Wash. R. Evid. 702 (2026)

ER 702 TESTIMONY BY EXPERTS

If scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education, may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or otherwise.

[Adopted effective April 2, 1979.]

Comment 702

[Deleted effective September 1, 2006.]