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Wash. Rev. Code § 7.16.060 (2026)

Writ, to whom directed

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The writ may be directed to the inferior tribunal, board or officer, or to any other person having the custody of the record or proceedings to be certified. When directed to a tribunal the clerk, if there be one, must return the writ with the transcript required.
[ 1895 c 65 s 6; RRS s 1004.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1973–2012 · leading case: Grays Harbor Cnty. v. Williamson, 634 P.2d 296 (Wash. 1981).
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Grays Harbor Cnty. v. Williamson, 634 P.2d 296 (Wash. 1981). · cites it 2× “Since the action did not involve an inferior tribunal, board or officer; may not have involved the exercise of a judicial function; and was subject to a meaningful review, the trial court lacked jurisdiction to grant certiorari under RCW 7.16.040. Having declared that it was…”
Andrus v. Cnty. of Snohomish, 507 P.2d 898 (Wash. Ct. App. 1973). · cites it 3× “It must be directed under the provisions of RCW 7.16.060: The writ may be directed to the inferior tribunal, board or officer, or to any other person having the custody of the record or proceedings to be certified.”
Nolan v. Snohomish Cnty., 802 P.2d 792 (Wash. Ct. App. 1990). “RCW 7.16.060 provides in part: The writ may be directed to the inferior tribunal, board or officer, or to any other person having the custody of the record or proceedings to be certified.”
Dress v. Dep't of Corr., 279 P.3d 875 (Wash. Ct. App. 2012). “” 49 Under RCW 7.16.060 and 7.16.070, a party seeking a writ of mandamus must show “(1) the party subject to the writ has a clear [ministerial] duty to act; (2) the petitioner has no plain, speedy, and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law; and (3) the petitioner is…”
Grader v. City of Lynnwood, 728 P.2d 1057 (Wash. Ct. App. 1986). “Pursuant to RCW 7.16.060, the superior court reviews only the administrative record below and takes no new evidence.”
Culpepper v. Snohomish Cnty. Dep't of Plan., 796 P.2d 1285 (Wash. Ct. App. 1990). “3 Furthermore, directing the writ to CDD was proper since RCW 7.16.060 allows the writ to be directed to the "inferior tribunal, board or officer" having custody of the record to be certified.”
Petroni v. Bd. of Directors of Deer Park Sch. Dist. No. 414, 113 P.3d 10 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005). “RCW 7.16.060. Under the writ procedure, an applicant must first make the initial showing that the lower tribunal or court acted without jurisdiction or authority, or rendered a decision that was arbitrary or capricious.”
Hilltop Terrace Homeowner's Ass'n v. Island Cnty., 863 P.2d 604 (Wash. Ct. App. 1993). “The BOCC did not independently determine the applicability of these doctrines. It voted 2 to 1 to approve the new proposal.”
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