RCW 43.10.290
Office of military and veteran legal assistance—Created—Definitions—Limitations.
(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, there is hereby created an office of military and veteran legal assistance within the office of the attorney general for the purpose of promoting and facilitating civil legal assistance programs, pro bono services, and self-help services for military service members, veterans, and their family members domiciled or stationed in Washington state.
(2) For the purposes of this section and RCW 43.10.292 and 43.10.294, the following definitions apply:
(a) The term "service member" means an active or reserve member in any branch of the armed forces of the United States, including the national guard, coast guard, and armed forces reserves.
(b) The term "veteran" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 41.04.005 and 41.04.007.
(c) The term "family member" means the spouse or domestic partner, surviving spouse, surviving domestic partner, and dependent minor children under twenty-one years of age of a living or deceased service member or veteran for whom the service member or veteran provided at least one-half of that person's support in the previous one hundred eighty days before seeking assistance of the programs and services authorized by this chapter.
(3) The attorney general may not directly provide legal assistance, advice, or representation in any context, unless otherwise authorized by law, and the attorney general may not provide legal assistance programs, pro bono services, or self-help services to a service member, veteran, or family member being criminally prosecuted.
[ 2017 c 163 § 1.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 43 - State Government—Executive
Chapter 43.10 - Attorney General.
43.10.005 - Workplace pregnancy accommodations—Unfair practices—Definitions.
43.10.010 - Qualifications—Oath—Bond.
43.10.020 - Additional bond—Penalty for failure to furnish.
43.10.030 - General powers and duties.
43.10.040 - Representation of boards, commissions and agencies.
43.10.045 - Retention of counsel by legislature—Notice—Representation in absence of notice.
43.10.050 - Authority to execute appeal and other bonds.
43.10.060 - Appointment and authority of assistants.
43.10.065 - Employment of attorneys and employees to transact state's legal business.
43.10.067 - Employment of attorneys by others restricted.
43.10.070 - Compensation of assistants, attorneys, and employees.
43.10.080 - Employment of experts, technicians.
43.10.090 - Criminal investigations—Supervision.
43.10.097 - Homicide investigative tracking system—Purpose limited.
43.10.101 - Report to transportation entities—Tort claims.
43.10.110 - Other powers and duties.
43.10.115 - Private practice of law—Attorney general—Prohibited.
43.10.120 - Private practice of law—Deputies and assistants—Prohibited.
43.10.125 - Private practice of law—Special assistant attorney generals.
43.10.130 - Private practice of law—Exceptions.
43.10.150 - Legal services revolving fund—Created—Purpose.
43.10.170 - Legal services revolving fund—Disbursements.
43.10.190 - Legal services revolving fund—Direct payments from agencies.
43.10.210 - Antitrust revolving fund—Legislative finding and purpose.
43.10.215 - Antitrust revolving fund—Created—Contents.
43.10.220 - Antitrust revolving fund—Expenditures.
43.10.240 - Investigative and criminal prosecution activity—Annual report—Security protection.
43.10.250 - Appellate review of criminal case.
43.10.260 - Criminal profiteering—Assistance to local officials.
43.10.270 - Criminal profiteering—Asset recovery.
43.10.290 - Office of military and veteran legal assistance—Created—Definitions—Limitations.
43.10.292 - Office of military and veteran legal assistance—Duties.
43.10.294 - Office of military and veteran legal assistance—Grants, gifts, donations.
43.10.300 - Hate crime advisory working group.
43.10.315 - Immigration enforcement model policies—Adoption by law enforcement agencies.