Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 42.24.100 (2025)

Municipal corporations and political subdivisions—Certificates need not be sworn—Penalty for false claim

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The certificates required by RCW 42.24.080 through 42.24.110 need not be sworn, but any person certifying a claim or making a claim knowing the same to be false or untrue shall be guilty of perjury in the second degree.
[ 1965 c 116 s 3.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1972–1975 · leading case: State v. Mundy, 502 P.2d 1226 (Wash. Ct. App. 1972).
State v. Mundy, 502 P.2d 1226 (Wash. Ct. App. 1972). · cites it 5× “090 and RCW 42.24.100. The pertinent part of RCW 42.”
State v. Lewis, 539 P.2d 677 (Wash. 1975). · cites it 2× “) The fact that respondent did not follow this procedure compels the conclusion that he took nothing that can be legally construed as an oath.”
State v. Lewis, 529 P.2d 835 (Wash. Ct. App. 1974). “It could have dispensed entirely with the requirement of swearing, as it did in RCW 42.24.100, a reimbursement for expenses statute.”
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