Revised Code of Washington
Wash. Rev. Code § 2.48.160 (2026)
Suspension for nonpayment of fees
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Any member failing to pay any fees after the same become due, and after two months' written notice of his or her delinquency, must be suspended from membership in the state bar, but may be reinstated upon payment of accrued fees and such penalties as may be imposed by the board of governors, not exceeding double the amount of the delinquent fee.
[ 2011 c 336 s 66; 1933 c 94 s 12; RRS s 138-12.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1972–1976 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Schwab v. Washington State Bar Ass'n, 493 P.2d 1237 (Wash. 1972).
State Ex Rel. Schwab v. Washington State Bar Ass'n, 493 P.2d 1237 (Wash. 1972). “RCW 2.48.160. Petitioner is frank to admit that he refused to pay the fee to precipitate the instant action.”
Graham v. Bar Ass'n, 548 P.2d 310 (Wash. 1976). “It was there contended that the mandatory suspension for nonpayment of dues provided in RCW 2.48.160 amounted to an unconstitutional usurpation of the Supreme Court's power to discipline attorneys and to suspend them from the practice of law.”
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