Wash. Rev. Code § 3.54.020

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The district courts shall prescribe the duties of the clerk and deputy clerks. Such duties shall include all of the requirements of RCW 3.62.020 and 3.62.040 as now or hereafter amended and the receipt of bail and additionally the power to:

(1) Accept and enter pleas;

(2) Receive bail as set by the court;

(3) Set cases for trial;

(4) Administer oaths.

[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 241 s 1; 1971 c 73 s 7; 1961 c 299 s 99.]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1967–2019 · leading case: King County v. United Pacific Insurance

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King County v. United Pacific Insurance (1967) wash · cites it 2× “RCW 3.54.020 provides: The justice court shall prescribe the duties of the clerk and deputy clerks.”

State of Washington v. Stevens County District Court Judge (2019) washctapp “Because district court clerks act at the direction of district court judges, RCW 3.54.020, the mandamus petition was directed at Stevens County District Court Judge Tveit.”

Crossler v. Hille (1998) wash · cites it 2× “2d 554 (1967); RCW 3.54.020. 3 Although a judge may individually perform all the necessary duties required to manage a court, a judge is entitled to hire additional employees to assist in a court’s administration, but this decision is “at his [or her] own choice and judgment.”

City of Kennewick v. Vandergriff (1986) washctapp “2d 554 (1967); RCW 3.54.020. Here the court, through its clerk, blundered.”

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