7.105.565 – Proceedings additional—Filing of criminal charges not required.
RCW 7.105.565 Proceedings additional—Filing of criminal charges not required. (1) Any proceeding under this chapter is in addition to other civil or criminal remedies. (2) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring criminal charges to be filed as a condition of a protection order being issued. [ 2021 c 215 § 68.] NOTES: […]
7.105.570 – Other authority retained.
RCW 7.105.570 Other authority retained. This chapter does not affect the ability of a law enforcement officer to remove a firearm or concealed pistol license from any person or to conduct any search and seizure for firearms pursuant to other lawful authority. [ 2021 c 215 § 69.] NOTES: Effective date—2022 c 268; 2021 c […]
7.105.575 – Liability.
RCW 7.105.575 Liability. (1) Except as provided in RCW 7.105.460, this chapter does not impose criminal or civil liability on any person or entity for acts or omissions related to obtaining an extreme risk protection order or a temporary extreme risk protection order including, but not limited to, reporting, declining to report, investigating, declining to […]
7.105.580 – Protection order commissioners—Appointment authorized.
RCW 7.105.580 Protection order commissioners—Appointment authorized. In each county, the superior court may appoint one or more attorneys to act as protection order commissioners pursuant to this chapter to exercise all powers and perform all duties of a court commissioner appointed pursuant to RCW 2.24.010, provided that such positions may not be created without prior […]
7.105.900 – Findings—2021 c 215.
RCW 7.105.900 Findings—2021 c 215. (1) Washington state has been a national leader in adopting legal protections to prevent and respond to abuse, violence, harassment, stalking, neglect, or other threatening behavior, through the enactment of different types of civil protection orders, which are intended to provide a fast, efficient means to obtain protection against perpetrators […]
7.105.902 – Recommendations on improving protection order proceedings.
RCW 7.105.902 Recommendations on improving protection order proceedings. (Expires October 1, 2022.) (1) The administrative office of the courts, through the gender and justice commission of the Washington state supreme court, and with the support of the Washington state women’s commission, shall work with representatives of superior, district, and municipal court judicial officers, court clerks, […]
7.105.903 – Study on coercive control.
RCW 7.105.903 Study on coercive control. (Expires January 1, 2028.) (1) The gender and justice commission, through its E2SHB 1320 stakeholder work groups, and in consultation with the Washington state center for court research, shall include in their 2022 work consideration of a study regarding how the inclusion of coercive control under chapter 268, Laws […]
7.105.500 – Modification or termination—Other than extreme risk protection orders and vulnerable adult protection orders.
RCW 7.105.500 Modification or termination—Other than extreme risk protection orders and vulnerable adult protection orders. This section applies to modification or termination of domestic violence protection orders, sexual assault protection orders, stalking protection orders, and antiharassment protection orders. (1) Upon a motion with notice to all parties and after a hearing, the court may modify […]
7.105.505 – Termination—Extreme risk protection orders.
RCW 7.105.505 Termination—Extreme risk protection orders. This section applies to the termination of extreme risk protection orders. (1) The respondent may submit one written request for a hearing to terminate an extreme risk protection order issued under this chapter every 12-month period that the order is in effect, starting from the date of the order […]
7.105.510 – Modification or termination—Vulnerable adult protection orders.
RCW 7.105.510 Modification or termination—Vulnerable adult protection orders. This section applies to the modification or termination of vulnerable adult protection orders. (1) Any vulnerable adult who is not subject to an order under chapter 11.130 RCW may, at any time subsequent to the entry of a permanent protection order under this chapter, file a motion […]