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Wash. Rev. Code § 43.43.7532 (2026)

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The state DNA database account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. The account shall consist of funds appropriated by the legislature for operation and maintenance of the DNA database and all receipts under RCW 43.43.7541. Expenditures from the account may be used only for creation, operation, and maintenance of the DNA database under RCW 43.43.754. Only the chief of the Washington state patrol or the chief's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.
[ 2023 c 449 s 3; 2002 c 289 s 5.]

Notes:

Effective date—2023 c 449: See note following RCW 13.40.058.
Severability—Effective date—2002 c 289: See notes following RCW 43.43.753.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases, 2009–2016 · leading case: State Of Washington v. Michael Christopher Shelton, 378 P.3d 230 (Wash. Ct. App. 2016).
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State Of Washington v. Michael Christopher Shelton, 378 P.3d 230 (Wash. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 3× “The clerk of the court shall transmit eighty percent of the fee collected to the state treasurer for deposit in the state DNA database account created under RCW 43.43.7532, and shall transmit twenty percent of the fee collected to the agency responsible for collection of a…”
State Of Washington v. Tommie Lewis, 379 P.3d 129 (Wash. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “The clerk of the court shall transmit eighty percent of the fee collected to the state treasurer for deposit in the state DNA database account created under RCW 43.43.7532, and shall transmit twenty percent of the fee collected to the agency responsible for collection of a…”
State v. Brewster, 218 P.3d 249 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009). “7541 ("The clerk of the court shall transmit eighty percent of the fee collected to the state treasurer for deposit in the state DNA database account created under RCW 43.43.7532, and shall transmit twenty percent of the fee collected to the agency responsible for collection of…”
State v. Brewster, 152 Wash. App. 856 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009). “7541 (“The clerk of the court shall transmit eighty percent of the fee collected to the state treasurer for deposit in the state DNA database account created under RCW 43.43.7532, and shall transmit twenty percent of the fee collected to the agency responsible for collection of…”
State v. Thornton, 353 P.3d 642 (Wash. Ct. App. 2015). “The clerk of the court shall transmit eighty percent of the fee collected to the state treasurer for deposit in the state DNA database account created under RCW 43.43.7532, and shall transmit twenty percent of the fee collected to the agency responsible for collection of a…”
State Of Washington v. Leo Bunker III (Wash. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 3× “The clerk of the court shall transmit eighty percent of the fee collected to the state treasurer for deposit in the state DNA database account created under RCW 43.43.7532, and shall 2 No. 47614-2-II transmit twenty percent of the fee collected to the agency responsible for…”
State Of Washington v. Kenneth Maurice Sutton, Jr. (Wash. Ct. App. 2016). “The clerk of the court shall transmit eighty percent of the fee collected to the state treasurer for deposit in the state DNA database account created under RCW 43.43.7532, and shall transmit twenty percent of the fee collected to the agency responsible for collection of a…”
State Of Washington v. Clinton Laverne King (Wash. Ct. App. 2016). “The collection of DNA fees from all defendants – even repeat offenders who already have provided their DNA—is rationally related to the legislature’s interest in funding the operation and maintenance of the DNA database.”
State of Washington v. Cynthia Faye Thornton (Wash. Ct. App. 2015). “The clerk of the court shall transmit eighty percent of the fee collected to the state treasurer for deposit in the state DNA database account created under RCW 43.43.7532, and shall transmit twenty percent of the fee collected to the agency responsible for collection of a…”
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