3.72.030 – Purpose and limitations of youth courts, student courts.
RCW 3.72.030 Purpose and limitations of youth courts, student courts. Youth courts provide a disposition method for cases involving juveniles alleged to have committed traffic or transit infractions. Youth courts may also provide diversion in cases involving juvenile offenders who are eligible for diversion pursuant to RCW 13.40.070 (6) and (8) and who agree, along […]
3.72.040 – Youth court programs.
RCW 3.72.040 Youth court programs. The administrative office of the courts shall encourage the courts to work with cities, counties, and schools to implement, expand, or use youth court programs for juveniles who commit traffic infractions, transit infractions, or civil infractions. Program operations of youth court programs may be funded by government and private grants. […]
3.72.050 – Fee.
RCW 3.72.050 Fee. A court may require that a youth pay a nonrefundable fee, not exceeding thirty dollars, to cover the costs of administering the program. The fee may be reduced or waived for a participant. Fees shall be paid to and accounted for by the court. The fees collected under this section shall not […]
3.74.010 – District judges to be members of state retirement system.
RCW 3.74.010 District judges to be members of state retirement system. All district judges under chapters 3.30 through 3.74 RCW shall remain members of the state retirement system. [ 1984 c 258 § 54; 1961 c 299 § 130.] NOTES: Court Improvement Act of 1984—Effective dates—Severability—Short title—1984 c 258: See notes following RCW 3.30.010.
3.66.070 – Venue—Criminal actions—Temporary venue.
RCW 3.66.070 Venue—Criminal actions—Temporary venue. (1) All criminal actions shall be brought in the district where the alleged violation occurred: PROVIDED, That (a) the prosecuting attorney may file felony cases in the district in which the county seat is located, (b) with the consent of the defendant criminal actions other than those arising out of […]
3.66.080 – Criminal venue corrected.
RCW 3.66.080 Criminal venue corrected. If a criminal action is commenced in an improper district under RCW 3.66.070, the court may of its own volition or at the request of either party order the case removed for trial to a proper district. [ 1984 c 258 § 48; 1961 c 299 § 119.] NOTES: Court […]
3.66.090 – Change of venue.
RCW 3.66.090 Change of venue. A change of venue may be allowed upon motion: (1) Where there is reason to believe that an impartial trial cannot be had in the district or municipal court in which the action was commenced; or (2) Where the convenience of witnesses or the ends of justice would be forwarded […]
3.66.100 – Territorial jurisdiction—Process—Limitation.
RCW 3.66.100 Territorial jurisdiction—Process—Limitation. (1) Every district judge having authority to hear a particular case may issue criminal process in and to any place in the state. (2) Every district judge having authority to hear a particular case may issue civil process, including writs of execution, attachment, garnishment, and replevin, in and to any place […]
3.66.110 – Advertising authority to solemnize marriages is breach of judicial ethics.
RCW 3.66.110 Advertising authority to solemnize marriages is breach of judicial ethics. It shall be a breach of judicial ethics for any judge of any court of limited jurisdiction, as defined in RCW 3.02.010, to advertise in any manner that he or she is authorized to solemnize marriages. Any violation of this section shall be […]
3.66.115 – “Legal financial obligation”—Defined.
RCW 3.66.115 “Legal financial obligation”—Defined. (Effective January 1, 2023.) “Legal financial obligation” means a sum of money that is ordered by a district or municipal court of the state of Washington for legal financial obligations which may include restitution to the victim, court costs, county or interlocal drug funds, court-appointed attorneys’ fees, and costs of […]