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Chapter 10.01 RCW

GENERAL PROVISIONS

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RCW dispositions

Sections

HTMLPDF 10.01.030Pleadings—Forms abolished.
HTMLPDF 10.01.040Statutes—Repeal or amendment—Saving clause presumed.
HTMLPDF 10.01.050Convictions—Necessary before punishment.
HTMLPDF 10.01.060Conviction—Requisites—Waiver of jury trial.
HTMLPDF 10.01.070Entities—Amenable to criminal process—How.
HTMLPDF 10.01.090Entities—Judgment against.
HTMLPDF 10.01.100Entities—Fines.
HTMLPDF 10.01.120Pardons—Reprieves—Commutations.
HTMLPDF 10.01.130Witnesses' fees.
HTMLPDF 10.01.140Mileage allowance—Jurors—Witnesses.
HTMLPDF 10.01.150Charges arising from official acts of state officers or employees—Defense by attorney general.
HTMLPDF 10.01.160Costs—What constitutes—Payment by defendant—Procedure—Remission—Medical or mental health treatment or services.
HTMLPDF 10.01.170Fine or costs—Payment within specified time or installments—Payment priority order.
HTMLPDF 10.01.180Fine or costs—Default in payment—Contempt of court—Enforcement, collection procedures.
HTMLPDF 10.01.185Remission of fines.
HTMLPDF 10.01.190Prosecutorial powers of attorney general.
HTMLPDF 10.01.200Registration of sex offenders and kidnapping offenders—Notice to defendants.
HTMLPDF 10.01.210Offender notification and warning.
HTMLPDF 10.01.220City attorney, county prosecutor, or other prosecuting authority—Filing a criminal charge—Contribution, donation, payment.
HTMLPDF 10.01.230Victim impact panel registry—Panel minimum standards.
HTMLPDF 10.01.240Domestic violence proceedings—Duty to specify whether intimate partners or family or household members.

Notes:

Alcoholics—Private establishment: Chapter 71.12 RCW.
Double jeopardy: State Constitution Art. 1 s 9.
Excessive bail or fines, cruel punishment prohibited: State Constitution Art. 1 s 14.
Habeas corpus: State Constitution Art. 1 s 13.
Indians, jurisdiction in criminal and civil causes: Chapter 37.12 RCW.
Limitation of actions: RCW 9A.04.080.
Mental illness: Chapter 71.05 RCW.
Psychopathic delinquents, procedures, hospitalization, etc.: Chapter 71.06 RCW.
Public defender: Chapter 36.26 RCW.
Right to
bail: State Constitution Art. 1 s 20.
trial by jury: State Constitution Art. 1 s 21.
Rights of accused persons: State Constitution Art. 1 s 22.
Sexual psychopaths, procedures as to: Chapter 71.06 RCW.