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Wash. Rev. Code § 42.23.050 (2026)

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Any contract made in violation of the provisions of this chapter is void and the performance thereof, in full or in part, by a contracting party shall not be the basis of any claim against the municipality. Any officer violating the provisions of this chapter is liable to the municipality of which he or she is an officer for a penalty in the amount of five hundred dollars, in addition to such other civil or criminal liability or penalty as may otherwise be imposed upon the officer by law.
In addition to all other penalties, civil or criminal, the violation by any officer of the provisions of this chapter may be grounds for forfeiture of his or her office.
[ 1999 c 261 s 4; 1961 c 268 s 6.]

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Findings—Intent—1999 c 261: See note following RCW 42.23.030.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1996–2023 · leading case: Citizens for Des Moines, Inc. v. Petersen, 106 P.3d 290 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005).
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Citizens for Des Moines, Inc. v. Petersen, 106 P.3d 290 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005). “RCW 42.23.050. The Code of Ethics defines "contract" to be "any contract, sale, lease or purchase".”
Citizens for Des Moines, Inc. v. Petersen, 125 Wash. App. 760 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005). “RCW 42.23.050. ¶9 The Code of Ethics defines “contract” to be “any contract, sale, lease or purchase.”
Barry v. Johns, 920 P.2d 222 (Wash. Ct. App. 1996). “RCW 42.23.050. Barry contends Johns and Cordova were "beneficially interested” in the contract between Mountlake Terrace and the Neutral Zone within the meaning of RCW ch.”
Bainbridge Taxpayers Unite v. City of Bainbridge Island (W.D. Wash. 2023). · cites it 4× “030; and (3) a claim under the Washington Uniform Declaratory 9 Judgments Act for a violation of RCW 42.23.050, another provision of the Code of Ethics.”
City of Raymond v. Runyon, 967 P.2d 19 (Wash. Ct. App. 1998). “RCW 42.23.050; Laws of 1961, ch. 268, § 6.”
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