RCW 10.77.240: Existing rights not affected.

RCWs > Title 10 > Chapter 10.77 > Section 10.77.240

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10.77.230 << 10.77.240 >> 10.77.250

PDFRCW 10.77.240

Existing rights not affected.

Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a person presently committed from exercising a right presently available to him or her for obtaining release from confinement, including the right to petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

[ 1999 c 13 § 3; 1973 1st ex.s. c 117 § 24.]

NOTES:

Purpose—Construction—1999 c 13: See note following RCW 10.77.010.