Title 42 — Title 42 PUBLIC OFFICERS AND AGENCIES
20 chapters · 471 sections in this title.
RCW 42.12.010 Causes of vacancy.
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*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 5974-S2.SL) ***Every elective office shall become vacant on the happening of any of the following events:(1) The death of the incumbent;(2) His or her resignation. A vacancy caused by resignation shall be deemed to occur upon the effective date of the …
RCW 42.12.020 Resignations, to whom made.
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Resignations shall be made as follows: By the state officers and members of the legislature, to the governor; by all county officers, to the county commissioners of their respective counties; by all other officers, holding their offices by appointment, to the body, board or offic…
RCW 42.12.030 Term of person elected to fill vacancy.
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Whenever any officer resigns his or her office before the expiration of his or her term, or the office becomes vacant from any other cause, and at a subsequent special election such vacancy is filled, the person so elected to fill such vacancy shall hold office for the remainder …
RCW 42.12.040 Vacancy in partisan elective office—Successor elected—When.
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(1) If a vacancy occurs in any partisan elective office in the executive or legislative branches of state government or in any partisan county elective office before the first day of the regular filing period, the position must be open for filing during the regular filing period …
RCW 42.12.070 Filling nonpartisan vacancies.
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A vacancy on an elected nonpartisan governing body of a qualifying special purpose district, a town, or a city other than a first-class city or a charter code city, shall be filled as follows unless the provisions of law relating to the qualifying special purpose district, town, …
RCW 42.12.080 Filling nonpartisan vacancies—Special purpose districts.
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A vacancy on an elected nonpartisan governing body of a special purpose district where property ownership is not a qualification to vote or that is not a qualifying special purpose district defined in RCW 42.12.070, shall be filled as follows unless the provisions of law relating…