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Wash. Rev. Code § 41.14.250 (2026)

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When any city or town shall contract with the county sheriff's office to obtain law enforcement services to the city or town, any employee of the police department of such city or town who (1) was at the time such contract was entered into employed exclusively or principally in performing the powers, duties, and functions which are to be performed by the county sheriff's office under such contract (2) will, as a direct consequence of such contract, be separated from the employ of the city or town, and (3) meets the minimum standards and qualifications of the county sheriff's office, then such employee may transfer his or her employment to the county sheriff's office as provided for in RCW 41.14.260 and 41.14.270.
[ 2012 c 117 s 17; 1972 ex.s. c 48 s 1.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1988–2019 · leading case: Stone v. Chelan Cnty. Sheriff's Dep't, 756 P.2d 736 (Wash. 1988).
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Stone v. Chelan Cnty. Sheriff's Dep't, 756 P.2d 736 (Wash. 1988). · cites it 2× “) RCW 41.14.250. The plain language of these statutes indicates city law enforcement employees do not have an unconditional right to transfer their employment, but must first meet the County's minimum employment standards and qualifications.”
Stone v. Chelan Cnty. Sheriff's Dep't, 756 P.2d 736 (Wash. 1988). · cites it 2× “) RCW 41.14.250. The plain language of these statutes indicates city law enforcement employees do not have an unconditional right to transfer their employment, but must first meet the County's minimum employment standards and qualifications.”
Preston v. Boyer (W.D. Wash. 2019). · cites it 2× “) 14 (8) “The Snohomish Police Department services were to be contracted to the Sheriff’s 15 Office pursuant to RCW 41.14.250[.]” (Id. at 8.) 16 (9) “. .”
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