Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 42.52.110 (2026)

Compensation for official duties or nonperformance

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No state officer or state employee may, directly or indirectly, ask for or give or receive or agree to receive any compensation, gift, reward, or gratuity from a source for performing or omitting or deferring the performance of any official duty, unless otherwise authorized by law except: (1) The state of Washington; or (2) in the case of officers or employees of institutions of higher education, a governmental entity, an agency or instrumentality of a governmental entity, or a nonprofit corporation organized for the benefit and support of the state employee's agency or other state agencies pursuant to an agreement with the state employee's agency.
[ 2025 c 377 s 7; 1996 c 213 s 5; 1994 c 154 s 111.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2003–2015 · leading case: In re the Recall of Feetham, 72 P.3d 741 (Wash. 2003).
In re the Recall of Feetham, 72 P.3d 741 (Wash. 2003). “Feetham also alleges violation of several RCWs, including those that prohibit private compensation for performance of official duties of a state officer (RCW 42.52.110), conflicts of interest with public duties (RCW 42.”
Hyde v. Univ. of Washington Med. Ctr., 347 P.3d 918 (Wash. Ct. App. 2015). “See RCW 42.52.110 (preventing receipt of additional compensation for performance of official duties except by the State, or “an agency or instrumentality of a governmental entity, or a nonprofit corporation organized for the benefit and *934 support of the state employee’s…”
In Re Recall Charges Against Feetham, 72 P.3d 741 (Wash. 2003). “Feetham also alleges violation of several RCWs, including those that prohibit private compensation for performance of official duties of a state officer (RCW 42.52.110); conflicts of interest with public duties (RCW 42.”
Ass'n Of Univ. Physicians v. Steven W. Hyde & Sandra D. Brooke (Wash. Ct. App. 2015). “UWP contends that it is like UW's student association, Associated Students of the University of Washington (ASUW), which was recognized as an agency of the university in Good v. Associated Students of the University of Washington.”
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