Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 34.05 - Administrative Procedure Act.
34.05.434 - Notice of hearing.

RCW 34.05.434
Notice of hearing.

(1) The agency or the office of administrative hearings shall set the time and place of the hearing and give not less than seven days advance written notice to all parties and to all persons who have filed written petitions to intervene in the matter.
(2) The notice shall include:
(a) Unless otherwise ordered by the presiding officer, the names and mailing addresses of all parties to whom notice is being given and, if known, the names and addresses of their representatives;
(b) If the agency intends to appear, the mailing address and telephone number of the office designated to represent the agency in the proceeding;
(c) The official file or other reference number and the name of the proceeding;
(d) The name, official title, mailing address, and telephone number of the presiding officer, if known;
(e) A statement of the time, place and nature of the proceeding;
(f) A statement of the legal authority and jurisdiction under which the hearing is to be held;
(g) A reference to the particular sections of the statutes and rules involved;
(h) A short and plain statement of the matters asserted by the agency; and
(i) A statement that a party who fails to attend or participate in a hearing or other stage of an adjudicative proceeding may be held in default in accordance with this chapter.
(3) If the agency is unable to state the matters required by subsection (2)(h) of this section at the time the notice is served, the initial notice may be limited to a statement of the issues involved. If the proceeding is initiated by a person other than the agency, the initial notice may be limited to the inclusion of a copy of the initiating document. Thereafter, upon request, a more definite and detailed statement shall be furnished.
(4) The notice may include any other matters considered desirable by the agency.
(5) The notice may be served on a party via electronic distribution, with a party's agreement.

[ 2013 c 110 § 1; 1988 c 288 § 409; 1980 c 31 § 1; 1967 c 237 § 9; 1959 c 234 § 9. Formerly RCW 34.04.090.]

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 34 - Administrative Law

Chapter 34.05 - Administrative Procedure Act.

34.05.001 - Legislative intent.

34.05.010 - Definitions.

34.05.020 - Savings—Authority of agencies to comply with chapter—Effect of subsequent legislation.

34.05.030 - Exclusions from chapter or parts of chapter.

34.05.040 - Operation of chapter if in conflict with federal law.

34.05.050 - Waiver.

34.05.060 - Informal settlements.

34.05.070 - Conversion of proceedings.

34.05.080 - Variation from time limits.

34.05.090 - Forest practices board—Emergency rules.

34.05.100 - Respectful language.

34.05.110 - Violations of state law or agency rule by small businesses—Notice requirements—Waiver of penalty for first-time paperwork violations.

34.05.120 - Extension of rights and responsibilities—State registered domestic partnerships.

34.05.210 - Code and register—Publication and distribution—Omissions, removals, revisions—Judicial notice.

34.05.220 - Rules for agency procedure—Indexes of opinions and statements.

34.05.230 - Interpretive and policy statements.

34.05.240 - Declaratory order by agency—Petition.

34.05.250 - Model rules of procedure.

34.05.260 - Electronic distribution.

34.05.270 - Agency websites for rule-making information.

34.05.271 - Department of fish and wildlife—Significant agency action—Identification and categorization of sources of information used.

34.05.272 - Department of ecology—Significant agency action—Identification and categorization of sources of information used.

34.05.310 - Prenotice inquiry—Negotiated and pilot rules.

34.05.312 - Rules coordinator.

34.05.313 - Feasibility studies—Pilot projects.

34.05.314 - Rules development agenda.

34.05.315 - Rule-making docket.

34.05.320 - Notice of proposed rule—Contents—Distribution by agency—Institutions of higher education.

34.05.322 - Scope of rule-making authority.

34.05.325 - Public participation—Concise explanatory statement.

34.05.328 - Significant legislative rules, other selected rules.

34.05.330 - Petition for adoption, amendment, repeal—Agency action—Appeal.

34.05.335 - Withdrawal of proposal—Time and manner of adoption.

34.05.340 - Variance between proposed and final rule.

34.05.345 - Failure to give twenty days notice of intended action—Effect.

34.05.350 - Emergency rules and amendments.

34.05.353 - Expedited rule making.

34.05.360 - Order adopting rule, contents.

34.05.362 - Postadoption notice.

34.05.365 - Incorporation by reference.

34.05.370 - Rule-making file.

34.05.375 - Substantial compliance with procedures.

34.05.380 - Filing with code reviser—Written record—Effective dates.

34.05.385 - Rules for rule making.

34.05.390 - Style, format, and numbering—Agency compliance.

34.05.395 - Format and style of amendatory and new sections—Failure to comply.

34.05.410 - Application of Part IV.

34.05.413 - Commencement—When required.

34.05.416 - Decision not to conduct an adjudication.

34.05.419 - Agency action on applications for adjudication.

34.05.422 - Rate changes, licenses.

34.05.425 - Presiding officers—Disqualification, substitution.

34.05.428 - Representation.

34.05.431 - Conference—Procedure and participation.

34.05.434 - Notice of hearing.

34.05.437 - Pleadings, briefs, motions, service.

34.05.440 - Default.

34.05.443 - Intervention.

34.05.446 - Subpoenas, discovery, and protective orders.

34.05.449 - Procedure at hearing.

34.05.452 - Rules of evidence—Cross-examination.

34.05.455 - Ex parte communications.

34.05.458 - Separation of functions.

34.05.461 - Entry of orders.

34.05.464 - Review of initial orders.

34.05.467 - Stay.

34.05.470 - Reconsideration.

34.05.473 - Effectiveness of orders.

34.05.476 - Agency record.

34.05.479 - Emergency adjudicative proceedings.

34.05.4791 - Secure community transition facility—Proceeding concerning public safety measures.

34.05.482 - Brief adjudicative proceedings—Applicability.

34.05.485 - Brief adjudicative proceedings—Procedure.

34.05.488 - Brief proceedings—Administrative review—Applicability.

34.05.491 - Brief proceedings—Administrative review—Procedures.

34.05.494 - Agency record in brief proceedings.

34.05.510 - Relationship between this chapter and other judicial review authority.

34.05.514 - Petition for review—Where filed.

34.05.518 - Direct review by court of appeals.

34.05.522 - Refusal of review by court of appeals.

34.05.526 - Appellate review by supreme court or court of appeals.

34.05.530 - Standing.

34.05.534 - Exhaustion of administrative remedies.

34.05.542 - Time for filing petition for review.

34.05.546 - Petition for review—Contents.

34.05.550 - Stay and other temporary remedies.

34.05.554 - Limitation on new issues.

34.05.558 - Judicial review of facts confined to record.

34.05.562 - New evidence taken by court or agency.

34.05.566 - Agency record for review—Costs.

34.05.570 - Judicial review.

34.05.574 - Type of relief.

34.05.578 - Petition by agency for enforcement.

34.05.582 - Petition by others for enforcement.

34.05.586 - Defenses, limitations on.

34.05.588 - Enforcement of agency subpoena.

34.05.590 - Incorporation of other judicial review provisions.

34.05.594 - Review by higher court.

34.05.598 - Frivolous petitions.

34.05.610 - Joint administrative rules review committee—Members—Appointment—Terms—Vacancies.

34.05.620 - Review of proposed rules—Notice.

34.05.630 - Review of existing rules—Policy and interpretive statements, etc.—Notice—Hearing.

34.05.640 - Committee objections to agency intended action—Statement in register and WAC—Suspension of rule.

34.05.650 - Recommendations by committee to legislature.

34.05.655 - Petition for review.

34.05.660 - Review and objection procedures—No presumption established.

34.05.665 - Submission of rule for review—State employees protected.

34.05.671 - Reports—Advisory boards—Staff.

34.05.675 - Inspection of properties—Oaths, subpoenas, witnesses, depositions.

34.05.681 - Enforcement—Committee subpoena—Refusal to testify.

34.05.900 - Captions and headings.

34.05.902 - Effective date—Application—1988 c 288.