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Wash. Rev. Code § 35.22.020 (2026)

Mode of exercising powers, functions and duties

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The form of the organization and the manner and mode in which cities of the first class shall exercise the powers, functions and duties conferred upon them by law, with respect to their own government, shall be as provided in the charters thereof.
[ 1965 c 7 s 35.22.020. Prior: 1911 c 17 s 1; RRS s 8948.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1967–1982 · leading case: Washington v. Seattle Sch. Dist. No. 1, 458 U.S. 457 (1982).
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Washington v. Seattle Sch. Dist. No. 1, 458 U.S. 457 (1982). · cites it 2× “40; Wash. Rev. Code §§ 35.22.020 , 35.23.440, 35.”
Puget Sound Alumni of Kappa Sigma, Inc. v. City of Seattle, 422 P.2d 799 (Wash. 1967). · cites it 2× “4, § 7, provides that "Every legislative act of said city shall be by ordinance.”
City of Seattle v. Auto Sheet Metal Workers Local 387, 620 P.2d 119 (Wash. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 2× “These cases must be read in light of their facts and the requirement of RCW 35.22.020 that "the manner and mode in which cities of the first class shall exercise the powers .”
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