Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 36.47.020 (2026)

Joint action by officers of each county

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It shall be the duty of the assessor, auditor, clerk, coroner, sheriff, superintendent of schools, treasurer, and prosecuting attorney of each county in the state, including appointive officials in charter counties heading like departments, to take such action as they jointly deem necessary to effect the coordination of the administrative programs of each county.

[ 1998 c 245 s 28; 1969 ex.s. c 5 s 1; 1963 c 4 s 36.47.020. Prior: 1959 c 130 s 2.]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1999–2011 · leading case: West v. Washington Ass'n of Cnty. Officials, 162 Wash. App. 120 (Wash. Ct. App. 2011).

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West v. Washington Ass'n of Cnty. Officials, 162 Wash. App. 120 (Wash. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 4× “Once recognized under the Washington law, counties were “empowered” to designate WACO as a “coordinating agency through which the duties imposed by [RCW 36.47.020] may be performed, harmonized, or correlated.”

West v. State, Ass'n of Cnty. Officials, 252 P.3d 406 (Wash. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 4× “Once recognized under the Washington law, counties were "empowered" to designate WACO as a "coordinating agency through which the duties imposed by [RCW 36.47.020] may be performed, harmonized, or correlated.”

Telford v. Thurston Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 974 P.2d 886 (Wash. Ct. App. 1999). “130, § 2 (codified as amended at RCW 36.47.020). 7 Like WSAC’s statute, WACO’s act empowered county officials to designate WACO as a coordinating agency for performing their statutory duties.”

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