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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.28 - Powers of Courts and General Provisions. › 2.28.060 - Judicial officers—Powers.

RCW 2.28.060
Judicial officers—Powers.
Every judicial officer has power:
(1) To preserve and enforce order in his or her immediate presence and in the proceedings before him or her, when he or she is engaged in the performance of a duty imposed upon him or her by law;
(2) To compel obedience to his or her lawful orders as provided by law;
(3) To compel the attendance of persons to testify in a proceeding pending before him or her, in the cases and manner provided by law;
(4) To administer oaths to persons in a proceeding pending before him or her, and in all other cases where it may be necessary in the exercise of his or her powers and the performance of his or her duties.
[ 2011 c 336 § 40; 1955 c 38 § 13; 1891 c 54 § 6; RRS § 57.]
NOTES:
Compelling attendance of witnesses: Chapter 5.56 RCW.
Oaths, who may administer: RCW 5.28.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.28 - Powers of Courts and General Provisions. › 2.28.070 - Contempt—Judicial officer may punish.

RCW 2.28.070
Contempt—Judicial officer may punish.
For the effectual exercise of the powers specified in RCW 2.28.060, a judicial officer may punish for contempt in the cases and manner provided by law.
[ 1891 c 54 § 7; RRS § 58.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: CR 45(f).
Contempts: Chapter 7.21 RCW.
Criminal contempts: Chapter 7.21 RCW, RCW 9.92.040.
Power of court to punish for contempt: RCW 2.28.020.
Witnesses, failure to attend as contempt: RCW 5.56.061 through 5.56.080.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.28 - Powers of Courts and General Provisions. › 2.28.080 - Powers of judges of supreme and superior courts.

RCW 2.28.080
Powers of judges of supreme and superior courts.
The judges of the supreme and superior courts have power in any part of the state to take and certify—
(1) The proof and acknowledgment of a conveyance of real property or any other written instrument authorized or required to be proved or acknowledged.
(2) The acknowledgment of satisfaction of a judgment in any court.
(3) An affidavit or deposition to be used in any court of justice or other tribunal of this state.
(4) To exercise any other power and perform any other duty conferred or imposed upon them by statute.
[ 1891 c 54 § 8; RRS § 59.]
NOTES:
Who may take acknowledgments: RCW 64.08.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.28 - Powers of Courts and General Provisions. › 2.28.090 - Powers of inferior judicial officers.

RCW 2.28.090
Powers of inferior judicial officers.
Every other judicial officer may, within the county, city, district, or precinct in which he or she is chosen:
(1) Exercise the powers mentioned in RCW 2.28.080 (1) through (3);
(2) Exercise any other power and perform any other duty conferred or imposed upon him or her by other statute.
[ 2011 c 336 § 41; 1891 c 54 § 9; RRS § 60.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.28 - Powers of Courts and General Provisions. › 2.28.100 - Legal holidays—No court—Exceptions.

RCW 2.28.100
Legal holidays—No court—Exceptions.
No court shall be open, nor shall any judicial business be transacted, on a legal holiday, except:
(1) To give, upon their request, instructions to a jury when deliberating on their verdict;
(2) To receive the verdict of a jury;
(3) For the exercise of the powers of a magistrate in a criminal action, or in a proceeding of a criminal nature;
(4) For hearing applications for and issuing writs of habeas corpus, injunction, prohibition, and attachment;
(5) For the issuance of any process or subpoena not requiring immediate judicial or court action, and the service thereof.
The governor, in declaring any legal holiday, in his or her discretion, may provide in his or her proclamation that such holiday shall not be applicable to the courts of or within the state.
[ 2011 c 336 § 42; 1986 c 219 § 1; 1933 c 54 § 1; 1927 c 51 § 2; RRS § 64. Prior: 1891 c 41 § 2; Code 1881 § 1267.]
NOTES:
Courts to be open except on nonjudicial days: State Constitution Art. 4 § 6 (Amendment 28).
Legal holidays: RCW 1.16.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.28 - Powers of Courts and General Provisions. › 2.28.110 - Legal holiday—Sitting deemed adjourned.

RCW 2.28.110
Legal holiday—Sitting deemed adjourned.
If any legal holiday happens to be a day appointed for the sitting of a court or to which it is adjourned, such sitting shall be deemed appointed for or adjourned to the next day which is not a legal holiday.
[ 1927 c 51 § 3; RRS § 65. Prior: 1891 c 41 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.28 - Powers of Courts and General Provisions. › 2.28.120 - Proceedings may be adjourned from time to time.

RCW 2.28.120
Proceedings may be adjourned from time to time.
A court or judicial officer has power to adjourn any proceeding before it or him or her from time to time, as may be necessary, unless otherwise expressly provided by law.
[ 2011 c 336 § 43; 1891 c 54 § 10; RRS § 66.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.28 - Powers of Courts and General Provisions. › 2.28.130 - Proceeding not to fail for want of judge or session of court.

RCW 2.28.130
Proceeding not to fail for want of judge or session of court.
No proceeding in a court of justice in any action, suit, or proceeding pending therein, is affected by a vacancy in the office of any or all of the judges, or by the failure of a session of the court.
[ 1891 c 49 § 2; RRS § 67.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: Section superseded by CR 6(c). See comment by court after CR 6(c).
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.28 - Powers of Courts and General Provisions. › 2.28.139 - County to furnish courthouse.

RCW 2.28.139
County to furnish courthouse.
The county in which the court is held shall furnish the courthouse, a jail or suitable place for confining prisoners, books for record, stationery, lights, wood, attendance, and other incidental expenses of the courthouse and court which are not paid by the United States.
[Code 1881 § 2111; 1869 p 421 § 10; 1863 p 425 § 11; RRS § 4034.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.28 - Powers of Courts and General Provisions. › 2.28.140 - Court rooms.

RCW 2.28.140
Court rooms.
If the proper authority neglects to provide any superior court with rooms, furniture, fuel, lights and stationery suitable and sufficient for the transaction of its business and for the jury attending upon it, if there be one, the court may order the sheriff to do so, at the place within the county designated by law for holding such court; and the expense incurred by the sheriff in carrying such order into effect, when ascertained and ordered to be paid by the court, is a charge upon the county.
[ 1955 c 38 § 14; 1891 c 54 § 11; RRS § 68.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.28 - Powers of Courts and General Provisions. › 2.28.141 - County commissioners to provide temporary quarters.

RCW 2.28.141
County commissioners to provide temporary quarters.
Until proper buildings are erected at a place fixed upon for the seat of justice in any county, it shall be the duty of the county commissioners to provide some suitable place for holding the courts of such county.
[Code 1881 § 2688; 1854 p 423 § 23; RRS § 4035.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.28 - Powers of Courts and General Provisions. › 2.28.150 - Implied powers—Proceeding when mode not prescribed.

RCW 2.28.150
Implied powers—Proceeding when mode not prescribed.
When jurisdiction is, by the Constitution of this state, or by statute, conferred on a court or judicial officer all the means to carry it into effect are also given; and in the exercise of the jurisdiction, if the course of proceeding is not specifically pointed out by statute, any suitable process or mode of proceeding may be adopted which may appear most conformable to the spirit of the laws.
[ 1955 c 38 § 15; 1891 c 54 § 12; RRS § 69.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.28 - Powers of Courts and General Provisions. › 2.28.160 - Judge pro tempore—Compensation—Reimbursement for subsistence, lodging and travel expenses—Affidavit to court.

RCW 2.28.160
Judge pro tempore—Compensation—Reimbursement for subsistence, lodging and travel expenses—Affidavit to court.
Whenever a judge serves as a judge pro tempore the payments for subsistence, lodging, and compensation pursuant to RCW 2.04.250 and 2.06.160 as now or hereafter amended shall be paid only for time actually spent away from the usual residence and abode of such pro tempore judge and only for time actually devoted to sitting on cases heard by such pro tempore judge and for time actually spent in research and preparation of a written opinion prepared and delivered by such pro tempore judge; which time spent shall be evidenced by an affidavit of such judge to be submitted by him or her to the court from which he or she is entitled to receive subsistence, lodging, and compensation for his or her services pursuant to RCW 2.04.250 and 2.06.160 as now or hereafter amended.
[ 2011 c 336 § 44; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 34 § 2.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Severability—1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 34: See notes following RCW 2.08.115.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.28 - Powers of Courts and General Provisions. › 2.28.200 - Signage concerning assaults in court facilities during court proceedings.

RCW 2.28.200
Signage concerning assaults in court facilities during court proceedings.
(1) Signage shall be posted notifying the public of the possible enhanced penalties under chapter 256, Laws of 2013.
(2) The signage shall be prominently displayed at any public entrance to a courtroom.
(3) The administrative office of the courts shall develop a standard signage form notifying the public of the possible enhanced penalties under chapter 256, Laws of 2013.
[ 2013 c 256 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.28 - Powers of Courts and General Provisions. › 2.28.210 - Court consultation of judicial information system—Disclosure to parties.

RCW 2.28.210
Court consultation of judicial information system—Disclosure to parties.
(1) Before granting an order under any of the following titles of the laws of the state of Washington, the court may consult the judicial information system or any related databases, if available, to determine criminal history or the pendency of other proceedings involving the parties:
(a) Granting any temporary or final order establishing a parenting plan or residential schedule or directing residential placement of a child or restraining or limiting a party's contact with a child under Title 26 RCW;
(b) Granting any order regarding a vulnerable child or adult or alleged incapacitated person irrespective of the title or where contained in the laws of the state of Washington;
(c) Granting letters of guardianship or administration or letters testamentary under Title 11 RCW;
(d) Granting any relief under Title 71 RCW;
(e) Granting any relief in a juvenile proceeding under Title 13 RCW; or
(f) Granting any order of protection, temporary order of protection, or criminal no-contact order under chapter 7.105, 9A.46, 10.99, or 26.52 RCW.
(2) In the event that the court consults such a database, the court shall disclose that fact to the parties and shall disclose any particular matters relied upon by the court in rendering the decision. Upon request of a party, a copy of the document relied upon must be filed, as a confidential document, within the court file, with any confidential contact information such as addresses, phone numbers, or other information that might disclose the location or whereabouts of any person redacted from the document or documents.
[ 2021 c 215 § 88; 2016 c 89 § 1; 2015 c 140 § 1.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2022 c 268; 2021 c 215: See note following RCW 7.105.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.28 - Powers of Courts and General Provisions. › 2.28.310 - Immigration and citizenship information—Federal immigration authorities.

RCW 2.28.310
Immigration and citizenship information—Federal immigration authorities.
(1) Judges, court staff, court security personnel, prosecutors, and personnel of the prosecutor's office:
(a) Shall not inquire into or collect information about an individual's immigration or citizenship status, or place of birth, unless there is a connection between such information and an investigation into a violation of state or local criminal law; provided that a judge may make such inquiries as are necessary to adjudicate matters within their jurisdiction. The court may enter orders or conditions to maintain limited disclosure of any information regarding immigration status as it deems appropriate to protect the liberty interests of victims, the accused, civil litigants, witnesses, and those who have accompanied victims to a court facility; and
(b) Shall not otherwise provide nonpublicly available personal information about an individual, including individuals subject to community custody pursuant to RCW 9.94A.701 and 9.94A.702, to federal immigration authorities for the purpose of civil immigration enforcement, nor notify federal immigration authorities of the presence of individuals attending proceedings or accessing court services in court facilities, unless required by federal law or court order.
(2) RCW 2.28.300 through 2.28.330 do not limit or prohibit any state or local agency or officer from:
(a) Sending to, or receiving from, federal immigration authorities the citizenship or immigration status of a person, or maintaining such information, or exchanging the citizenship or immigration status of an individual with any other federal, state, or local government agency, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1373; or
(b) Complying with any other state or federal law.
[ 2020 c 37 § 3.]
NOTES:
Findings—Short title—2020 c 37: See notes following RCW 2.28.300.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.28 - Powers of Courts and General Provisions. › 2.28.320 - Law enforcement actions in court facilities—Completion of information form—Notice to court staff.

RCW 2.28.320
Law enforcement actions in court facilities—Completion of information form—Notice to court staff.
(1) The governmental entity responsible for the security of a court facility, using the form described in subsection (2) of this section, shall collect the name of the law enforcement officer, agency, date, time, specific law enforcement purpose, and the proposed law enforcement action to be taken by all on-duty state and federal law enforcement officers, including plain-clothed officers, entering court facilities, unless such officer's purpose is to participate in a case or proceeding before the court. Completed forms must be immediately transmitted to the appropriate court staff. Information collected must not include personal identifying information concerning the individuals who were the target of the law enforcement action, and to the extent such individuals are identified, they must be identified by the initials of their first and last names. Completed forms must be transmitted to the administrative office of the courts on a monthly basis.
(2) The administrative office of the court [courts] shall develop a standard form to collect the information in subsection (1) of this section. The form must be developed no later than July 1, 2020. The administrative office of the courts shall publish a quarterly report of the information collected in subsection (1) of this section beginning October 1, 2020.
(3) Designated court staff must be notified without delay if a law enforcement agent covered by this section is present in the court facility with the intent of conducting a civil arrest.
[ 2020 c 37 § 4.]
NOTES:
Findings—Short title—2020 c 37: See notes following RCW 2.28.300.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.28 - Powers of Courts and General Provisions. › 2.28.330 - Privilege from civil arrest—Court facilities.

RCW 2.28.330
Privilege from civil arrest—Court facilities.
(1) No person is subject to civil arrest while going to, remaining at, or returning from, a court facility, except:
(a) Where such arrest is pursuant to a court order authorizing the arrest;
(b) When necessary to secure the immediate safety of judges, court staff, or the public; or
(c) Where circumstances otherwise permit warrantless arrest pursuant to RCW 10.31.100.
(2) For purposes of this section, "going to" and "returning from" includes the area within one mile of the court facility.
(3) Prior to any civil arrest in or on a court facility authorized by subsection (1)(a) of this section, a designated judicial officer shall review a court order authorizing any civil arrest to confirm compliance with subsection (1)(a) of this section.
(4) Nothing in this section narrows, or in any way lessens, any common law or other right or privilege of a person privileged from arrest pursuant to RCW 2.28.300 through 2.28.320 or otherwise.
[ 2020 c 37 § 5.]
NOTES:
Findings—Short title—2020 c 37: See notes following RCW 2.28.300.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.28 - Powers of Courts and General Provisions. › 2.28.340 - Applicability of courts open to all act.

RCW 2.28.340
Applicability of courts open to all act.
RCW 2.28.300 through 2.28.330 apply to the following courts: The supreme court, the courts of appeal, the superior courts, and to the courts of limited jurisdiction of this state, including district and municipal courts.
[ 2020 c 37 § 6.]
NOTES:
Findings—Short title—2020 c 37: See notes following RCW 2.28.300.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.30 - Therapeutic Courts. › 2.30.010 - Findings—Scope of therapeutic court programs.

RCW 2.30.010
Findings—Scope of therapeutic court programs.
(1) The legislature finds that judges in the trial courts throughout the state effectively utilize what are known as therapeutic courts to remove a defendant's or respondent's case from the criminal and civil court traditional trial track and allow those defendants or respondents the opportunity to obtain treatment services to address particular issues that may have contributed to the conduct that led to their arrest or other issues before the court. Trial courts have proved adept at creative approaches in fashioning a wide variety of therapeutic courts addressing the spectrum of social issues that can contribute to criminal activity and engagement with the child welfare system.
(2) The legislature further finds that by focusing on the specific individual's needs, providing treatment for the issues presented, and ensuring rapid and appropriate accountability for program violations, therapeutic courts may decrease recidivism, improve the safety of the community, and improve the life of the program participant and the lives of the participant's family members by decreasing the severity and frequency of the specific behavior addressed by the therapeutic court.
(3) The legislature recognizes the inherent authority of the judiciary under Article IV, section 1 of the state Constitution to establish therapeutic courts, and the outstanding contribution to the state and local communities made by the establishment of therapeutic courts and desires to provide a general provision in statute acknowledging and encouraging the judiciary to provide for therapeutic court programs to address the particular needs within a given judicial jurisdiction.
(4) Therapeutic court programs may include, but are not limited to:
(a) Adult drug court;
(b) Juvenile drug court;
(c) Family dependency treatment court or family drug court;
(d) Mental health court, which may include participants with developmental disabilities;
(e) DUI court;
(f) Veterans treatment court;
(g) Truancy court;
(h) Domestic violence court;
(i) Gambling court;
(j) Community court;
(k) Homeless court;
(l) Treatment, responsibility, and accountability on campus (Back on TRAC) court.
[ 2015 c 291 § 1.]
NOTES:
Conflict with federal requirements—2015 c 291: "If any part of this act is found to be in conflict with federal requirements that are a prescribed condition to the allocation of federal funds to the state, the conflicting part of this act is inoperative solely to the extent of the conflict and with respect to the agencies directly affected, and this finding does not affect the operation of the remainder of this act in its application to the agencies concerned. Rules adopted under this act must meet federal requirements that are a necessary condition to the receipt of federal funds by the state." [ 2015 c 291 § 14.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.30 - Therapeutic Courts. › 2.30.020 - Definitions.

RCW 2.30.020
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Emerging best practice" or "promising practice" means a program or practice that, based on statistical analyses or a well- established theory of change, shows potential for meeting the evidence-based or research-based criteria, which may include the use of a program that is evidence-based for outcomes other than those listed in this section.
(2) "Evidence-based" means a program or practice that: (a) Has been tested in heterogeneous or intended populations with multiple randomized, or statistically controlled evaluations, or both; or one large multiple site randomized, or statistically controlled evaluation, or both, where the weight of the evidence from a systemic review demonstrates sustained improvements in at least one outcome; or (b) may be implemented with a set of procedures to allow successful replication in Washington and, when possible, is determined to be cost-beneficial.
(3) "Government authority" means prosecutor or other representative initiating action leading to a proceeding in therapeutic court.
(4) "Participant" means an accused person, offender, or respondent in the judicial proceeding.
(5) "Research-based" means a program or practice that has been tested with a single randomized, or statistically controlled evaluation, or both, demonstrating sustained desirable outcomes; or where the weight of the evidence from a systemic review supports sustained outcomes as described in this subsection but does not meet the full criteria for evidence-based.
(6) "Specialty court" and "therapeutic court" both mean a court utilizing a program or programs structured to achieve both a reduction in recidivism and an increase in the likelihood of rehabilitation, or to reduce child abuse and neglect, out-of-home placements of children, termination of parental rights, and substance abuse and mental health symptoms among parents or guardians and their children through continuous and intense judicially supervised treatment and the appropriate use of services, sanctions, and incentives.
(7) "Therapeutic court personnel" means the staff of a therapeutic court including, but not limited to: Court and clerk personnel with therapeutic court duties, prosecuting attorneys, the attorney general or his or her representatives, defense counsel, monitoring personnel, and others acting within the scope of therapeutic court duties.
(8) "Trial court" means a superior court authorized under this title or a district or municipal court authorized under Title 3 or 35 RCW.
[ 2018 c 201 § 9001; 2015 c 291 § 2.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—Effective date—2018 c 201: See notes following RCW 41.05.018.
Conflict with federal requirements—2015 c 291: See note following RCW 2.30.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.30 - Therapeutic Courts. › 2.30.040 - Funding—Federal funding—Use of state moneys.

RCW 2.30.040
Funding—Federal funding—Use of state moneys.
Jurisdictions may seek federal funding available to support the operation of its therapeutic court and associated services and must match, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, state moneys allocated for therapeutic courts with local cash or in-kind resources. Moneys allocated by the state may be used to supplement, not supplant other federal, state, and local funds for therapeutic courts. However, until June 30, 2016, no match is required for state moneys expended for the administrative and overhead costs associated with the operation of a therapeutic court authorized under this chapter.
[ 2015 c 291 § 4.]
NOTES:
Conflict with federal requirements—2015 c 291: See note following RCW 2.30.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.30 - Therapeutic Courts. › 2.30.050 - Courts authorized to work cooperatively.

RCW 2.30.050
Courts authorized to work cooperatively.
Individual trial courts are authorized and encouraged to establish multijurisdictional partnerships and/or interlocal agreements under RCW 39.34.180 to enhance and expand the coverage area of the therapeutic court. Specifically, district and municipal courts may work cooperatively with each other and with the superior courts to identify and implement nontraditional case processing methods which can eliminate traditional barriers that decrease judicial efficiency.
[ 2015 c 291 § 6.]
NOTES:
Conflict with federal requirements—2015 c 291: See note following RCW 2.30.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.30 - Therapeutic Courts. › 2.30.060 - Authorization for therapeutic courts existing on July 24, 2015.

RCW 2.30.060
Authorization for therapeutic courts existing on July 24, 2015.
Any therapeutic court meeting the definition of therapeutic court in RCW 2.30.020 and existing on July 24, 2015, continues to be authorized.
[ 2015 c 291 § 7.]
NOTES:
Conflict with federal requirements—2015 c 291: See note following RCW 2.30.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.30 - Therapeutic Courts. › 2.30.110 - Early childhood court programs—Judicial officer training.

RCW 2.30.110
Early childhood court programs—Judicial officer training.
(1) Judicial officers who preside over early childhood court program hearings shall participate in required trainings, as follows:
(a) An initial, eight-hour training program that can include the topic areas of:
(i) The benefits to infants and toddlers of secure attachment with primary caregivers;
(ii) A trauma-informed approach;
(iii) The importance of maintaining children within their biological connections;
(iv) The importance of reunification of children with their families;
(v) Diversity, equity, and inclusion; and
(vi) The impact of trauma on child development;
(b) After the initial training, annually attend a minimum of eight hours of continuing education of pertinence to the early childhood court program.
(2) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the administrative office of the courts shall administer the certification of training requirements.
[ 2021 c 285 § 3.]
NOTES:
Findings—2021 c 285: See note following RCW 2.30.100.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.30 - Therapeutic Courts. › 2.30.120 - Early childhood court programs—Evaluation—Provision of assistance.

RCW 2.30.120
Early childhood court programs—Evaluation—Provision of assistance.
(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the administrative office of the courts shall perform, or contract for, an evaluation of the early childhood court program to ensure the quality, accountability, and fidelity of the programs' evidence-based treatment. Any evaluation of the early childhood court program shall be posted on the administrative office of the courts website.
(2) The administrative office of the courts may provide, or contract for the provision of, training and technical assistance related to program services, consultation and guidance for difficult cases, and ongoing training for court teams.
[ 2021 c 285 § 4.]
NOTES:
Findings—2021 c 285: See note following RCW 2.30.100.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.30 - Therapeutic Courts. › 2.30.130 - Early childhood court programs—Transitional provision.

RCW 2.30.130
Early childhood court programs—Transitional provision.
Any early childhood court program in operation as of July 25, 2021, shall have until January 1, 2022, to adjust its practices to comply with RCW 2.30.100 and 2.30.110.
[ 2021 c 285 § 5.]
NOTES:
Findings—2021 c 285: See note following RCW 2.30.100.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.32 - Court Clerks, Reporters, and Bailiffs. › 2.32.050 - Powers and duties of court clerks.

RCW 2.32.050
Powers and duties of court clerks.
The clerk of the supreme court, each clerk of the court of appeals, and each clerk of a superior court, has power to take and certify the proof and acknowledgment of a conveyance of real property, or any other written instrument authorized or required to be proved or acknowledged, and to administer oaths in every case when authorized by law; and it is the duty of the clerk of the supreme court, each clerk of the court of appeals, and of each county clerk for each of the courts for which he or she is clerk:
(1) To keep the seal of the court and affix it in all cases where he or she is required by law;
(2) To record the proceedings of the court;
(3) To keep the records, files, and other books and papers appertaining to the court;
(4) To file all papers delivered to him or her for that purpose in any action or proceeding in the court as directed by court rule or statute;
(5) To attend, either in person or electronically if the proceeding is virtual, the court of which he or she is clerk, to administer oaths, and receive the verdict of a jury in any action or proceeding therein, in the presence and under the direction of the court;
(6) To keep the minutes of the proceedings of the court, and, under the direction of the court, to enter its orders, judgments, and decrees;
(7) To authenticate by certificate or transcript, as may be required, the records, files, or proceedings of the court, or any other paper appertaining thereto and filed with him or her;
(8) To exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred and imposed upon him or her elsewhere by statute;
(9) In the performance of his or her duties to conform to the direction of the court;
(10) To publish notice of the procedures for inspection of the public records of the court.
[ 2021 c 122 § 2; 2017 c 183 § 1; 2011 c 336 § 45; 1981 c 277 § 1; 1971 c 81 § 12; 1891 c 57 § 3; RRS § 77. Prior: Code 1881 §§ 2180, 2182, 2184.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: SAR 16.
Finding—Intent—2021 c 122: "The legislature finds that the ability of county elected officials to fulfill their statutory responsibilities through continued conduct of essential functions and services during the current COVID-19 pandemic and potential future public health crises requires updating, and at times temporary waiver, of these requirements in statute. The legislature intends to update the manner in which services may be provided; maintaining access and opportunity. In addition, the legislature intends to clarify the conditions under which waiver or suspension of specific statutes may be assumed by county elected officials in order to eliminate temporary barriers to continuity of operations." [ 2021 c 122 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.32 - Court Clerks, Reporters, and Bailiffs. › 2.32.070 - Fees—Supreme court clerk, clerks of court of appeals.

RCW 2.32.070
Fees—Supreme court clerk, clerks of court of appeals.
The clerk of the supreme court and the clerks of the court of appeals shall collect the following fees for their official services:
Upon filing his or her first paper or record and making an appearance, the appellant or petitioner shall pay to the clerk of said court a docket fee of two hundred fifty dollars.
For copies of opinions, twenty cents per folio: PROVIDED, That counsel of record and criminal defendants shall be supplied a copy without charge.
For certificates showing admission of an attorney to practice law five dollars, except that there shall be no fee for an original certificate to be issued at the time of his or her admission.
For filing a petition for review of a court of appeals decision terminating review, two hundred dollars.
The foregoing fees shall be all the fees connected with the appeal or special proceeding.
No fees shall be required to be advanced by the state or any municipal corporation, or any public officer prosecuting or defending on behalf of such state or municipal corporation.
[ 1992 c 140 § 1; 1987 c 382 § 1; 1981 c 331 § 2; 1971 ex.s. c 107 § 2; 1951 c 51 § 1; 1907 c 56 § 1, part; 1903 c 151 § 1, part; RRS § 497, part. Prior: 1893 c 130 § 1, part; Code 1881 § 2086, part; 1866 pp 94-99, part; 1863 pp 391-399, part; 1861 pp 34-42, part; 1854 pp 368-376, part.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1992 c 140: "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 shall take effect April 1, 1992." [ 1992 c 140 § 2.]
Court Congestion Reduction Act of 1981—Purpose—1981 c 331: "Recognizing the value of providing the people of the state of Washington with justice delivered in an expeditious fashion, recognizing the need to assure the people of the state of Washington that the quality of our judicial system will not be placed in jeopardy, and recognizing the need to avoid congestion of the courts at all levels of our judicial system, the legislature hereby enacts this Court Congestion Reduction Act of 1981." [ 1981 c 331 § 1.]
Severability—1981 c 331: "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." [ 1981 c 331 § 16.]
"Folio" defined: RCW 1.16.040.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.32 - Court Clerks, Reporters, and Bailiffs. › 2.32.090 - Clerk not to practice law.

RCW 2.32.090
Clerk not to practice law.
Each clerk of a court is prohibited during his or her continuance in office from acting, or having a partner who acts, as an attorney of the court of which he or she is clerk.
[ 2011 c 336 § 46; 1891 c 57 § 5; RRS § 81. Prior: Code 1881 § 2183; 1854 p 367 § 10.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: SAR 16(3).
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.32 - Court Clerks, Reporters, and Bailiffs. › 2.32.110 - Reporter's duties.

RCW 2.32.110
Reporter's duties.
He or she shall prepare such decisions for publication by giving the title of each case, a syllabus of the points decided, a brief statement of the facts bearing on the points decided, the names of the counsel, and a reference to such authorities as are cited from standard reports and textbooks that have a special bearing on the case, and he or she shall prepare a full and comprehensive index to each volume, and prefix a table of cases reported.
[ 2011 c 336 § 47; 1890 p 320 § 2; RRS § 11059.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: SAR 17.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.32 - Court Clerks, Reporters, and Bailiffs. › 2.32.120 - Publication of reports.

RCW 2.32.120
Publication of reports.
The reports must be published under the supervision of the court, and to that end each of the judges must be furnished by the reporter with proof sheets of each volume thirty days before its final publication.
[ 1890 p 320 § 3; RRS § 11060.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: SAR 17.
Publication of supreme court opinions: State Constitution Art. 4 § 21.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.32 - Court Clerks, Reporters, and Bailiffs. › 2.32.130 - Correction by judges.

RCW 2.32.130
Correction by judges.
Within thirty days after such proof sheets are furnished, the judges must return the same to the reporter, with corrections or alterations, and he or she must make the corrections or alterations accordingly.
[ 2011 c 336 § 48; 1890 p 320 § 4; RRS § 11061.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: SAR 17.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.32 - Court Clerks, Reporters, and Bailiffs. › 2.32.140 - Opinions available to reporter.

RCW 2.32.140
Opinions available to reporter.
The reporter may take the original opinions and papers in each case from the clerk's office and retain them in his or her possession not exceeding sixty days.
[ 2011 c 336 § 49; 1890 p 320 § 5; RRS § 11062.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.32 - Court Clerks, Reporters, and Bailiffs. › 2.32.160 - Washington court reports commission.

RCW 2.32.160
Washington court reports commission.
There is hereby created a commission advisory to the supreme court regarding the publication of the decisions of the supreme court and court of appeals of this state in both the form of advance sheets for temporary use and in permanent form, to be known as the Washington court reports commission, and to include the reporter of decisions, the state law librarian, and such other members, including a judge of the court of appeals and a member in good standing of the Washington state bar association, as determined by the chief justice of the supreme court, who shall be chair of the commission. Members of the commission shall serve as such without additional or any compensation: PROVIDED, That members shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.240.
[ 2011 c 336 § 50; 2005 c 190 § 1; 1995 c 257 § 1; 1984 c 287 § 7; 1971 c 42 § 1; 1943 c 185 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 11071-1. Prior: 1917 c 87 § 1; 1905 c 167 §§ 1-4; 1895 c 55 § 1; 1891 c 37 § 1; 1890 p 327 § 1.]
NOTES:
Legislative findings—Severability—Effective date—1984 c 287: See notes following RCW 43.03.220.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.32 - Court Clerks, Reporters, and Bailiffs. › 2.32.170 - Commission—Powers.

RCW 2.32.170
Commission—Powers.
The commission shall make recommendations to the supreme court on matters pertaining to the publication of such decisions, in both temporary and permanent forms. The commission shall by July 1, 1997, develop a policy that ensures that if any material prepared pursuant to RCW 2.32.110 is licensed for resale, the material is made available for licensing to all commercial resellers on an equal and nonexclusive basis.
[ 1995 c 257 § 2; 1943 c 185 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 11071-2. Prior: 1921 c 162 § 1; 1919 c 117 §§ 1-3; 1905 c 167 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.32 - Court Clerks, Reporters, and Bailiffs. › 2.32.200 - Duties of official reporter.

RCW 2.32.200
Duties of official reporter.
It shall be the duty of each official reporter appointed under RCW 2.32.180 through 2.32.310 to attend every term of the superior court in the county or judicial district for which he or she is appointed, at such times as the judge presiding may direct; and upon the trial of any cause in any court, if either party to the suit or action, or his or her attorney, request the services of the official reporter, the presiding judge shall grant such request, or upon his or her own motion such presiding judge may order a full report of the testimony, exceptions taken, and all other oral proceedings; in which case the official reporter shall cause accurate shorthand notes of the oral testimony, exceptions taken, and other oral proceedings had, to be taken, except when the judge and attorneys dispense with his or her services with respect to any portion of the proceedings therein, which notes shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the superior court where such trial is had.
[ 2011 c 336 § 51; 1983 c 3 § 1; 1913 c 126 § 2; RRS § 42-2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.32 - Court Clerks, Reporters, and Bailiffs. › 2.32.210 - Court reporter salaries—Expenses.

RCW 2.32.210
Court reporter salaries—Expenses.
Each official reporter shall be paid such compensation as shall be fixed, after recommendation by the judges of the judicial district involved, by the legislative authority of the county comprising said judicial district, or by the legislative authorities acting jointly where the judicial district is comprised of more than one county: PROVIDED, That in judicial districts having a total population of forty thousand or more, the salary of an official court reporter shall not be less than sixteen thousand five hundred dollars per annum: PROVIDED FURTHER, That in judicial districts having a total population of twenty-five thousand and under forty thousand, such salary shall not be less than eleven thousand one hundred dollars per annum.
Said compensation shall be paid out of the current expense fund of the county or counties where court is held.
In judicial districts comprising more than one county the council or commissioners thereof shall, on the first day of January of each year, or as soon thereafter as may be convenient, apportion the amount of the salary to be paid to the reporter by each county according and in proportion to the number of criminal and civil actions entered and commenced in superior court of the constituent counties in the preceding year. In addition to the salary above provided, in judicial districts comprising more than one county, the reporter shall receive his or her actual and necessary expenses of transportation and living expenses when he or she goes on official business to a county of his or her judicial district other than the county in which he or she resides, from the time he or she leaves his or her place of residence until he or she returns thereto, said expense to be paid by the county to which he or she travels. If one trip includes two or more counties, the expense may be apportioned between the counties visited in proportion to the amount of time spent in each county on the trip. If an official reporter uses his or her own automobile for the purpose of such transportation, he or she shall be paid therefor at the same rate per mile as county officials are paid for use of their private automobiles. The sworn statement of the official reporter, when certified to as correct by the judge presiding, shall be a sufficient voucher upon which the county auditor shall draw his or her warrant upon the treasurer of the county in favor of the official reporter.
The salaries of official court reporters shall be paid upon sworn statements, when certified as correct by the judge presiding, as state and county officers are paid.
[ 2011 c 336 § 52; 1975 1st ex.s. c 128 § 1; 1972 ex.s. c 18 § 1; 1969 c 95 § 1; 1967 c 20 § 1; 1965 ex.s. c 114 § 1; 1961 c 121 § 1; 1957 c 244 § 2; 1953 c 265 § 1; 1951 c 210 § 1. Prior: 1945 c 24 § 1; 1943 c 69 § 2; 1913 c 126 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 42-3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.32 - Court Clerks, Reporters, and Bailiffs. › 2.32.220 - Application to lesser judicial districts.

RCW 2.32.220
Application to lesser judicial districts.
If the judge of the superior court in any judicial district having a total population of less than twenty-five thousand finds that the work in such district requires the services of an official court reporter he or she may appoint a person qualified under RCW 2.32.180.
[ 2011 c 336 § 53; 1957 c 244 § 3; 1951 c 210 § 2; 1945 c 24 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 42-3a.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.32 - Court Clerks, Reporters, and Bailiffs. › 2.32.230 - One reporter for two lesser districts.

RCW 2.32.230
One reporter for two lesser districts.
An official court reporter may be appointed to serve two or more judicial districts, each of which has a total population under twenty-five thousand, if the judges thereof so agree, and the salary of such official reporter shall be determined by the total population of all the judicial districts so served in accordance with the schedule of salaries in RCW 2.32.210, and shall be apportioned between the several counties of the districts as therein provided. Such reporter, if appointed, must be qualified to serve, under RCW 2.32.180.
[ 1951 c 210 § 3; 1945 c 24 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 42-3b.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.32 - Court Clerks, Reporters, and Bailiffs. › 2.32.240 - Transcript of testimony—Fee—Forma pauperis.

RCW 2.32.240
Transcript of testimony—Fee—Forma pauperis.
When a record has been taken in any cause as provided in RCW 2.32.180 through 2.32.310, if the court, or either party to the suit or action, or his or her attorney, request a transcript, the official reporter employed by the court or other certified court reporter, or an authorized transcriptionist, shall make, or cause to be made, with reasonable diligence, full and accurate transcript of the testimony and other proceedings, which shall, when certified to as hereinafter provided, be filed with the clerk of the court where such trial is had for the use of the court or parties to the action, except for transcripts requested for an appellate case. The fees of the official reporter employed by the court or other certified court reporter, or authorized transcriptionist, as defined by supreme court rule, for making such transcript shall be fixed in accordance with costs as allowed in cost bills in civil cases by the supreme court of the state of Washington, and when such transcript is ordered by any party to any suit or action, said fee shall be paid forthwith by the party ordering the same, and in all cases where a transcript is made as provided for under the provisions of RCW 2.32.180 through 2.32.310 the cost thereof shall be taxable as costs in the case, and shall be so taxed as other costs in the case are taxed: PROVIDED, That when a party has been judicially determined to have a constitutional right to a transcript and to be unable by reason of poverty to pay for such transcript, the court may order said transcript to be made by the official reporter employed by the court or other certified court reporter, or an authorized transcriptionist, which transcript fee therefor shall be paid by the state upon submission of appropriate vouchers to the clerk of the supreme court.
[ 2016 c 74 § 1; 2011 c 336 § 54; 1983 c 3 § 2; 1975 1st ex.s. c 261 § 1; 1972 ex.s. c 111 § 1; 1970 ex.s. c 31 § 1; 1965 c 133 § 3; 1957 c 244 § 4; 1943 c 69 § 4; 1913 c 126 § 5; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 42-5.]
NOTES:
Severability—1965 c 133: "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." [ 1965 c 133 § 4.]
Indigent party—State to pay costs and fees incident to review by supreme court or court of appeals: RCW 4.88.330.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 2 - Courts of Record › Chapter 2.32 - Court Clerks, Reporters, and Bailiffs. › 2.32.250 - Transcript accorded verity.

RCW 2.32.250
Transcript accorded verity.
The report of the official reporter employed by the court or other certified court reporter, or authorized transcriptionist, when transcribed and certified as being a correct transcript of the stenographic notes or electronically recorded testimony, or other oral proceedings had in the matter, shall be prima facie a correct statement of such testimony or other oral proceedings had, and the same may thereafter, in any civil cause, be read in evidence as competent testimony, when satisfactory proof is offered to the judge presiding that the witness originally giving such testimony is then dead or without the jurisdiction of the court, subject, however, to all objections the same as though such witness were present and giving such testimony in person.
[ 2016 c 74 § 2; 1913 c 126 § 6; RRS § 42-6.]