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Wash. Rev. Code § 43.10.010 (2026)

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No person shall be eligible to be attorney general unless he or she is a qualified practitioner of the supreme court of this state.
Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, any person elected or appointed attorney general shall take, subscribe, and file the oath of office as required by law; take, subscribe, and file with the secretary of state an oath to comply with the provisions of RCW 43.10.115; and execute and file with the secretary of state, a bond to the state, in the sum of five thousand dollars, with sureties to be approved by the governor, conditioned for the faithful performance of his or her duties and the paying over of all moneys, as provided by law.
[ 2009 c 549 s 5046; 1973 c 43 s 1; 1965 c 8 s 43.10.010. Prior: 1929 c 92 s 1, part; RRS s 11030, part; prior: 1921 c 119 s 1; 1888 p 7 s 4.]

Notes:

Severability—1973 c 43: "If any provision of this 1973 amendatory act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1973 c 43 s 6.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1977–2011 · leading case: Gerberding v. Munro, 134 Wash. 2d 188 (Wash. 1998).
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Gerberding v. Munro, 134 Wash. 2d 188 (Wash. 1998). · cites it 3× “RCW 43.10.010 requires the attorney general to be a qualified practitioner before the supreme court of this state.”
Gerberding v. Munro, 949 P.2d 1366 (Wash. 1998). · cites it 3× “RCW 43.10.010 requires the attorney general to be a qualified practitioner of the supreme court of this state.”
McKee v. Dep't of Corr., 160 Wash. App. 437 (Wash. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 5× “010 ¶11 McKee argues that the blanket bond the Attorney General’s Office provides does not strictly or substantially comply with RCW 43.10.010’s bonding requirements. The legislature implemented the bonding requirement for the state Attorney General in 1888 when the Attorney…”
Mckee v. Washington State Dep't of Corr., 248 P.3d 115 (Wash. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 7× “¶ 7 On December 31, McKee unsuccessfully moved to disqualify the Attorney General's office from representing DOC, claiming that the Attorney General was improperly bonded under former RCW 43.10.010 (1973). [3] Both parties then moved for summary judgment.”
Kraft v. Harris, 568 P.2d 828 (Wash. Ct. App. 1977). “RCW 43.10.010. Admission by the Supreme Court to practice law in all courts of this state establishes the professional qualifications of Kraft to hold office.”
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