernmental entity;
(e) The number adopted on an agency's own initiative;
(f) The number adopted in order to clarify, streamline, or reform agency procedures;
(g) The number of petitions for review of rules received by agencies;
(h) The number of rules appealed to superior court; and
(i) The number adopted using negotiated rule making, pilot rule making, or other alternative rule-making mechanisms.
(2) For purposes of the report required by this section, each Washington State Register filing section shall be considered as a separate rule. The code reviser may adopt rules necessary to implement this section. To the maximum extent practicable, the code reviser shall use information supplied on forms provided by state agencies pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW to prepare the report required by this section.
[ 1995 c 403 § 704.]
NOTES:
Findings—Short title—Intent—1995 c 403: See note following RCW 34.05.328.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser). › 1.08.120 - Substitution of words designating department or secretary of transportation.

RCW 1.08.120
Substitution of words designating department or secretary of transportation.
For purposes of harmonizing and clarifying the provisions of the statute sections published in the revised code of Washington, the code reviser may substitute words designating the department of transportation or the secretary of transportation, as appropriate, whenever necessary to effect the changes in meaning provided for in RCW 47.68.015 and 47.04.015 or any other act of the 1977 legislature.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 151 § 24.]
NOTES:
Federal requirements—1977 ex.s. c 151: See RCW 47.98.070.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.12 - Rules of Construction. › 1.12.010 - Code to be liberally construed.

RCW 1.12.010
Code to be liberally construed.
The provisions of this code shall be liberally construed, and shall not be limited by any rule of strict construction.
[1891 c 23 § 1, part; Code 1881 §§ 758, 1686; 1877 p 153 § 763; 1854 p 221 § 504; RRS § 144.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: (1) This section is a part of 1891 c 23 § 1. The introductory phrase of that section provides: "The following provisions relative to the construction of statutes shall be rules of construction and shall constitute a part of the code of procedure of this state:"
(2) This section was originally section 504 of the 1854 statute entitled "An act to regulate the practice and proceedings in civil actions." Section 504 of the 1854 statute reads as follows: "The provisions of this act shall be liberally construed and shall not be limited by any rule of strict construction." Identical language appears in Code of 1881 § 1686 relating to probate, and again in Code of 1881 § 758, being part of "An act to regulate the practice and proceedings in civil actions" except that in the latter instance the 1881 codifier changed the words "this act" to read "this code."
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.12 - Rules of Construction. › 1.12.020 - Statutes continued, when.

RCW 1.12.020
Statutes continued, when.
The provisions of a statute, so far as they are substantially the same as those of a statute existing at the time of their enactment, must be construed as continuations thereof.
[1891 c 23 § 1, part; Code 1881 §§ 761, 1292, 1681; RRS § 145.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: This section is a part of 1891 c 23 § 1. The introductory phrase of that section provides: "The following provisions relative to the construction of statutes shall be rules of construction and shall constitute a part of the code of procedure of this state:".
Laws in force continued: State Constitution Art. 27 § 2.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.12 - Rules of Construction. › 1.12.025 - Construction of multiple amendments to statutes—Publication—Decodification of repealed sections.

RCW 1.12.025
Construction of multiple amendments to statutes—Publication—Decodification of repealed sections.
(1) If at any session of the legislature there are enacted two or more acts amending the same section of the session laws or of the official code, each amendment without reference to the others, each act shall be given effect to the extent that the amendments do not conflict in purpose, otherwise the act last filed in the office of the secretary of state in point of time, shall control: PROVIDED, That if one or more special sessions of the same legislature shall follow any regular session, this rule of construction shall apply to the laws enacted at either, both, any, or all of such sessions.
(2) If a section of the session laws or of the official code is amended without reference to another amendment of the same section, the code reviser, in consultation with the statute law committee, may publish the section in the official code with all amendments incorporated therein. The publication of the section under this subsection shall occur only if the statute law committee determines that the amendments do not conflict in purpose or effect. Sections so published constitute prima facie evidence of the law but shall not be construed as changing the meaning of any such law.
The code reviser, in consultation with the statute law committee, may decodify a section of the official code which was repealed without reference to an amendment to the section. The decodification of the section shall occur only if the statute law committee determines that the decodification does not conflict with the purpose of the amendment. Any decision of the code reviser, in consultation with the statute law committee, to incorporate amendments in the same section or to decodify a section which was both repealed and amended in the same session shall be clearly noted in the revised code of Washington.
If any conflict arises in the interpretation of a section published or decodified under this subsection, the session law sections shall control.
[ 1983 c 244 § 1; 1980 c 87 § 2; 1974 ex.s. c 87 § 1; 1969 ex.s. c 240 § 1; 1955 c 162 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.12 - Rules of Construction. › 1.12.026 - Construction of statutes—Retrospective application.

RCW 1.12.026
Construction of statutes—Retrospective application.
The provisions of RCW 1.12.025 as now or hereafter amended shall apply retrospectively as well as prospectively.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 240 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.12 - Rules of Construction. › 1.12.028 - Construction of statutes—Internal references as including amendments thereto.

RCW 1.12.028
Construction of statutes—Internal references as including amendments thereto.
If a statute refers to another statute of this state, the reference includes any amendments to the referenced statute unless a contrary intent is clearly expressed.
[ 1982 c 16 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.12 - Rules of Construction. › 1.12.040 - Computation of time.

RCW 1.12.040
Computation of time.
The time within which an act is to be done, as herein provided, shall be computed by excluding the first day, and including the last, unless the last day is a holiday, Saturday, or Sunday, and then it is also excluded.
[ 1997 c 125 § 1; 1887 c 20 § 1; Code 1881 § 743; 1854 p 219 § 486; RRS § 150.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: CR 6(a), RAP 18.6. Cf. RAP 18.22.
Reviser's note: This section has been enacted at various times as part of "An act to regulate the practice and proceedings in civil actions." However, Allen v. Morris, 87 Wash. 268, 274, 151 Pac. 827 (1915); State ex rel. Evans v. Superior Court, 168 Wash. 176, 179, 11 P. (2d) 229 (1932); State v. Levesque, 5 Wn. (2d) 631, 635, 106 P. (2d) 309 (1940); and State ex rel. Early v. Batchelor, 15 Wn. (2d) 149, 130 P. (2d) 72 (1942), treat this section as being of general application.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.12 - Rules of Construction. › 1.12.050 - Number and gender.

RCW 1.12.050
Number and gender.
Words importing the singular number may also be applied to the plural of persons and things; words importing the plural may be applied to the singular; and words importing the masculine gender may be extended to females also.
[1891 c 23 § 1, part; Code 1881 §§ 756, 965, 1920; 1877 p 153 § 761; 1857 p 45 § 1; 1854 p 99 § 135 and p 221 § 502; RRS § 148.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: This section is a part of 1891 c 23 § 1. The introductory phrase of that section provides: "The following provisions relative to the construction of statutes shall be rules of construction and shall constitute a part of the code of procedure of this state:".
Probate, number and gender: RCW 11.02.005.
Statutes in gender-neutral terms: RCW 44.04.210.
Wrongful death, number and gender: RCW 4.20.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.12 - Rules of Construction. › 1.12.060 - Certified mail—Use—Electronic return receipts authorized.

RCW 1.12.060
Certified mail—Use—Electronic return receipts authorized.
(1) Whenever the use of "registered" mail is authorized by this code, "certified" mail, with return receipt requested, may be used.
(2) Whenever the use of "certified mail with a return receipt requested" is authorized or required by this code, electronic return receipt delivery confirmation provided by the United States postal service may be used.
[ 2009 c 251 § 1; 1961 c 204 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.12 - Rules of Construction. › 1.12.080 - Construction of statutes—Domestic relations—Exceptions.

RCW 1.12.080
Construction of statutes—Domestic relations—Exceptions.
For the purposes of this code and any legislation hereafter enacted by the legislature or by the people, with the exception of chapter 26.04 RCW, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall 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, unless the legislation expressly states otherwise and to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009 and chapter 3, Laws of 2012, 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 and spouses of the same sex.
[ 2012 c 3 § 13 (Referendum Measure No. 74, approved November 6, 2012); 2011 c 9 § 2; 2009 c 521 § 3.]
NOTES:
Notice—2012 c 3: See note following RCW 26.04.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.16 - General Definitions. › 1.16.020 - "Fiscal biennium."

RCW 1.16.020
"Fiscal biennium."
The fiscal biennium of the state shall commence on the first day of July in each odd-numbered year and end on the thirtieth day of June of the next succeeding odd-numbered year. The fiscal biennium of those cities and towns which utilize a biennial budget shall commence on the first day of January in each odd-numbered year and end on the thirty-first day of December of the next succeeding even-numbered year.
[ 1985 c 175 § 2; 1953 c 184 § 2; 1923 c 86 § 1; RRS § 10927.]
NOTES:
Biennial reports: RCW 43.01.035.
Municipal biennial budgets: Chapters 35.34 and 35A.34 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.16 - General Definitions. › 1.16.030 - "Fiscal year"—School districts and other taxing districts.

RCW 1.16.030
"Fiscal year"—School districts and other taxing districts.
August 31st shall end the fiscal year of school districts and December 31st of all other taxing districts.
[1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 118 § 21; 1909 c 76 § 13; RRS § 9963.]
NOTES:
Severability—1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 118: See note following RCW 28A.505.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.16 - General Definitions. › 1.16.040 - "Folio."

RCW 1.16.040
"Folio."
The term "folio" when used as a measure for computing fees or compensation, shall be construed to mean one hundred words, counting every two figures necessarily used as a word. Any portion of a folio, when in the whole draft or paper there should not be a complete folio, and when there shall be an excess over the last folio exceeding a quarter, it shall be computed as a folio. The filing of a paper shall be construed to include the certificate of the same.
[Code 1881 § 2093; 1869 p 373 § 15; RRS § 500.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.16 - General Definitions. › 1.16.060 - "Month" or "months."

RCW 1.16.060
"Month" or "months."
The word "month" or "months," whenever the same occurs in the statutes of this state now in force, or in statutes hereinafter enacted, or in any contract made in this state, shall be taken and construed to mean "calendar months."
[1891 c 23 § 1, part; Code 1881 § 759; 1877 p 333 § 1; RRS § 149.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: This section is a part of 1891 c 23 § 1. The introductory phrase of that section provides: "The following provisions relative to the construction of statutes shall be rules of construction and shall constitute a part of the code of procedure of this state:".
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1.16 - General Definitions. › 1.16.065 - "Officer."

RCW 1.16.065
"Officer."
Whenever any term indicating an officer is used it shall be construed, when required, to mean any person authorized by law to discharge the duties of such officer.
[Code 1881 § 755; 1854 p 221 § 501; RRS § 147.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: This section was formerly a part of RCW 42.04.010. It first appeared in "An Act to regulate the practice and proceedings in civil actions" (1854 p 221 § 501), as part of chapter LIV, "Construction". It also appeared as Code of 1881 § 755 in chapter LXVII, "Of Construction", as part of the code of civil procedure.
Criminal code, officer defined: RCW 9A.04.110.