RCW 36.26.010 Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “County commissioners” or “board of county commissioners” means and includes: (a) Any single board of county commissioners, county council, or other governing body of any county which has neither a board of county commissioners nor a county council denominated as such; and (b) The governing bodies, […]
RCW 36.26.020 Public defender district—Creation—Office of public defender. The board of county commissioners of any single county or of any two or more territorially contiguous counties or acting in cooperation with the governing authority of any city located within the county or counties may, by resolution or by ordinance, or by concurrent resolutions or concurrent […]
RCW 36.26.030 Selection committee. The board of county commissioners of every county electing to become or to join in a public defender district shall appoint a selection committee for the purpose of selecting a full or part time public defender for the public defender district. Such selection committee shall consist of one member of each […]
RCW 36.26.040 Public defender—Qualifications—Term. Every public defender and every assistant public defender must be a qualified attorney licensed to practice law in this state; and the term of the public defender shall coincide with the elected term of the prosecuting attorney. [ 1969 c 94 § 4.]
RCW 36.26.050 Reports—Records—Costs and expenses. The public defender shall make an annual report to each board of county commissioners within his or her district. If any public defender district embraces more than one county or a cooperating city, the public defender shall maintain records of expenses allocable to each county or city within the district, […]
RCW 36.26.060 Compensation—Office—Assistants, clerks, investigators, etc. (1) The board of county commissioners shall: (a) Fix the compensation of the public defender and of any staff appointed to assist him or her in the discharge of his or her duties: PROVIDED, That the compensation of the public defender shall not exceed that of the county prosecutor […]
RCW 36.26.070 Duty to represent indigent defendants. The public defender must represent, without charge to any accused, every indigent person who is or has been arrested or charged with a crime for which court appointed counsel for indigent defendants is required either under the Constitution of the United States or under the Constitution and laws […]
RCW 36.26.080 Duty to counsel, defend, and prosecute appeals. Whenever the public defender represents any indigent person held in custody without commitment or charged with any criminal offense, he or she must (1) counsel and defend such person, and (2) prosecute any appeals and other remedies, whether before or after conviction, which he or she […]
RCW 36.26.090 Appointment of attorney other than public defender. For good cause shown, or in any case involving a crime of widespread notoriety, the court may, upon its own motion or upon application of either the public defender or of the indigent accused, appoint an attorney other than the public defender to represent the accused […]
RCW 36.26.900 Chapter cumulative and nonexclusive. The provisions of this chapter shall be cumulative and nonexclusive and shall not affect any other remedy, particularly in counties electing not to create the office of public defender: PROVIDED, That nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the appointment of a full time or part time assigned-counsel administrator […]
