35.20.290 – Applicability of courts open to all act.
RCW 35.20.290 Applicability of courts open to all act. The provisions of RCW 2.28.300 through 2.28.330 apply to municipal courts. [ 2020 c 37 § 8.] NOTES: Findings—Short title—2020 c 37: See notes following RCW 2.28.300.
35.20.150 – Election of judges—Vacancies.
RCW 35.20.150 Election of judges—Vacancies. The municipal judges shall be elected on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1958, and on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November every fourth year thereafter by the electorate of the city in which the court is located. The auditor of the county concerned […]
35.20.155 – Municipal court commissioners—Appointment, powers.
RCW 35.20.155 Municipal court commissioners—Appointment, powers. When so authorized by the city legislative authority, the judges of the city may appoint one or more municipal court commissioners. A commissioner must be a registered voter of the city, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the appointing judges. A person appointed as a commissioner authorized […]
35.20.160 – Judges’ salaries.
RCW 35.20.160 Judges’ salaries. The total of the salaries of each municipal judge under this chapter shall be fixed by the legislative body of the city at not less than nine thousand dollars per annum, to be paid in monthly or semimonthly installments as for other officials of the city, and such total salaries shall […]
35.20.170 – Qualifications of judges—Practice of law prohibited.
RCW 35.20.170 Qualifications of judges—Practice of law prohibited. No person shall be eligible to the office of judge of the municipal court unless he or she shall have been admitted to practice law before the courts of record of this state and is an elector of the city in which he or she files for […]
35.20.175 – Judicial officers—Disqualification.
RCW 35.20.175 Judicial officers—Disqualification. (1) A municipal court judicial officer shall not preside in any of the following cases: (a) In an action to which the judicial officer is a party, or in which the judicial officer is directly interested, or in which the judicial officer has been an attorney for a party. (b) When […]
35.20.180 – Judges’ oath of office, official bonds.
RCW 35.20.180 Judges’ oath of office, official bonds. Every judge of such municipal court, before he or she enters upon the duties of his or her office, shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution […]
35.20.190 – Additional judge.
RCW 35.20.190 Additional judge. Whenever the number of departments of the municipal court is increased, the mayor of such city shall appoint a qualified person as provided in RCW 35.20.170 to act as municipal judge until the next general election. He or she shall be paid salaries in accordance with the provisions of this chapter […]
35.20.200 – Judges pro tempore.
RCW 35.20.200 Judges pro tempore. The presiding municipal court judge shall, from attorneys residing in the city and qualified to hold the position of judge of the municipal court as provided in RCW 35.20.170, appoint judges pro tempore who shall act in the absence of the regular judges of the court or in addition to […]
35.20.205 – Judicial officers—Hearing examiner.
RCW 35.20.205 Judicial officers—Hearing examiner. The judges of the municipal court may employ judicial officers to assist in the administration of justice and the accomplishment of the work of the court as said work may be assigned to it by statute or ordinance. The duties and responsibilities of such officers shall be judicial in nature […]