Title 2 — Title 2 COURTS OF RECORD
27 chapters · 395 sections in this title.
RCW 2.12.010 Retirement for service or age.
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Any judge of the supreme court, court of appeals, or superior court of the state of Washington who heretofore and/or hereafter shall have served as a judge of any such courts for eighteen years in the aggregate or who shall have served ten years in the aggregate and shall have at…
RCW 2.12.012 Partial pension for less than eighteen years service—When authorized, amount.
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Any judge of the supreme court, court of appeals, or superior court of this state who shall leave judicial service at any time after having served as a judge of any of such courts for an aggregate of twelve years shall be eligible to a partial retirement pension in a percentage o…
RCW 2.12.015 Additional pension for more than eighteen years service—Amount.
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In the event any judge of the supreme court, court of appeals, or superior court of the state serves more than eighteen years in the aggregate as computed under RCW 2.12.010, he or she shall receive in addition to any other pension benefits to which he or she may be entitled unde…
RCW 2.12.020 Retirement for disability.
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(1) Any judge of the supreme court, court of appeals, or superior court of the state of Washington, who heretofore and/or hereafter shall have served as a judge of any such courts for a period of ten years in the aggregate, and who shall believe he or she has become physically or…
RCW 2.12.030 Amount and time of payment—Surviving spouse's benefit.
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Supreme court, court of appeals, or superior court judges of the state who retire from office under the provisions of this chapter other than as provided in RCW 2.12.012 shall be entitled to receive monthly during the period of their natural life, out of the fund hereinafter crea…
RCW 2.12.035 Retirement pay of certain justices or judges retiring prior to December 1, 1968—Widow's benefits.
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The retirement pay or pension of any justice of the supreme or judge of any superior court of the state who was in office on August 6, 1965, and who retired prior to December 1, 1968, or who would have been eligible to retire at the time of death prior to December 1, 1968, shall …
RCW 2.12.037 Adjustment of pension of retired judges or widows or widowers.
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(1) "Index" for the purposes of this section, shall mean, for any calendar year, that year's annual average consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers, all items (1957-1959 equal one hundred) compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Departme…
RCW 2.12.040 Service after retirement.
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If any retired judge shall accept an appointment or an election to a judicial office, he or she shall be entitled to receive the full salary pertaining thereto, and his or her retirement pay under this chapter shall be suspended during such term of office and his or her salary th…
RCW 2.12.045 Minimum monthly benefit—Post-retirement adjustment—Computation.
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(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, effective July 1, 1979, no person receiving a monthly benefit pursuant to this chapter shall receive a monthly benefit of less than ten dollars per month for each year of service creditable to the person whose service is t…
RCW 2.12.046 Monthly benefit—Post-retirement adjustment—Computation.
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Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, effective July 1, 1983, the monthly benefit of each person who either is receiving benefits pursuant to RCW 2.12.020 or 2.12.030 as of December 31, 1982, or commenced receiving a monthly benefit under this chapter as of a date…
RCW 2.12.048 Refund of certain contributions.
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If a judge who was a member of this system left the system before July 1, 1988, and neither the judge nor the judge's surviving spouse: (1) Was eligible at that time to receive a benefit under this chapter; or (2) has received an amount under a sundry claims appropriation from th…
RCW 2.12.050 Judges' retirement fund—Created—Contents—Custodian—Records.
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There is hereby created a fund in the state treasury to be known as "The Judges' Retirement Fund" which shall consist of the moneys appropriated from the general fund in the state treasury, as hereinafter provided; the deductions from salaries of judges, as hereinafter provided, …
RCW 2.12.060 Fund—Constitution—Salary deductions—Aid.
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For the purpose of providing moneys in said judges' retirement fund, concurrent monthly deductions from judges' salaries and portions thereof payable from the state treasury and withdrawals from the general fund of the state treasury shall be made as follows: Six and one-half per…
RCW 2.12.090 Benefits exempt from taxation and judicial process—Exceptions—Deductions for group insurance premiums.
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*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 6346-S.SL) ***(1) Except as provided in subsections (2), (3), and (4) of this section, the right of any person to a retirement allowance or optional retirement allowance under the provisions of this chapter and all moneys and investments and income the…
RCW 2.12.100 Transfer of membership from Washington public employees' retirement system to judges' retirement system—Authorized—Procedure.
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Any member of the Washington public employees' retirement system who is eligible to participate in the judges' retirement system, may by written request filed with the director and custodian of the two systems respectively, transfer such membership to the judges' retirement syste…
RCW 2.12.900 Construction—Gender.
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Whenever words importing the masculine gender are used in the provisions of this chapter they may be extended to females also as provided in RCW 1.12.050 and whenever words importing the feminine gender are used in the provisions of this chapter they may be extended to males.[ 19…
RCW 2.12.901 Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
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For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to …