Title 10 — Title 10 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
52 chapters · 541 sections in this title.
RCW 10.27.010 Short title—Purpose.
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This chapter shall be known as the criminal investigatory act of 1971 and is enacted on behalf of the people of the state of Washington to serve law enforcement in combating crime and corruption.[ 1971 ex.s. c 67 s 1.]
RCW 10.27.020 Definitions.
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For the purposes of this chapter:(1) The term "court" shall mean any superior court in the state of Washington.(2) The term "public attorney" shall mean the prosecuting attorney of the county in which a grand jury or special grand jury is impaneled; the attorney general of the st…
RCW 10.27.030 Summoning grand jury.
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No grand jury shall be summoned to attend at the superior court of any county except upon an order signed by a majority of the judges thereof. A grand jury shall be summoned by the court, where the public interest so demands, whenever in its opinion there is sufficient evidence o…
RCW 10.27.040 Selection of grand jury members.
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Members of the grand jury shall be selected in the manner provided in chapter 2.36 RCW.[ 1988 c 188 s 17; 1971 ex.s. c 67 s 4.]Notes:Legislative findings—Severability—Effective date—1988 c 188: See notes following RCW 2.36.010.
RCW 10.27.050 Special inquiry judge—Selection.
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In every county a superior court judge as designated by a majority of the judges shall be available to serve as a special inquiry judge to hear evidence concerning criminal activity and corruption.[ 1971 ex.s. c 67 s 5.]
RCW 10.27.060 Discharge of panel, juror—Grounds.
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Neither the grand jury panel nor any individual grand juror may be challenged, but the court may:(1) At any time before a grand jury is sworn discharge the panel and summon another if it finds that the original panel does not substantially conform to the requirements of chapter 2…
RCW 10.27.070 Oath—Officers—Witnesses.
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(1) When the grand jury is impaneled, the court shall appoint one of the jurors to be foreperson, and also another of the jurors to act as foreperson in case of the absence of the foreperson.(2) The grand jurors must be sworn pursuant to the following oath: "You, as grand jurors …
RCW 10.27.080 Persons authorized to attend—Restrictions on attorneys.
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No person shall be present at sessions of the grand jury or special inquiry judge except the witness under examination and his or her attorney, public attorneys, the reporter, an interpreter, a public servant guarding a witness who has been held in custody, if any, and, for the p…
RCW 10.27.090 Secrecy enjoined—Exceptions—Use and availability of evidence.
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(1) Every member of the grand jury shall keep secret whatever he, she, or any other grand juror has said, and how he, she, or any other grand juror has voted, except for disclosure of indictments, if any, as provided in RCW 10.27.150.(2) No grand juror shall be permitted to state…
RCW 10.27.100 Inquiry as to offenses—Duties—Investigation.
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The grand jurors shall inquire into every offense triable within the county for which any person has been held to answer, if an indictment has not been found or an information filed in such case, and all other indictable offenses within the county which are presented to them by a…
RCW 10.27.110 Duration of sessions—Extensions.
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The length of time which a grand jury may sit after being convened shall not exceed sixty days. Before expiration of the sixty day period and any extensions, and upon showing of good cause, the court may order the grand jury panel extended for a period not to exceed sixty days.[ …
RCW 10.27.120 Self-incrimination—Right to counsel.
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Any individual called to testify before a grand jury or special inquiry judge, whether as a witness or principal, if not represented by an attorney appearing with the witness before the grand jury or special inquiry judge, must be told of his or her privilege against self-incrimi…
RCW 10.27.130 Self-incrimination—Refusal to testify or give evidence—Procedure.
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If in any proceedings before a grand jury or special inquiry judge, a person refuses, or indicates in advance a refusal, to testify or provide evidence of any other kind on the ground that he or she may be incriminated thereby, and if a public attorney requests the court to order…
RCW 10.27.140 Witnesses—Attendance.
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(1) Except as provided in this section, no person has the right to appear as a witness in a grand jury or special inquiry judge proceeding.(2) A public attorney may call as a witness in a grand jury or special inquiry judge proceeding any person believed by him or her to possess …
RCW 10.27.150 Indictments—Issuance.
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After hearing, examining, and investigating the evidence before it, a grand jury may, in its discretion, issue an indictment against a principal. A grand jury shall find an indictment only when from all the evidence at least three-fourths of the jurors are convinced that there is…
RCW 10.27.160 Grand jury report.
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The grand jury may prepare its conclusions, recommendations and suggestions in the form of a grand jury report. Such report shall be released to the public only upon a determination by a majority of the judges of the superior court of the county court that (1) the findings in the…
RCW 10.27.170 Special inquiry judge—Petition for order—Investigation of sexual exploitation of children.
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(1) When any public attorney, corporation counsel or city attorney has reason to suspect crime or corruption, within the jurisdiction of such attorney, and there is reason to believe that there are persons who may be able to give material testimony or provide material evidence co…
RCW 10.27.180 Special inquiry judge—Disqualification from subsequent proceedings.
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The judge serving as a special inquiry judge shall be disqualified from acting as a magistrate or judge in any subsequent court proceeding arising from such inquiry except alleged contempt for neglect or refusal to appear, testify or provide evidence at such inquiry in response t…
RCW 10.27.190 Special inquiry judge—Direction to public attorney for proceedings in another county—Procedure.
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Upon petition of a public attorney to the special inquiry judge that there is reason to suspect that there exists evidence of crime and corruption in another county, and with the concurrence of the special inquiry judge and prosecuting attorney of the other county, the special in…