RCW 70.48.410
Financial responsibility for convicted felons.
Persons convicted of a felony as defined by chapter 9A.20 RCW and committed to the care and custody of the department of corrections shall be the financial responsibility of the department of corrections not later than the eighth day, excluding weekends and holidays, following sentencing for the felony and notification that the prisoner is available for movement to a state correctional institution. However, if good cause is shown, a superior court judge may order the prisoner detained in the jail beyond the eight-day period for an additional period not to exceed ten days. If a superior court orders a convicted felon to be detained beyond the eighth day following sentencing, the county or city shall retain financial responsibility for that ten-day period or portion thereof ordered by the court.
[ 1984 c 235 § 2.]
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.