RCW 2.28.100
Legal holidays—No court—Exceptions.
No court shall be open, nor shall any judicial business be transacted, on a legal holiday, except:
(1) To give, upon their request, instructions to a jury when deliberating on their verdict;
(2) To receive the verdict of a jury;
(3) For the exercise of the powers of a magistrate in a criminal action, or in a proceeding of a criminal nature;
(4) For hearing applications for and issuing writs of habeas corpus, injunction, prohibition, and attachment;
(5) For the issuance of any process or subpoena not requiring immediate judicial or court action, and the service thereof.
The governor, in declaring any legal holiday, in his or her discretion, may provide in his or her proclamation that such holiday shall not be applicable to the courts of or within the state.
[ 2011 c 336 § 42; 1986 c 219 § 1; 1933 c 54 § 1; 1927 c 51 § 2; RRS § 64. Prior: 1891 c 41 § 2; Code 1881 § 1267.]
NOTES:
Courts to be open except on nonjudicial days: State Constitution Art. 4 § 6 (Amendment 28).
Legal holidays: RCW 1.16.050.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 2.28 - Powers of Courts and General Provisions.
2.28.010 - Powers of courts in conduct of judicial proceedings.
2.28.020 - Contempt—Punishment.
2.28.030 - Judicial officer defined—When disqualified.
2.28.040 - May act as attorney, when.
2.28.050 - Judge distinguished from court.
2.28.060 - Judicial officers—Powers.
2.28.070 - Contempt—Judicial officer may punish.
2.28.080 - Powers of judges of supreme and superior courts.
2.28.090 - Powers of inferior judicial officers.
2.28.100 - Legal holidays—No court—Exceptions.
2.28.110 - Legal holiday—Sitting deemed adjourned.
2.28.120 - Proceedings may be adjourned from time to time.
2.28.130 - Proceeding not to fail for want of judge or session of court.
2.28.139 - County to furnish courthouse.
2.28.141 - County commissioners to provide temporary quarters.
2.28.150 - Implied powers—Proceeding when mode not prescribed.
2.28.200 - Signage concerning assaults in court facilities during court proceedings.
2.28.210 - Court consultation of judicial information system—Disclosure to parties.
2.28.300 - Definitions—Immigration enforcement and civil arrests.
2.28.310 - Immigration and citizenship information—Federal immigration authorities.