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RCW Dispositions -
Chapter 34.05 - Administrative Procedure Act.
34.05.001 - Legislative intent. - RCW 34.05.001 Legislative intent. The legislature intends, by enacting this...
34.05.010 - Definitions. - RCW 34.05.010 Definitions. The definitions in this section apply throughout...
34.05.020 - Savings—Authority of agencies to comply with chapter—Effect of subsequent legislation. - RCW 34.05.020 Savings—Authority of agencies to comply with chapter—Effect of...
34.05.030 - Exclusions from chapter or parts of chapter. - RCW 34.05.030 Exclusions from chapter or parts of chapter. (1)...
34.05.040 - Operation of chapter if in conflict with federal law. - RCW 34.05.040 Operation of chapter if in conflict with federal...
34.05.050 - Waiver. - RCW 34.05.050 Waiver. Except to the extent precluded by another...
34.05.060 - Informal settlements. - RCW 34.05.060 Informal settlements. Except to the extent precluded by...
34.05.070 - Conversion of proceedings. - RCW 34.05.070 Conversion of proceedings. (1) If it becomes apparent...
34.05.080 - Variation from time limits. - RCW 34.05.080 Variation from time limits. (1) An agency may...
34.05.090 - Forest practices board—Emergency rules. - RCW 34.05.090 Forest practices board—Emergency rules. Emergency rules adopted by...
34.05.100 - Respectful language. - RCW 34.05.100 Respectful language. (1) All agency orders creating new...
34.05.110 - Violations of state law or agency rule by small businesses—Notice requirements—Waiver of penalty for first-time paperwork violations. - RCW 34.05.110 Violations of state law or agency rule by...
34.05.120 - Extension of rights and responsibilities—State registered domestic partnerships. - RCW 34.05.120 Extension of rights and responsibilities—State registered domestic partnerships....
34.05.210 - Code and register—Publication and distribution—Omissions, removals, revisions—Judicial notice. - RCW 34.05.210 Code and register—Publication and distribution—Omissions, removals, revisions—Judicial notice....
34.05.220 - Rules for agency procedure—Indexes of opinions and statements. - RCW 34.05.220 Rules for agency procedure—Indexes of opinions and statements....
34.05.230 - Interpretive and policy statements. - RCW 34.05.230 Interpretive and policy statements. (1) An agency is...
34.05.240 - Declaratory order by agency—Petition. - RCW 34.05.240 Declaratory order by agency—Petition. (1) Any person may...
34.05.250 - Model rules of procedure. - RCW 34.05.250 Model rules of procedure. The chief administrative law...
34.05.260 - Electronic distribution. - RCW 34.05.260 Electronic distribution. (1) In order to provide the...
34.05.270 - Agency websites for rule-making information. - RCW 34.05.270 Agency websites for rule-making information. Within existing resources,...
34.05.271 - Department of fish and wildlife—Significant agency action—Identification and categorization of sources of information used. - RCW 34.05.271 Department of fish and wildlife—Significant agency action—Identification and...
34.05.272 - Department of ecology—Significant agency action—Identification and categorization of sources of information used. - RCW 34.05.272 Department of ecology—Significant agency action—Identification and categorization of...
34.05.310 - Prenotice inquiry—Negotiated and pilot rules. - RCW 34.05.310 Prenotice inquiry—Negotiated and pilot rules. (1)(a) To meet...
34.05.312 - Rules coordinator. - RCW 34.05.312 Rules coordinator. Each agency shall designate a rules...
34.05.313 - Feasibility studies—Pilot projects. - RCW 34.05.313 Feasibility studies—Pilot projects. (1) During the development of...
34.05.314 - Rules development agenda. - RCW 34.05.314 Rules development agenda. Each state agency shall prepare...
34.05.315 - Rule-making docket. - RCW 34.05.315 Rule-making docket. (1) Each agency shall maintain a...
34.05.320 - Notice of proposed rule—Contents—Distribution by agency—Institutions of higher education. - RCW 34.05.320 Notice of proposed rule—Contents—Distribution by agency—Institutions of higher...
34.05.322 - Scope of rule-making authority. - RCW 34.05.322 Scope of rule-making authority. For rules implementing statutes...
34.05.325 - Public participation—Concise explanatory statement. - RCW 34.05.325 Public participation—Concise explanatory statement. (1) The agency shall...
34.05.328 - Significant legislative rules, other selected rules. - RCW 34.05.328 Significant legislative rules, other selected rules. (1) Before...
34.05.330 - Petition for adoption, amendment, repeal—Agency action—Appeal. - RCW 34.05.330 Petition for adoption, amendment, repeal—Agency action—Appeal. (1) Any...
34.05.335 - Withdrawal of proposal—Time and manner of adoption. - RCW 34.05.335 Withdrawal of proposal—Time and manner of adoption. (1)...
34.05.340 - Variance between proposed and final rule. - RCW 34.05.340 Variance between proposed and final rule. (1) Unless...
34.05.345 - Failure to give twenty days notice of intended action—Effect. - RCW 34.05.345 Failure to give twenty days notice of intended...
34.05.350 - Emergency rules and amendments. - RCW 34.05.350 Emergency rules and amendments. (1) If an agency...
34.05.353 - Expedited rule making. - RCW 34.05.353 Expedited rule making. (1) An agency may file...
34.05.360 - Order adopting rule, contents. - RCW 34.05.360 Order adopting rule, contents. The order of adoption...
34.05.362 - Postadoption notice. - RCW 34.05.362 Postadoption notice. Either before or within two hundred...
34.05.365 - Incorporation by reference. - RCW 34.05.365 Incorporation by reference. An agency may incorporate by...
34.05.370 - Rule-making file. - RCW 34.05.370 Rule-making file. (1) Each agency shall maintain an...
34.05.375 - Substantial compliance with procedures. - RCW 34.05.375 Substantial compliance with procedures. No rule proposed after...
34.05.380 - Filing with code reviser—Written record—Effective dates. - RCW 34.05.380 Filing with code reviser—Written record—Effective dates. (1) Each...
34.05.385 - Rules for rule making. - RCW 34.05.385 Rules for rule making. The code reviser may...
34.05.390 - Style, format, and numbering—Agency compliance. - RCW 34.05.390 Style, format, and numbering—Agency compliance. After the rules...
34.05.395 - Format and style of amendatory and new sections—Failure to comply. - RCW 34.05.395 Format and style of amendatory and new sections—Failure...
34.05.410 - Application of Part IV. - RCW 34.05.410 Application of Part IV. (1) Adjudicative proceedings are...
34.05.413 - Commencement—When required. - RCW 34.05.413 Commencement—When required. (1) Within the scope of its...
34.05.416 - Decision not to conduct an adjudication. - RCW 34.05.416 Decision not to conduct an adjudication. If an...
34.05.419 - Agency action on applications for adjudication. - RCW 34.05.419 Agency action on applications for adjudication. After receipt...
34.05.422 - Rate changes, licenses. - RCW 34.05.422 Rate changes, licenses. (1) Unless otherwise provided by...
34.05.425 - Presiding officers—Disqualification, substitution. - RCW 34.05.425 Presiding officers—Disqualification, substitution. (1) Except as provided in...
34.05.428 - Representation. - RCW 34.05.428 Representation. (1) A party to an adjudicative proceeding...
34.05.431 - Conference—Procedure and participation. - RCW 34.05.431 Conference—Procedure and participation. (1) Agencies may hold prehearing...
34.05.434 - Notice of hearing. - RCW 34.05.434 Notice of hearing. (1) The agency or the...
34.05.437 - Pleadings, briefs, motions, service. - RCW 34.05.437 Pleadings, briefs, motions, service. (1) The presiding officer,...
34.05.440 - Default. - RCW 34.05.440 Default. (1) Failure of a party to file...
34.05.443 - Intervention. - RCW 34.05.443 Intervention. (1) The presiding officer may grant a...
34.05.446 - Subpoenas, discovery, and protective orders. - RCW 34.05.446 Subpoenas, discovery, and protective orders. (1) The presiding...
34.05.449 - Procedure at hearing. - RCW 34.05.449 Procedure at hearing. (1) The presiding officer shall...
34.05.452 - Rules of evidence—Cross-examination. - RCW 34.05.452 Rules of evidence—Cross-examination. (1) Evidence, including hearsay evidence,...
34.05.455 - Ex parte communications. - RCW 34.05.455 Ex parte communications. (1) [(a)] A presiding officer...
34.05.458 - Separation of functions. - RCW 34.05.458 Separation of functions. (1) A person who has...
34.05.461 - Entry of orders. - RCW 34.05.461 Entry of orders. (1) Except as provided in...
34.05.464 - Review of initial orders. - RCW 34.05.464 Review of initial orders. (1) As authorized by...
34.05.467 - Stay. - RCW 34.05.467 Stay. A party may submit to the presiding...
34.05.470 - Reconsideration. - RCW 34.05.470 Reconsideration. (1) Within ten days of the service...
34.05.473 - Effectiveness of orders. - RCW 34.05.473 Effectiveness of orders. (1) Unless a later date...
34.05.476 - Agency record. - RCW 34.05.476 Agency record. (1) An agency shall maintain an...
34.05.479 - Emergency adjudicative proceedings. - RCW 34.05.479 Emergency adjudicative proceedings. (1) Unless otherwise provided by...
34.05.4791 - Secure community transition facility—Proceeding concerning public safety measures. - RCW 34.05.4791 Secure community transition facility—Proceeding concerning public safety measures....
34.05.482 - Brief adjudicative proceedings—Applicability. - RCW 34.05.482 Brief adjudicative proceedings—Applicability. (1) An agency may use...
34.05.485 - Brief adjudicative proceedings—Procedure. - RCW 34.05.485 Brief adjudicative proceedings—Procedure. (1) If not specifically prohibited...
34.05.488 - Brief proceedings—Administrative review—Applicability. - RCW 34.05.488 Brief proceedings—Administrative review—Applicability. Unless prohibited by any provision...
34.05.491 - Brief proceedings—Administrative review—Procedures. - RCW 34.05.491 Brief proceedings—Administrative review—Procedures. Unless otherwise provided by statute:...
34.05.494 - Agency record in brief proceedings. - RCW 34.05.494 Agency record in brief proceedings. (1) The agency...
34.05.510 - Relationship between this chapter and other judicial review authority. - RCW 34.05.510 Relationship between this chapter and other judicial review...
34.05.514 - Petition for review—Where filed. - RCW 34.05.514 Petition for review—Where filed. (1) Except as provided...
34.05.518 - Direct review by court of appeals. - RCW 34.05.518 Direct review by court of appeals. (Effective until...
34.05.522 - Refusal of review by court of appeals. - RCW 34.05.522 Refusal of review by court of appeals. (Effective...
34.05.526 - Appellate review by supreme court or court of appeals. - RCW 34.05.526 Appellate review by supreme court or court of...
34.05.530 - Standing. - RCW 34.05.530 Standing. A person has standing to obtain judicial...
34.05.534 - Exhaustion of administrative remedies. - RCW 34.05.534 Exhaustion of administrative remedies. A person may file...
34.05.542 - Time for filing petition for review. - RCW 34.05.542 Time for filing petition for review. Subject to...
34.05.546 - Petition for review—Contents. - RCW 34.05.546 Petition for review—Contents. A petition for review must...
34.05.550 - Stay and other temporary remedies. - RCW 34.05.550 Stay and other temporary remedies. (1) Unless precluded...
34.05.554 - Limitation on new issues. - RCW 34.05.554 Limitation on new issues. (1) Issues not raised...
34.05.558 - Judicial review of facts confined to record. - RCW 34.05.558 Judicial review of facts confined to record. Judicial...
34.05.562 - New evidence taken by court or agency. - RCW 34.05.562 New evidence taken by court or agency. (1)...
34.05.566 - Agency record for review—Costs. - RCW 34.05.566 Agency record for review—Costs. (1) Within thirty days...
34.05.570 - Judicial review. - RCW 34.05.570 Judicial review. (1) Generally. Except to the extent...
34.05.574 - Type of relief. - RCW 34.05.574 Type of relief. (1) In a review under...
34.05.578 - Petition by agency for enforcement. - RCW 34.05.578 Petition by agency for enforcement. (1) In addition...
34.05.582 - Petition by others for enforcement. - RCW 34.05.582 Petition by others for enforcement. (1) Any person...
34.05.586 - Defenses, limitations on. - RCW 34.05.586 Defenses, limitations on. (1) Except as expressly provided...
34.05.588 - Enforcement of agency subpoena. - RCW 34.05.588 Enforcement of agency subpoena. (1) If a person...
34.05.590 - Incorporation of other judicial review provisions. - RCW 34.05.590 Incorporation of other judicial review provisions. Proceedings for...
34.05.594 - Review by higher court. - RCW 34.05.594 Review by higher court. Decisions on petitions for...
34.05.598 - Frivolous petitions. - RCW 34.05.598 Frivolous petitions. The provisions of RCW 4.84.185 relating...
34.05.610 - Joint administrative rules review committee—Members—Appointment—Terms—Vacancies. - RCW 34.05.610 Joint administrative rules review committee—Members—Appointment—Terms—Vacancies. (1) There is...
34.05.620 - Review of proposed rules—Notice. - RCW 34.05.620 Review of proposed rules—Notice. If the rules review...
34.05.630 - Review of existing rules—Policy and interpretive statements, etc.—Notice—Hearing. - RCW 34.05.630 Review of existing rules—Policy and interpretive statements, etc.—Notice—Hearing....
34.05.640 - Committee objections to agency intended action—Statement in register and WAC—Suspension of rule. - RCW 34.05.640 Committee objections to agency intended action—Statement in register...
34.05.650 - Recommendations by committee to legislature. - RCW 34.05.650 Recommendations by committee to legislature. The rules review...
34.05.655 - Petition for review. - RCW 34.05.655 Petition for review. (1) Any person may petition...
34.05.660 - Review and objection procedures—No presumption established. - RCW 34.05.660 Review and objection procedures—No presumption established. It is...
34.05.665 - Submission of rule for review—State employees protected. - RCW 34.05.665 Submission of rule for review—State employees protected. Any...
34.05.671 - Reports—Advisory boards—Staff. - RCW 34.05.671 Reports—Advisory boards—Staff. (1) The rules review committee may...
34.05.675 - Inspection of properties—Oaths, subpoenas, witnesses, depositions. - RCW 34.05.675 Inspection of properties—Oaths, subpoenas, witnesses, depositions. In the...
34.05.681 - Enforcement—Committee subpoena—Refusal to testify. - RCW 34.05.681 Enforcement—Committee subpoena—Refusal to testify. In case of the...
34.05.900 - Captions and headings. - RCW 34.05.900 Captions and headings. Section captions and subchapter headings...
34.05.902 - Effective date—Application—1988 c 288. - RCW 34.05.902 Effective date—Application—1988 c 288. RCW 34.05.001 through 34.05.902...
Chapter 34.08 - Washington State Register Act of 1977.
34.08.010 - Legislative finding. - RCW 34.08.010 Legislative finding. The legislature finds that a need...
34.08.020 - Washington State Register—Created—Publication period—Contents. - RCW 34.08.020 Washington State Register—Created—Publication period—Contents. There is hereby created...
34.08.030 - Preparation and transmittal of material by agencies to code reviser—Rules regarding. - RCW 34.08.030 Preparation and transmittal of material by agencies to...
34.08.040 - Publication in register deemed official notice—Certification of material. - RCW 34.08.040 Publication in register deemed official notice—Certification of material....
34.08.050 - Institutions of higher education considered state agencies for certain purposes. - RCW 34.08.050 Institutions of higher education considered state agencies for...
34.08.900 - Short title. - RCW 34.08.900 Short title. This 1977 amendatory act may be...
34.08.905 - Effective date—1977 ex.s. c 240. - RCW 34.08.905 Effective date—1977 ex.s. c 240. This 1977 amendatory...
Chapter 34.12 - Office of Administrative Hearings.
34.12.010 - Office created—Conduct of hearings—Chief administrative law judge, appointment, term, qualifications, removal. - RCW 34.12.010 Office created—Conduct of hearings—Chief administrative law judge, appointment,...
34.12.020 - Definitions. - RCW 34.12.020 Definitions. Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the...
34.12.030 - Administrative law judges—Appointment and contractual basis—Clerical personnel—Discipline and termination of administrative law judges—Civil service—Rules for operation of office. - RCW 34.12.030 Administrative law judges—Appointment and contractual basis—Clerical personnel—Discipline and...
34.12.034 - Retail internet service adequacy proceedings. - RCW 34.12.034 Retail internet service adequacy proceedings. When requested by...
34.12.035 - State patrol disciplinary hearings and decertification hearings. - RCW 34.12.035 State patrol disciplinary hearings and decertification hearings. The...
34.12.036 - Landlord-tenant proceedings. - RCW 34.12.036 Landlord-tenant proceedings. When requested by the attorney general,...
34.12.037 - Human rights commission proceedings. - RCW 34.12.037 Human rights commission proceedings. When requested by the...
34.12.038 - Local government whistleblower proceedings. - RCW 34.12.038 Local government whistleblower proceedings. When requested by a...
34.12.039 - Local government whistleblower proceedings—Costs. - RCW 34.12.039 Local government whistleblower proceedings—Costs. Costs for the services...
34.12.040 - Hearings conducted by administrative law judges—Criteria for assignment. - RCW 34.12.040 Hearings conducted by administrative law judges—Criteria for assignment....
34.12.050 - Administrative law judge—Motion of prejudice against—Request for assignment of. - RCW 34.12.050 Administrative law judge—Motion of prejudice against—Request for assignment...
34.12.060 - Initial decision or proposal for decision—Findings of fact and conclusions of law—Inapplicability to state patrol disciplinary hearings. - RCW 34.12.060 Initial decision or proposal for decision—Findings of fact...
34.12.070 - Record of hearings. - RCW 34.12.070 Record of hearings. The chief administrative law judge...
34.12.080 - Procedural conduct of hearings—Rules. - RCW 34.12.080 Procedural conduct of hearings—Rules. All hearings shall be...
34.12.090 - Transfer of employees and equipment. - RCW 34.12.090 Transfer of employees and equipment. (1) All state...
34.12.100 - Salaries. - RCW 34.12.100 Salaries. The chief administrative law judge shall be...
34.12.110 - Application of chapter. - RCW 34.12.110 Application of chapter. The creation of the office...
34.12.120 - Appointment of chief administrative law judge. - RCW 34.12.120 Appointment of chief administrative law judge. The governor...
34.12.130 - Administrative hearings revolving fund—Created, purposes. - RCW 34.12.130 Administrative hearings revolving fund—Created, purposes. The administrative hearings...
34.12.140 - Transfers and payments into revolving fund—Limitation on employment security department payments—Allotment by director of financial management—Disbursements from fund by voucher. - RCW 34.12.140 Transfers and payments into revolving fund—Limitation on employment...
34.12.150 - Accounting procedures. - RCW 34.12.150 Accounting procedures. The chief administrative law judge shall...
34.12.160 - Direct payments by agencies, when authorized. - RCW 34.12.160 Direct payments by agencies, when authorized. In cases...