Revised Code of Washington
Wash. Rev. Code § 2.20.010 (2026)
Magistrate defined
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A magistrate is an officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with the commission of a crime.
[ 1891 c 53 s 1; RRS s 50.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 1980–2012 · leading case: State v. Werner, 129 Wash. 2d 485 (Wash. 1996).
State v. Werner, 129 Wash. 2d 485 (Wash. 1996). “RCW 2.20.010, first enacted in 1891, provides: "A magistrate is an officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with the commission of a crime.”
State v. Werner, 918 P.2d 916 (Wash. 1996). “RCW 2.20.010, first enacted in 1891, provides: "A magistrate is an officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with the commission of a crime.”
State v. Posey, 272 P.3d 840 (Wash. 2012). “IV, § 6 and RCW 2.20.010, respectively, to issue arrest warrants was not restricted by the legislation creating juvenile courts.”
Beggs v. City of Pasco, 611 P.2d 1252 (Wash. 1980). “Pasco Municipal Code § 2.20.010, Ordinance 1431, § 1 (1970). Defendant further cites the code relative to part-time and clerical help: The city may provide part-time and clerical help to the police department as needed from time to time.”
State v. Walker, 101 Wash. App. 1 (Wash. Ct. App. 2000). “(2) The judges of the court of appeals. (3) The superior judges, and district judges.”
State v. Walker, 999 P.2d 1296 (Wash. Ct. App. 2000). “[19] RCW 2.20.010 ("magistrate is an officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with the commission of a crime"); RCW 2.”
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