RCW 10.77.165
Escape or disappearance—Notification requirements.
(1) In the event of an escape by a person committed under this chapter from a state facility or the disappearance of such a person on conditional release or other authorized absence, the superintendent shall provide notification of the person's escape or disappearance for the public's safety or to assist in the apprehension of the person.
(a) The superintendent shall notify:
(i) State and local law enforcement officers located in the city and county where the person escaped and in the city and county which had jurisdiction of the person on the date of the applicable offense;
(ii) Other appropriate governmental agencies; and
(iii) The person's relatives.
(b) The superintendent shall provide the same notification as required by (a) of this subsection to the following, if such notice has been requested in writing about a specific person committed under this chapter:
(i) The victim of the crime for which the person was convicted or the victim's next of kin if the crime was a homicide;
(ii) Any witnesses who testified against the person in any court proceedings if the person was charged with a violent offense; and
(iii) Any other appropriate persons.
(2) Information regarding victims, next of kin, or witnesses requesting the notice, information regarding any other person specified in writing by the prosecuting attorney to receive the notice, and the notice are confidential and shall not be available to the person committed under this chapter.
(3) The notice provisions of this section are in addition to those provided in RCW 10.77.205.
[ 2011 c 305 § 6; 2010 c 28 § 1; 1993 c 31 § 8; 1990 c 3 § 107; 1989 c 420 § 10; 1983 c 122 § 3.]
NOTES:
Findings—2011 c 305: See note following RCW 74.09.295.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 10.77 - Criminally Insane—Procedures.
10.77.020 - Rights of person under this chapter.
10.77.025 - Maximum term of commitment or treatment.
10.77.027 - Eligible for commitment regardless of cause.
10.77.030 - Establishing insanity as a defense.
10.77.040 - Instructions to jury on special verdict.
10.77.050 - Mental incapacity as bar to proceedings.
10.77.070 - Examination rights of defendant's expert or professional person.
10.77.074 - Competency evaluation—Forensic navigator.
10.77.075 - Competency evaluation or competency restoration treatment—Court order.
10.77.080 - Motion for acquittal on grounds of insanity—Hearing—Findings.
10.77.084 - Stay of proceedings—Treatment—Restoration of competency—Commitment—Other procedures.
10.77.086 - Competency restoration—Procedure in felony charge.
10.77.088 - Competency restoration—Procedure in nonfelony charge.
10.77.089 - Competency restoration—Report to the governor and legislature.
10.77.091 - Placement—Secure facility—Treatment and rights—Custody—Reports.
10.77.092 - Involuntary medication—Serious offenses.
10.77.093 - Involuntary medication—Civil commitment.
10.77.094 - Antipsychotic medication, administration.
10.77.095 - Findings—Developmental disabilities.
10.77.097 - Records and reports accompany defendant upon transfer.
10.77.100 - Experts or professional persons as witnesses.
10.77.110 - Acquittal of crime.
10.77.120 - Care and treatment of committed person—Hearings—Release.
10.77.140 - Periodic examinations—Developmentally disabled—Reports—Notice to court.
10.77.150 - Conditional release—Application—Secretary's recommendation—Order—Procedure.
10.77.152 - Conditional release—Application—County of origin.
10.77.155 - Conditional release, furlough—Secretary's recommendation.
10.77.160 - Conditional release—Reports.
10.77.163 - Furlough—Notice—Temporary restraining order.
10.77.165 - Escape or disappearance—Notification requirements.
10.77.170 - Payments to conditionally released persons.
10.77.175 - Conditional release—Planning—Less restrictive alternative treatment.
10.77.180 - Conditional release—Periodic review of case.
10.77.190 - Conditional release—Revocation or modification of terms—Procedure.
10.77.200 - Release—Procedure.
10.77.205 - Sexual or violent offenders—Notice of release, escape, etc.—Definitions.
10.77.207 - Persons acquitted of sex offense due to insanity—Release of information authorized.
10.77.210 - Right to adequate care and treatment—Records and reports.
10.77.2101 - Implementation of legislative intent.
10.77.220 - Incarceration in correctional institution or facility prohibited—Exceptions.
10.77.240 - Existing rights not affected.
10.77.250 - Responsibility for costs—Reimbursement.
10.77.260 - Violent act—Presumptions.
10.77.280 - Office of forensic mental health services.
10.77.290 - Secretary to adopt rules—2015 1st sp.s. c 7.
10.77.300 - Immunity from liability—Detaining a person for medical clearance or treatment.
10.77.940 - Equal application of 1989 c 420—Evaluation for developmental disability.
10.77.950 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.