5.66.010 – Admissibility of sympathetic gestures.
RCW 5.66.010 Admissibility of sympathetic gestures. (1) The portion of statements, writings, or benevolent gestures expressing sympathy or a general sense of benevolence relating to the pain, suffering, or death of a person involved in an accident, and made to that person or to the family of that person, shall be inadmissible as evidence in […]
5.68.010 – Protection from compelled disclosure—Exceptions—Definition.
RCW 5.68.010 Protection from compelled disclosure—Exceptions—Definition. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, no judicial, legislative, administrative, or other body with the power to issue a subpoena or other compulsory process may compel the news media to testify, produce, or otherwise disclose: (a) The identity of a source of any news or […]
5.56.080 – To whom attachment directed—Execution.
RCW 5.56.080 To whom attachment directed—Execution. Such attachment may be directed to the sheriff or any deputy of any county in which the witness may be found, and shall be executed in the same manner as a warrant; and the fees of the officer for issuing and serving the same shall be paid by the […]
5.56.090 – Testimony of prisoner, how obtained.
RCW 5.56.090 Testimony of prisoner, how obtained. If the witness be a prisoner confined in a jail or prison within this state, an order for his or her examination in prison, upon deposition, or for his or her temporary removal and production before a court or officer, for the purpose of being orally examined, may […]
5.56.100 – Affidavit to procure order.
RCW 5.56.100 Affidavit to procure order. Such order can only be made upon affidavit, showing the nature of the action or proceeding, the testimony expected from the witness, and its materiality. [Code 1881 § 402; 1877 p 88 § 404; 1869 p 106 § 397; 1854 p 189 § 304; RRS § 1224.]
5.60.020 – Who may testify.
RCW 5.60.020 Who may testify. Every person of sound mind and discretion, except as hereinafter provided, may be a witness in any action, or proceeding. [ 1986 c 195 § 1; Code 1881 § 388; 1877 p 85 § 390; 1869 p 103 § 383; 1854 p 186 § 289; RRS § 1210.]
5.60.030 – Not excluded on grounds of interest—Exception—Transaction with person since deceased.
RCW 5.60.030 Not excluded on grounds of interest—Exception—Transaction with person since deceased. No person offered as a witness shall be excluded from giving evidence by reason of his or her interest in the event of the action, as a party thereto or otherwise, but such interest may be shown to affect his or her credibility: […]
5.60.050 – Who are incompetent.
RCW 5.60.050 Who are incompetent. The following persons shall not be competent to testify: (1) Those who are of unsound mind, or intoxicated at the time of their production for examination, and (2) Those who appear incapable of receiving just impressions of the facts, respecting which they are examined, or of relating them truly. [ […]
5.60.060 – Who is disqualified—Privileged communications.
RCW 5.60.060 Who is disqualified—Privileged communications. (1) A spouse or domestic partner shall not be examined for or against his or her spouse or domestic partner, without the consent of the spouse or domestic partner; nor can either during marriage or during the domestic partnership or afterward, be without the consent of the other, examined […]
5.60.070 – Mediation.
RCW 5.60.070 Mediation. (1) If there is a court order to mediate, a written agreement between the parties to mediate, or if mediation is mandated under RCW 7.70.100, then any communication made or materials submitted in, or in connection with, the mediation proceeding, whether made or submitted to or by the mediator, a mediation organization, […]