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Wash. Rev. Code § 41.04.120 (2026)

Civil service and retirement rights preserved when elective office assumed

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Any civil service employee of the state of Washington or of any political subdivision thereof who is on leave of absence by reason of having been elected or appointed to an elective office shall be preserved in his or her civil service status, his or her seniority, rank and retirement rights so long as he or she regularly continues to make the usual contribution incident to the retention of such beneficial rights as if he or she were not on leave of absence: PROVIDED, That such contributions being made shall be based on the rank at the time of taking such leave of absence.
[ 2012 c 117 s 5; 1957 c 164 s 1.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1982–2019 · leading case: Boyles v. Dep't of Ret. Sys., 716 P.2d 869 (Wash. 1986).
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Boyles v. Dep't of Ret. Sys., 716 P.2d 869 (Wash. 1986). · cites it 8× “RCW 41.04.120 governs civil service reversion rights for individuals who assume elected offices.”
Boyles v. Washington Law Enf't Officers' & Fire Fighters' Ret. Bd., 649 P.2d 646 (Wash. Ct. App. 1982). “120, inability to continue one's service means incapacity to perform the duties required of the applicant's grade level at the time he claims disability retirement benefits. The Board's findings show Mr.”
Hon. Kelli Linville, Res. v. State Of Wa. Dept. Of Ret. Sys., App., 452 P.3d 1269 (Wash. Ct. App. 2019). “RCW 41.04.120. Had Linville opted to join PERS in 1993, she would have been allowed to do so, thus becoming a “dual member.”
Boyles v. Washington Law Enf't Officers' & Fire Fighters' Ret. Bd., 669 P.2d 465 (Wash. 1983). “RCW 41.04.120 provides: Any civil service employee of the state of Washington or any political subdivision thereof who is on leave of absence by reason of having been elected or appointed to an elective office shall be preserved in his civil service status, his seniority, rank…”
Boyles v. Wash. Law Enf't Officers'& Fire Fighters'Ret. Bd., 669 P.2d 465 (Wash. 1983). “RCW 41.04.120 provides: Any civil service employee of the state of Washington or any political subdivision thereof who is on leave of absence by reason of having been elected or appointed to an elective office shall be preserved in his civil service status, his seniority, rank…”
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