RCW 70.48.240
Transfer of felons from jail to state institution—Time limit.
A person imprisoned in a jail and sentenced to a state institution for a felony conviction shall be transferred to a state institution before the forty-first day from the date of sentencing.
This section does not apply to persons sentenced for a felony who are held in the facility as a condition of probation or who are specifically sentenced to confinement in the facility.
Payment for persons sentenced to state institutions and remaining in a jail from the eighth through the fortieth days following sentencing shall be in accordance with the procedure prescribed under this chapter.
[ 1984 c 235 § 8; 1979 ex.s. c 232 § 20.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—1984 c 235: See note following RCW 70.48.400.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 70 - Public Health and Safety
Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act.
70.48.071 - Standards for operation—Adoption by units of local government.
70.48.100 - Jail register, open to the public—Records confidential—Exception.
70.48.135 - Pregnant inmates—Midwifery or doula services—Reasonable accommodations.
70.48.140 - Confinement pursuant to authority of the United States.
70.48.160 - Post-approval limitation on funding.
70.48.180 - Authority to locate and operate jail facilities—Counties.
70.48.190 - Authority to locate and operate jail facilities—Cities and towns.
70.48.210 - Farms, camps, work release programs, and special detention facilities.
70.48.215 - Booking patients of state hospitals.
70.48.230 - Transportation and temporary confinement of prisoners.
70.48.240 - Transfer of felons from jail to state institution—Time limit.
70.48.380 - Special detention facilities—Fees for cost of housing.
70.48.390 - Fee payable by person being booked.
70.48.410 - Financial responsibility for convicted felons.
70.48.420 - Financial responsibility for persons detained on parole hold.
70.48.430 - Financial responsibility for work release inmates detained in jail.
70.48.470 - Sex, kidnapping offenders—Notices to offenders, law enforcement officials.
70.48.475 - Release of offender or defendant subject to a discharge review—Required notifications.
70.48.480 - Communicable disease prevention guidelines.
70.48.502 - Use of restraints on pregnant women or youth in custody—Limited immunity from liability.
70.48.510 - Unexpected fatality review—Records—Discovery.
70.48.520 - Collaboration with managed care organizations.
70.48.800 - Use of restraints on pregnant women or youth in custody—Informational packet.