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27.24.010 – Establishment.

RCW 27.24.010 Establishment. Each county with a population of eight thousand or more shall have a county law library, which shall be governed and maintained as hereinafter provided. [ 1992 c 62 § 1; 1919 c 84 § 1; RRS § 8247.]

27.24.020 – Board of trustees—Composition—Terms.

RCW 27.24.020 Board of trustees—Composition—Terms. (1) Unless a regional law library is created pursuant to RCW 27.24.062, every county with a population of three hundred thousand or more must have a board of law library trustees consisting of five members to be constituted as follows: The chair of the county legislative authority is an ex […]

27.24.030 – Powers of board.

RCW 27.24.030 Powers of board. The board of law library trustees shall have power: (1) To make and enforce rules for their own procedure and for the government, care and use of the library, and for the guidance of employees. (2) To remove any trustee, except an ex officio trustee, for neglect to attend the […]

27.24.040 – Annual report.

RCW 27.24.040 Annual report. The board of law library trustees shall, on or before the first Monday in September of each year, make a report to the county legislative authority of their county giving the condition of their trust, with a full statement of all property received and how used, the number of books and […]

27.24.062 – Establishment of regional law libraries.

RCW 27.24.062 Establishment of regional law libraries. Two or more counties each with a population of from eight thousand to less than one hundred twenty-five thousand at the time of creation of the regional law library may, by agreement of the respective law library boards of trustees as described in RCW 27.24.020(2), create a regional […]

27.24.066 – Library rooms and service.

RCW 27.24.066 Library rooms and service. The county legislative authority of each county that is required to maintain a county law library shall upon demand by the board of law library trustees, provide a room suitable for the law library, with adequate heat, light, and janitor service. [ 1992 c 62 § 5; 1933 c […]

27.24.067 – Free use of library.

RCW 27.24.067 Free use of library. The use of the county law library shall be free to the judges of the state, to state and county officials, and to members of the bar, and to such others as the board of trustees may by rule provide. Residents of counties with a population of three hundred […]

27.24.068 – Establishment of county law library—Trustee—Free use of library.

RCW 27.24.068 Establishment of county law library—Trustee—Free use of library. In each county with a population of less than eight thousand, there may be a county law library which shall be governed and maintained by the prosecuting attorney who shall also serve as trustee of such library without additional salary or other compensation. The use […]

27.24.070 – Portion of filing fees for county or regional law library.

RCW 27.24.070 Portion of filing fees for county or regional law library. In each county pursuant to this chapter, the county treasurer shall deposit in the county or regional law library fund a sum equal to seventeen dollars for every new probate or civil filing fee, including appeals and for every fee for filing a […]

27.24.090 – Discontinuance of fees.

RCW 27.24.090 Discontinuance of fees. The collection of the fees directed in RCW 27.24.070 shall be discontinued whenever the board of trustees of a county library or the prosecuting attorney, as the case may be, files with the county clerk and clerks of the district courts a written resolution to the effect that the county […]

27.24.900 – Effective date—1992 c 62.

RCW 27.24.900 Effective date—1992 c 62. This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect April 1, 1992. [ 1992 c 62 § 10.]