RCW 7.16.160
Grounds for granting writ.
It may be issued by any court, except a district or municipal court, to any inferior tribunal, corporation, board or person, to compel the performance of an act which the law especially enjoins as a duty resulting from an office, trust or station, or to compel the admission of a party to the use and enjoyment of a right or office to which the party is entitled, and from which the party is unlawfully precluded by such inferior tribunal, corporation, board or person.
[ 1987 c 202 § 131; 1987 c 3 § 3; 1895 c 65 § 16; RRS § 1014.]
NOTES:
Intent—1987 c 202: See note following RCW 2.04.190.
Severability—1987 c 3: See note following RCW 3.70.010.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions
Chapter 7.16 - Certiorari, Mandamus, and Prohibition.
7.16.010 - Parties, how designated.
7.16.020 - Judgment, motion, and order defined.
7.16.030 - Certiorari defined.
7.16.040 - Grounds for granting writ.
7.16.050 - Application for writ—Notice.
7.16.060 - Writ, to whom directed.
7.16.080 - Stay of proceedings.
7.16.110 - Defective return—Further return—Hearing—Judgment.
7.16.120 - Questions involving merits to be determined.
7.16.130 - Copy of judgment to inferior tribunal, board, or officer.
7.16.160 - Grounds for granting writ.
7.16.170 - Absence of remedy at law required—Affidavit.
7.16.180 - Alternative or peremptory writs—Form.
7.16.190 - Notice of application—No default.
7.16.210 - Questions of fact, how determined.
7.16.220 - Applicant may demur to answer or countervail it by proof.
7.16.230 - Motion for new trial, where made.
7.16.240 - Certification of verdict—Argument.
7.16.260 - Judgment for damages and costs—Peremptory mandate.
7.16.280 - Enforcement of writ—Penalty.
7.16.290 - Prohibition defined.
7.16.300 - Grounds for granting writ—Affidavit.
7.16.310 - Alternative or peremptory writs—Form.
7.16.320 - Provisions relating to mandate applicable.