Opinion ID: 2519124
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Heading: Predicate Offense

Text: ¶ 2 Minor pleaded guilty to residential burglary in juvenile court and a preprinted order on adjudication and disposition was entered on November 6, 2003. [1] In the order, the following paragraph appeared as follows, unchecked: 4.18 [] FELONY FIREARM PROHIBITION: Respondent shall not use or possess a firearm, ammunition or other dangerous weapon until his or her right to do so is restored by a court of record. The court clerk is directed to immediately forward a copy of the respondent's driver's license or identicard, or comparable information, along with the date of conviction, to the Department of Licensing. RCW 9.41.047 Former RCW 9.41.047(1), [2] enacted in 1994, [3] requires a convicting court to give notice of the prohibition on the right to possess firearms: At the time a person is convicted of an offense making the person ineligible to possess a firearm . . . the convicting or committing court shall notify the person, orally and in writing, that the person . . . may not possess a firearm unless his or her right to do so is restored by a court of record. (emphasis added.) The statute mandates that, where required, notice shall be given.