RCW 43.43.310
Benefits exempt from taxation and legal process—Assignability—Exceptions—Deductions for group insurance premiums or for state patrol memorial foundation contributions.
(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the right of any person to a retirement allowance or optional retirement allowance under the provisions hereof and all moneys and investments and income thereof are exempt from any state, county, municipal, or other local tax and shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, the operation of bankruptcy or the insolvency laws, or other processes of law whatsoever, whether the same be in actual possession of the person or be deposited or loaned and shall be unassignable except as herein specifically provided.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not prohibit the department of retirement systems from complying with (a) a wage assignment order for child support issued pursuant to chapter 26.18 RCW, (b) an order to withhold and deliver issued pursuant to chapter 74.20A RCW, (c) a notice of payroll deduction issued pursuant to *RCW 26.23.060, (d) a mandatory benefits assignment order issued pursuant to chapter 41.50 RCW, (e) a court order directing the department of retirement systems to pay benefits directly to an obligee under a dissolution order as defined in RCW 41.50.500(3) which fully complies with RCW 41.50.670 and 41.50.700, or (f) any administrative or court order expressly authorized by federal law.
(3) Subsection (1) of this section shall not be deemed to prohibit a beneficiary of a retirement allowance from authorizing deductions therefrom for payment of premiums due on any group insurance policy or plan issued for the benefit of a group comprised of members of the Washington state patrol or other public employees of the state of Washington, or for contributions to the Washington state patrol memorial foundation.
[ 2012 c 159 § 28; 1991 c 365 § 23; 1989 c 360 § 29. Prior: 1987 c 326 § 25; 1987 c 63 § 1; 1982 1st ex.s. c 52 § 31; 1979 ex.s. c 205 § 8; 1977 ex.s. c 256 § 1; 1965 c 8 § 43.43.310; prior: 1951 c 140 § 8; 1947 c 250 § 20; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 6362-100.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 26.23.060 was amended by 2021 c 35 § 15, changing "notice of payroll deduction" to "income withholding order."
Severability—1991 c 365: See note following RCW 41.50.500.
Effective date—1987 c 326: See RCW 41.50.901.
Effective dates—1982 1st ex.s. c 52: See note following RCW 2.10.180.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 43 - State Government—Executive
Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol.
43.43.005 - Comprehensive outreach and marketing strategic plan.
43.43.012 - Chief for a day program.
43.43.013 - Donations, gifts, conveyances, devises, and grants.
43.43.015 - Affirmative action.
43.43.020 - Appointment of personnel.
43.43.030 - Powers and duties—Peace officers.
43.43.037 - Legislature—Security and protection—Duty to provide.
43.43.040 - Disability of patrol officers.
43.43.050 - Tenure of patrol officers.
43.43.060 - Suspension or demotion of probationary officers.
43.43.080 - Criminal complaint—Authority to suspend officer—Hearing.
43.43.090 - Procedure at hearing.
43.43.110 - Reinstatement on acquittal.
43.43.111 - Patrol officer vehicle accidents.
43.43.112 - Private law enforcement off-duty employment—Guidelines.
43.43.115 - Real property—Sale or disposal of surplus—Distribution of proceeds.
43.43.120 - Patrol retirement system—Definitions.
43.43.130 - Retirement fund created—Membership.
43.43.135 - Membership in more than one retirement system.
43.43.138 - Establishing, restoring service credit.
43.43.139 - Membership while serving as state legislator—Conditions.
43.43.142 - Retirement board abolished—Transfer of powers, duties, and functions.
43.43.165 - Board may receive contributions from any source.
43.43.220 - Retirement fund—Expenses.
43.43.230 - Total service credit.
43.43.233 - Purchase of additional service credit—Costs—Rules.
43.43.235 - Service credit for paid leave of absence.
43.43.250 - Retirement of members.
43.43.260 - Benefits—Military service credit.
43.43.263 - Effect of certain accumulated vacation leave on retirement benefits.
43.43.264 - Benefit calculation—Limitation.
43.43.274 - Minimum retirement allowance—Annual adjustment.
43.43.278 - Retirement option.
43.43.286 - Rights reserved to the legislature—No future contractual rights.
43.43.290 - Status in case of disablement.
43.43.295 - Accumulated contributions—Payment upon death of member.
43.43.315 - Optional actuarially equivalent life annuity benefit.
43.43.320 - Penalty for falsification.
43.43.330 - Examinations for promotion.
43.43.340 - Eligible list, and promotions therefrom—Affirmative action.
43.43.350 - Determination of eligibility for examination for promotion.
43.43.360 - Probationary period.
43.43.370 - Staff or technical officers.
43.43.380 - Minimum salaries—Report.
43.43.390 - Bicycle awareness program—Generally.
43.43.395 - Ignition interlock devices—Standards—Compliance.
43.43.3952 - Ignition interlock devices—Officer required to report violations—Liability.
43.43.396 - Ignition interlock devices—Fee schedule and fee collection—Report—Fee deposit.
43.43.400 - Aquatic invasive species inspection and training.
43.43.480 - Routine traffic enforcement information.
43.43.500 - Crime information center—Established—Purpose—Functions.
43.43.530 - Crime information center—Cost of terminal facilities.
43.43.540 - Sex offenders and kidnapping offenders—Central registry—Reimbursement to counties.
43.43.545 - Statewide sexual assault kit tracking system.
43.43.550 - Traffic safety education officers—Powers—Pay and reimbursement.
43.43.560 - Automatic fingerprint information system—Report.
43.43.580 - Firearms background check unit—Automated firearms background check system—Fee.
43.43.585 - Washington background check advisory board.
43.43.590 - State firearms background check system account.
43.43.600 - Drug control assistance unit—Created.
43.43.610 - Drug control assistance unit—Duties.
43.43.630 - Drug control assistance unit—Use of existing facilities and systems.
43.43.640 - Drug control assistance unit—Certain investigators exempt from state civil service act.
43.43.650 - Drug control assistance unit—Employment of necessary personnel.
43.43.655 - Drug control assistance unit—Special narcotics enforcement unit.
43.43.670 - Bureau of forensic laboratory services—Powers—Priorities.
43.43.680 - Controlled substance, simulator solution analysis—Prima facie evidence.
43.43.690 - Crime laboratory analysis fee—Court imposition—Collection.
43.43.700 - Identification and criminal history section.
43.43.705 - Identification data—Processing procedure—Definitions.
43.43.710 - Availability of information.
43.43.715 - Identification—Cooperation with other criminal justice agencies.
43.43.720 - Local identification and records systems—Assistance.
43.43.725 - Records as evidence.
43.43.730 - Records—Inspection—Copying—Requests for purge or modification—Appeals.
43.43.740 - Photographing and fingerprinting—Transmittal of data.
43.43.742 - Submission of fingerprints taken from persons for noncriminal purposes—Fees.
43.43.750 - Use of force to obtain identification information—Liability.
43.43.751 - Biological samples for missing persons investigations.
43.43.752 - DNA identification system—Plan—Report.
43.43.753 - Findings—DNA identification system—DNA database—DNA data bank.
43.43.7532 - DNA identification system—DNA database account.
43.43.7541 - DNA identification system—Collection of biological samples—Fee.
43.43.756 - DNA identification system—Analysis, assistance, and testimony services.
43.43.758 - DNA identification system—Local law enforcement systems—Limitations.
43.43.759 - DNA identification system—Rule-making requirements.
43.43.760 - Personal identification—Requests—Purpose—Applicants—Fee.
43.43.762 - Criminal street gang database—Information exempt from public disclosure.
43.43.765 - Reports of transfer, release or changes as to committed or imprisoned persons—Records.
43.43.770 - Unidentified deceased persons.
43.43.775 - Interagency contracts.
43.43.780 - Transfer of records, data, equipment to section.
43.43.785 - Criminal justice services—Consolidation—Establishment of program.
43.43.800 - Criminal justice services programs—Duties of executive committee.
43.43.830 - Background checks—Access to children or vulnerable persons—Definitions.
43.43.8321 - Background checks—Dissemination of conviction record information.
43.43.833 - Background checks—State immunity.
43.43.836 - Disclosure to individual of own record—Fee.
43.43.838 - Record checks—Transcript of conviction record—Fees—Immunity—Rules.
43.43.839 - Fingerprint identification account.
43.43.850 - Organized crime intelligence unit—Created.
43.43.852 - "Organized crime" defined.
43.43.854 - Powers and duties of organized crime intelligence unit.
43.43.870 - Missing children clearinghouse and hotline, duties of state patrol.
43.43.874 - Missing and murdered indigenous women, other indigenous persons—Liaison positions.
43.43.876 - Missing and murdered indigenous women, other indigenous persons—Protocol—Training.
43.43.885 - Scrap metal no-buy list database program.
43.43.912 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
43.43.930 - State fire protection services—Intent.
43.43.934 - Director of fire protection—Duties.
43.43.938 - Director of fire protection—Appointment—Duties.
43.43.940 - Fire service training program—Grants and bequests.
43.43.942 - Fire service training—Fees and fee schedules.
43.43.944 - Fire service training account.
43.43.946 - Fire services trust fund.
43.43.948 - Fire services trust fund—Expenditures.
43.43.950 - Fire service training center bond retirement account of 1977.
43.43.952 - Arson investigation information system—Findings—Intent.
43.43.960 - State fire service mobilization—Definitions.
43.43.961 - State fire service mobilization—Legislative declaration and intent.
43.43.964 - State fire service mobilization—Development of reimbursement procedures.
43.43.970 - Law enforcement mobilization—Definitions.
43.43.973 - State law enforcement mobilization—State law enforcement coordinator—Duties.