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Wash. Rev. Code § 4.44.260 (2026)

Oath of jurors

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When the jury has been selected, an oath or affirmation shall be administered to the jurors, in substance that they and each of them, will well, and truly try, the matter in issue between the plaintiff and defendant, and a true verdict give, according to the law and evidence as given them on the trial.
[ 2003 c 406 s 14; Code 1881 s 220; 1877 p 46 s 224; 1869 p 54 s 224; RRS s 338.]

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Oaths and mode of administering: State Constitution Art. 1 s 6.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1976–2020 · leading case: State Of Washington v. Zachary Damien Craven, 475 P.3d 1038 (Wash. Ct. App. 2020).
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State Of Washington v. Zachary Damien Craven, 475 P.3d 1038 (Wash. Ct. App. 2020). “Curtiss23 to support the propriety of closing argument because “a criminal trial’s purpose is a search for truth and justice.”24 In Curtiss, the court approved of the prosecutor’s closing argument that because a trial is “a search for the truth and a search for justice,” the…”
State v. Nicholas, 341 P.3d 1013 (Wash. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “260 requires: When the jury has been selected, an oath or affirmation shall be administered to the jurors, in substance that they and each of them, will well, and truly try the matter in issue between the plaintiff and defendant, and a true verdict give, according to the law and…”
State v. Moore, 318 P.3d 296 (Wash. Ct. App. 2014). “¶7 By statute, every juror must swear or affirm to uphold and follow the law: When the jury has been selected, an oath or affirmation shall be administered to the jurors [that they] will well, and truly try, the matter in issue between the plaintiff and defendant, and a true…”
State v. Smith, 551 P.2d 765 (Wash. Ct. App. 1976). “RCW 4.44.260. In the ensuing discussion, the defendant asserted and firmly maintained two rights.”
State of Washington v. Scott Montgomery Nicholas (Wash. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “260 requires: When the jury has been selected, an oath or affirmation shall be administered to the jurors, in substance that they and each of them, will well, and truly try, the matter in issue between the plaintiff and defendant, and a true verdict give, according to the law…”
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