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36.26.030  <<  36.26.040 >>   36.26.050

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RCW 36.26.040

Public defender—Qualifications—Term.

Every public defender and every assistant public defender must be a qualified attorney licensed to practice law in this state; and the term of the public defender shall coincide with the elected term of the prosecuting attorney.