Wash. Rev. Code » Title 35 · Chapter 35.20
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Wash. Rev. Code § 35.20.020 (2025)

Sessions—Judges may act as magistrates—Night court

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The municipal court shall be always open except on nonjudicial days. It shall hold regular and special sessions at such times as may be prescribed by the judges thereof. The judges shall have the power to act as magistrates in accordance with the provisions of chapter 10.16 RCW. The legislative body of the city may by ordinance authorize a department of the municipal court to act as a night court, and shall appropriate the necessary funds therefor.
[ 1965 c 7 s 35.20.020. Prior: 1955 c 290 s 2.]
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Cited in 1 case, 1991–1991 · leading case: State v. Canady, 809 P.2d 203 (Wash. 1991).
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State v. Canady, 809 P.2d 203 (Wash. 1991). “In 1987, Department 4N had not been created "by ordinance" in accordance with RCW 35.20.020. Canady argues Department 4N was not validly created until August 1989, more than 2 years after his arrest, and therefore the warrant which led to his arrest was invalid.”
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