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Wash. Rev. Code § 42.30.090 (2026)

Adjournments

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The governing body of a public agency may adjourn any regular, adjourned regular, special, or adjourned special meeting to a time and place specified in the order of adjournment. Less than a quorum may so adjourn from time to time. If all members are absent from any regular or adjourned regular meeting the clerk or secretary of the governing body may declare the meeting adjourned to a stated time and place. He or she shall cause a written notice of the adjournment to be given in the same manner as provided in RCW 42.30.080 for special meetings, unless such notice is waived as provided for special meetings. Except in the case of remote meetings without a physical location as provided for in this chapter, whenever any meeting is adjourned a copy of the order or notice of adjournment shall be conspicuously posted immediately after the time of the adjournment on or near the door of the place where the regular, adjourned regular, special, or adjourned special meeting was held. When a regular or adjourned regular meeting is adjourned as provided in this section, the resulting adjourned regular meeting is a regular meeting for all purposes. When an order of adjournment of any meeting fails to state the hour at which the adjourned meeting is to be held, it shall be held at the hour specified for regular meetings by ordinance, resolution, bylaw, or other rule.
[ 2022 c 115 s 11; 2012 c 117 s 125; 1971 ex.s. c 250 s 9.]

Notes:

Effective date—2022 c 115 ss 5-11: See note following RCW 42.30.230.
Findings—Intent—2022 c 115: See note following RCW 42.30.230.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1981–2013 · leading case: Henry v. Town of Oakville, 633 P.2d 892 (Wash. Ct. App. 1981).
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Henry v. Town of Oakville, 633 P.2d 892 (Wash. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 3× “2 The trial court specifically rejected proposed findings of fact intended to reflect that proper notices of adjourned meetings had been posted pursuant to RCW 42.30.090 and that proper notices had been posted after passage of the basic ordinances pursuant to RCW 35.”
Estey v. Dempsey, 707 P.2d 1338 (Wash. 1985). · cites it 2× “Also, I find that once the viable and legal option of convening the meeting in the Administration Building and then adjourning to the auditorium was presented, RCW 42.30.090, failure to do so amounted to a prima facie showing of wrongful conduct and a willful failure to perform…”
Kanahele v. Maui Cnty. Council., 307 P.3d 1174 (Haw. 2013). “§ 1-229 (West, Westlaw through 1975 Act 342), § 1-228 (West, Westlaw through 1975 Act 342) (notice of continued meeting must be conspicuously posted on or near the door of the place where the meeting was held, within twenty-four hours); Wash. Rev.Code § 42.30.090 (West, Westlaw…”
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