Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 10.82.040 (2026)

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When a defendant is committed to jail, on failure to pay any fines and costs, he or she shall, under the supervision of the county sheriff and subject to the terms of any ordinances adopted by the county commissioners, be permitted to perform labor to reduce the amount owing of the fine and costs.

[ 2010 c 8 s 1065; 1967 c 200 s 5; 1883 p 38 s 1, part; Code 1881 s 1129; 1877 p 206 s 8; 1873 p 243 s 287; 1854 p 124 s 151; RRS s 2209, part.]

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Severability—1967 c 200: See note following RCW 9.45.122.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1958–2018 · leading case: Sanders v. AllianceOne Receivables Mgmt., Inc. (In re Sanders), 589 B.R. 874 (Bankr. W.D. Wash. 2018).

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Sanders v. AllianceOne Receivables Mgmt., Inc. (In re Sanders), 589 B.R. 874 (Bankr. W.D. Wash. 2018). · cites it 2× “030 ; RCW 10.82.040. The amount of the reduction is determined by the county legislative authority and further determined by whether the criminal defendant performs labor during incarceration.”

In Re Persinger v. Rhay, 329 P.2d 191 (Wash. 1958). “[5] The petitioner, Persinger, has been in the reformatory and penitentiary under the void sentence for a much longer period than the maximum which could have been imposed for the gross misdemeanor (even including the time required to serve out a thousand dollar fine see RCW…”

Town of Ruston v. Wingard, 364 P.2d 553 (Wash. 1961). “Section 1129 was never amended subsequent to 1883, and as RCW 10.82.040 still reads “one day for every two dollars of such fine and costs.”

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