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Wash. Rev. Code § 4.44.460 (2026)

Receiving verdict and discharging jury

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If the court determines that the verdict meets the requirements contained in this chapter and in court rules, the clerk shall file the verdict. The verdict is then complete and the jury shall be discharged from the case. The verdict shall be in writing, and under the direction of the court shall be substantially entered in the record as of the day's proceedings on which it was given.
[ 2003 c 406 s 26; Code 1881 s 239; 1877 p 49 s 243; 1869 p 59 s 243; RRS s 361.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1966–2025 · leading case: State v. Ford, 250 P.3d 97 (Wash. 2011).
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State v. Ford, 250 P.3d 97 (Wash. 2011). “16(a)(3); see also RCW 4.44.460 ("If the court determines that the verdict meets the requirements contained in this chapter and in court rules, the clerk shall file the verdict.”
State v. Ford, 171 Wash. 2d 185 (Wash. 2011). “16(a)(3); see also RCW 4.44.460 (“If the court determines that the verdict meets the requirements contained in this chapter and in court rules, the clerk shall file the verdict.”
State v. Badda, 411 P.2d 411 (Wash. 1966). “6 Presently RCW 4.44.460. 7 Incidentally, this court sees no reason why the state should continue to refuse to furnish defense counsel with verdict forms.”
Lahaina Fashions, Inc. v. Bank of Hawaii, 297 P.3d 1106 (Haw. App. 2013). “450, 451 (1926) (emphasis added) (the statute referenced is currently codified in amended form at Wash. Rev. Code § 4.44.460 (2003)). From this, the Washington Supreme Court stated that “[a]s long as the jurors, under the direction of the court, exercised according to law, have…”
Butler v. State, 663 P.2d 1390 (Wash. Ct. App. 1983). “RCW 4.44.460 provides: Receiving verdict and discharging jury.”
State v. Wirth, 85 P.3d 922 (Wash. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “Former RCW 4.44.460 (2002) provided that a jury’s verdict was not final until the court received the verdict and the clerk filed the “complete” verdict; the court then discharged the jury.”
State Of Washington, V. Emmanuel Grandemartinez (Wash. Ct. App. 2025). “If the jury is given special verdict forms and the special verdict is inconsistent with another special or general verdict, the court may direct the jurors to deliberate further or may order a new trial. CrR 6.”
State v. Wirth, 85 P.3d 922 (Wash. Ct. App. 2004). “Former RCW 4.44.460 (2002) provided that a jury's verdict was not final until the court received the verdict and the clerk filed the "complete" verdict; the court then discharged the jury.”
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