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 […]
7.105.460 – Enforcement and penalties—Extreme risk protection orders—False petitions.
RCW 7.105.460 Enforcement and penalties—Extreme risk protection orders—False petitions. (1) Any person who files a petition for an extreme risk protection order knowing the information in such petition to be materially false, or with the intent to harass the respondent, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. (2)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, […]
7.105.465 – Enforcement and penalties—Knowledge of order.
RCW 7.105.465 Enforcement and penalties—Knowledge of order. (1) When the court issues a protection order under this chapter, the court shall advise the petitioner that the respondent may not be subjected to the penalties set forth in this chapter for a violation of the order unless the respondent knows of the order. (2) When a […]
7.105.470 – Enforcement—Prosecutor assistance.
RCW 7.105.470 Enforcement—Prosecutor assistance. When a party alleging a violation of a protection order issued under this chapter states that the party is unable to afford private counsel and asks the prosecuting attorney for the county or the attorney for the municipality in which the order was issued for assistance, the attorney shall initiate and […]