RCW 36.16.120
Officers must complete business.
All county officers shall complete the business of their offices, to the time of the expiration of their respective terms, and in case any officer, at the close of his or her term, leaves to his or her successor official labor to be performed, which it was his or her duty to perform, he or she shall be liable to his or her successor for the full value of such services.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4011; 1963 c 4 § 36.16.120. Prior: 1890 p 315 § 43; RRS § 4031.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 36.16 - County Officers—General.
36.16.020 - Term of county and precinct officers.
36.16.030 - Elective county officers enumerated.
36.16.060 - Place of filing oaths and bonds.
36.16.070 - Deputies and employees.
36.16.087 - Deputies and employees—County treasurer—Prior deeds validated.
36.16.100 - Offices to be open certain days and hours.
36.16.110 - Vacancies in office.
36.16.115 - Vacancy in partisan elective office—Appointment of acting official.
36.16.120 - Officers must complete business.
36.16.130 - Group false arrest insurance for law enforcement personnel.
36.16.136 - Liability insurance for officers and employees.
36.16.139 - Insurance and workers' compensation for offenders performing community restitution.
36.16.140 - Public auction sales, where held.
36.16.145 - Public auction sales—Conducted by electronic media.