Title 2 — Title 2 COURTS OF RECORD
27 chapters · 395 sections in this title.
RCW 2.32.050 Powers and duties of court clerks.
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The clerk of the supreme court, each clerk of the court of appeals, and each clerk of a superior court, has power to take and certify the proof and acknowledgment of a conveyance of real property, or any other written instrument authorized or required to be proved or acknowledged…
RCW 2.32.070 Fees—Supreme court clerk, clerks of court of appeals.
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The clerk of the supreme court and the clerks of the court of appeals shall collect the following fees for their official services:Upon filing his or her first paper or record and making an appearance, the appellant or petitioner shall pay to the clerk of said court a docket fee …
RCW 2.32.090 Clerk not to practice law.
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Each clerk of a court is prohibited during his or her continuance in office from acting, or having a partner who acts, as an attorney of the court of which he or she is clerk.[ 2011 c 336 s 46; 1891 c 57 s 5; RRS s 81. Prior: Code 1881 s 2183; 1854 p 367 s 10.]Notes:Rules of cour…
RCW 2.32.110 Reporter's duties.
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He or she shall prepare such decisions for publication by giving the title of each case, a syllabus of the points decided, a brief statement of the facts bearing on the points decided, the names of the counsel, and a reference to such authorities as are cited from standard report…
RCW 2.32.120 Publication of reports.
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The reports must be published under the supervision of the court, and to that end each of the judges must be furnished by the reporter with proof sheets of each volume thirty days before its final publication.[ 1890 p 320 s 3; RRS s 11060.]Notes:Rules of court: SAR 17.Publication…
RCW 2.32.130 Correction by judges.
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Within thirty days after such proof sheets are furnished, the judges must return the same to the reporter, with corrections or alterations, and he or she must make the corrections or alterations accordingly.[ 2011 c 336 s 48; 1890 p 320 s 4; RRS s 11061.]Notes:Rules of court: SAR…
RCW 2.32.140 Opinions available to reporter.
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The reporter may take the original opinions and papers in each case from the clerk's office and retain them in his or her possession not exceeding sixty days.[ 2011 c 336 s 49; 1890 p 320 s 5; RRS s 11062.]
RCW 2.32.160 Washington court reports commission.
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There is hereby created a commission advisory to the supreme court regarding the publication of the decisions of the supreme court and court of appeals of this state in both the form of advance sheets for temporary use and in permanent form, to be known as the Washington court re…
RCW 2.32.170 Commission—Powers.
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The commission shall make recommendations to the supreme court on matters pertaining to the publication of such decisions, in both temporary and permanent forms. The commission shall by July 1, 1997, develop a policy that ensures that if any material prepared pursuant to RCW 2.32…
RCW 2.32.180 Superior court reporters—Qualifications—Appointment—Terms—Oath and bonds.
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It shall be and is the duty of each and every superior court judge in counties or judicial districts in the state of Washington having a population of over thirty-five thousand inhabitants to appoint, or said judge may, in any county or judicial district having a population of ov…
RCW 2.32.200 Duties of official reporter.
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It shall be the duty of each official reporter appointed under RCW 2.32.180 through 2.32.310 to attend every term of the superior court in the county or judicial district for which he or she is appointed, at such times as the judge presiding may direct; and upon the trial of any …
RCW 2.32.210 Court reporter salaries—Expenses.
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Each official reporter shall be paid such compensation as shall be fixed, after recommendation by the judges of the judicial district involved, by the legislative authority of the county comprising said judicial district, or by the legislative authorities acting jointly where the…
RCW 2.32.220 Application to lesser judicial districts.
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If the judge of the superior court in any judicial district having a total population of less than twenty-five thousand finds that the work in such district requires the services of an official court reporter he or she may appoint a person qualified under RCW 2.32.180.[ 2011 c 33…
RCW 2.32.230 One reporter for two lesser districts.
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An official court reporter may be appointed to serve two or more judicial districts, each of which has a total population under twenty-five thousand, if the judges thereof so agree, and the salary of such official reporter shall be determined by the total population of all the ju…
RCW 2.32.240 Transcript of testimony—Fee—Forma pauperis.
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When a record has been taken in any cause as provided in RCW 2.32.180 through 2.32.310, if the court, or either party to the suit or action, or his or her attorney, request a transcript, the official reporter employed by the court or other certified court reporter, or an authoriz…
RCW 2.32.250 Transcript accorded verity.
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The report of the official reporter employed by the court or other certified court reporter, or authorized transcriptionist, when transcribed and certified as being a correct transcript of the stenographic notes or electronically recorded testimony, or other oral proceedings had …
RCW 2.32.260 Notes of outgoing reporter may be transcribed—Effect.
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When the official reporter who has taken notes in any cause, shall thereafter cease to be such official reporter, any transcript thereafter made by him or her therefrom, or made by any competent person under the direction of the court, and duly certified to by the person making t…
RCW 2.32.270 Reporter pro tempore.
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In the event of the absence or inability of the official reporter to act, the presiding judge may appoint a competent stenographer to act pro tempore, who shall perform the same duties as the official reporter, and whose report when certified to, shall have the same legal effect …
RCW 2.32.280 Reporter as amanuensis in counties with populations of one hundred twenty-five thousand or more.
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In all counties or judicial districts, except in any county with a population of one hundred twenty-five thousand or more, such official reporter shall act as amanuensis to the court for which he or she is appointed.[ 1991 c 363 s 3; 1957 c 244 s 5; 1943 c 69 s 5; 1913 c 126 s 9;…
RCW 2.32.290 Court files accessible to reporter.
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Official reporters or reporters pro tempore may, without order of court, upon giving a proper receipt therefor, procure at all reasonable hours from the office of the clerk of the court, any files or exhibits necessary for use in the preparation of statements of fact or transcrib…
RCW 2.32.300 Office space.
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Suitable office space shall be furnished the official reporter.[ 1943 c 69 s 6; 1913 c 126 s 11; Rem. Supp. 1943 s 42-11.]
RCW 2.32.310 Other reporting service not precluded.
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Nothing in this act or any other act or parts of acts or court rule shall be construed to preclude such official reporter from performing other and additional reporting service at any time when such service can be performed without conflict with or prejudice to the duties of the …
RCW 2.32.330 Criers and bailiffs.
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Every court of record shall have the power to appoint a crier and as many bailiffs as may be necessary for the orderly and expeditious dispatch of the business.[ 1891 c 54 s 13; RRS s 11052.]
RCW 2.32.360 Compensation of superior court bailiffs.
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Bailiffs of the several superior courts in this state, appointed by the respective judges thereof, shall be paid for their services such salary or per diem as shall be fixed and allowed by the board of county commissioners of the county in which they serve.[ 1949 c 139 s 1; 1945 …
RCW 2.32.370 Payment of compensation.
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From time to time, the superior judge of the county shall certify the amount due any such bailiff, and order the payment thereof; and thereupon the county auditor shall issue to such bailiff a warrant on the county treasurer, payable out of the general fund [current expense fund]…