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Wash. Rev. Code § 36.18.060 (2026)

Fees payable in advance—Exception

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The officers mentioned in this chapter except the county sheriff shall not, in any case, except for the state or county, perform any official services unless the fees prescribed therefor are paid in advance, and on such payment the officer must perform the services required. The county sheriff may allow payment to be made after official services have been performed as the sheriff deems appropriate. For every failure or refusal to perform official duty when the fees are tendered, the officer is liable on his or her official bond.
[ 2009 c 549 s 4016; 1981 c 194 s 2; 1963 c 4 s 36.18.060. Prior: 1890 p 315 s 39; RRS s 506.]

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Severability—1981 c 194: See note following RCW 36.18.040.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1973–2004 · leading case: Lewis Cnty. v. W. Washington Growth Mgmt. Hearings Bd., 113 Wash. App. 142 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002).
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Lewis Cnty. v. W. Washington Growth Mgmt. Hearings Bd., 113 Wash. App. 142 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 7× “Lewis County argues that when the appellant is the state or a county, RCW 36.18.060 overrides RCW 36.70A.300(5) and RCW 34.”
Lewis Cnty. v. W. WA. GMHB, 53 P.3d 44 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 7× “Lewis County argues that when the appellant is the state or a county, RCW 36.18.060 overrides RCW 36.70A.300(5) and RCW 34.”
Bowman v. Waldt, 513 P.2d 559 (Wash. Ct. App. 1973). “the sheriff to collect the following fees: For levying each writ of attachment or writ of execution upon real or personal property, besides mileage, three dollars; For each mile actually and necessarily traveled by him in going to or returning from any place of service, or…”
Margetan v. Superior Chair Craft Co., 963 P.2d 907 (Wash. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 5× “And RCW 36.18.060 requires the clerk to collect a filing fee before acting: The officers mentioned in this chapter except the county sheriff shall not, in any case, except for the state or county, perform any official services unless the fees prescribed therefor are paid in…”
Holt v. Gambill, 98 P.3d 1254 (Wash. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “Additionally, RCW 36.18.060 provides in part that county officers "shall not" perform official services "unless the fees prescribed therefor are paid in advance.”
Holt v. Gambill, 123 Wash. App. 685 (Wash. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “Additionally, RCW 36.18.060 provides in part that county officers “shall not” perform official services “unless the fees prescribed therefor are paid in advance.”
In Re the Est. of Crane, 548 P.2d 585 (Wash. Ct. App. 1976). · cites it 2× “RCW 36.18.060. The chapter also requires the posting of fee schedules, the giving of fee receipts, and the keeping of a fee book.”
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