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Wash. Rev. Code § 41.12.030 (2026)

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There is hereby created in every city, town or municipality except those referred to in RCW 41.12.010, having fully paid police officers a civil service commission which shall be composed of three persons.
The members of such commission shall be appointed by the person or group of persons who, acting singly or in conjunction, as a mayor, city manager, council, common council, commission, or otherwise, is or are vested by law with the power and authority to select, appoint, or employ the chief of a police department in any such city, prior to the enactment of this chapter. The members of such commission shall serve without compensation. No person shall be appointed a member of such commission who is not a citizen of the United States, a resident of such city for at least three years immediately preceding such appointment, and an elector of the county wherein he or she resides. The term of office of such commissioners shall be for six years, except that the first three members of such commission shall be appointed for different terms, as follows: One to serve for a period of two years, one to serve for a period of four years, and one to serve for a period of six years. Any member of such commission may be removed from office for incompetency, incompatibility or dereliction of duty, or malfeasance in office, or other good cause: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That no member of the commission shall be removed until charges have been preferred, in writing, due notice and a full hearing had. The members of such commission shall devote due time and attention to the performance of the duties hereinafter specified and imposed upon them by this chapter. Two members of such commission shall constitute a quorum and the votes of any two members of such commission concurring shall be sufficient for the decision of all matters and the transaction of all business to be decided or transacted by the commission under or by virtue of the provisions of this chapter. Confirmation of said appointment or appointments of commissioners by any legislative body shall not be required. At the time of any appointment not more than two commissioners shall be adherents of the same political party.
[ 2007 c 218 s 11; 1937 c 13 s 3; RRS s 9558a-3.]

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Intent—Finding—2007 c 218: See note following RCW 41.08.020.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14 cases, 1963–2020 · leading case: Gibson v. City of Auburn, 748 P.2d 673 (Wash. Ct. App. 1988).
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Gibson v. City of Auburn, 748 P.2d 673 (Wash. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 2× “2-Member Commission RCW 41.12.030 and Auburn City Ordinance (ACO) 2910 provide for a Civil Service Commission composed of three members.”
City of Yakima v. Int'l Ass'n of Fire Fighters, 818 P.2d 1076 (Wash. 1991). “030; RCW 41.12.030. 40 RCW 41.56.160. 41 RCW 41.”
Jordan v. City of Oakville, 720 P.2d 824 (Wash. 1986). · cites it 2× “RCW 41.12.030 (part). The term "fully paid policemen" is then defined in RCW 41.”
Skinner v. Civil Serv. Comm'n, 168 Wash. 2d 845 (Wash. 2010). “In its order, the Commission found that Skinner had made comments to personnel stating that Chief of Police Jeffrey Chen had said that monkeys could do their jobs and that Skinner had also said that “ ‘Asians don’t make good managers because people don’t like them,’ ” a comment…”
Skinner v. Civil Serv. Com'n, 232 P.3d 558 (Wash. 2010). “In its order, the Commission found that Skinner had made comments to personnel stating that Chief of Police Jeffrey Chen had said that monkeys could do their jobs and that Skinner had also said that "`Asians don't make good managers because people don't like them,'" a comment…”
Reynolds v. Kirkland Police Comm'n, 384 P.2d 819 (Wash. 1963). “RCW 41.12.030 provides: “There is hereby created in every city, town or municipality except those referred to in RCW 41.”
City of Seattle v. City of Seattle, 230 P.3d 640 (Wash. Ct. App. 2010). “Any person so removed, suspended, demoted or discharged may within ten days from the time of his or her removal, suspension, demotion or discharge, file with the commission a written demand for an investigation, whereupon the commission shall conduct such investigation.”
City of Seattle Police Dep't v. City of Seattle Pub. Saf. Civil Serv. Comm'n, 155 Wash. App. 878 (Wash. Ct. App. 2010). “090 (“No person, in the classified civil service who shall have been permanently appointed or inducted into civil service under provisions of this chapter, shall be removed, suspended, demoted or discharged except for cause____ Any person so removed, suspended, demoted or…”
Hsieh v. Civil Serv. Comm'n of Seattle, 488 P.2d 515 (Wash. 1971). · cites it 2× “070); and police civil service commissioners (RCW 41.12.030); and civil service sheriff's personnel (RCW 41.”
Seattle Police Officers' Guild v. City of Seattle, 89 P.3d 287 (Wash. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “RCW 41.12.030. RCW 41.12.030. Reynolds, 62 Wn.”
Samuels v. City of Lake Stevens, 749 P.2d 187 (Wash. Ct. App. 1988). “Samuels also contends that because 6 months passed following his hiring date, he became a regular employee entitled to civil service protections, including a hearing on the merits of his separation from service and the voluntariness of his resignation.”
Jeremy Vahle, An Individual v. City Of Lakewood, A Mun. Corp. (Wash. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 3× “To properly administer the civil service system, RCW 41.12.030 provides for the appointment of a civil service commission.”
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