Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 71.05.335 (2026)

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In any proceeding under this chapter to modify a commitment order of a person committed to inpatient treatment under grounds set forth in RCW 71.05.280(3) or 71.05.320(4)(c) in which the requested relief includes treatment less restrictive than detention, the prosecuting attorney shall be entitled to intervene. The party initiating the motion to modify the commitment order shall serve the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the criminal charges against the committed person were dismissed with written notice and copies of the initiating papers.
[ 2018 c 201 s 3016; 1986 c 67 s 7.]

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FindingsIntentEffective date2018 c 201: See notes following RCW 41.05.018.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2018–2021 · leading case: In Re Det. Of: P.p., 431 P.3d 550 (Wash. Ct. App. 2018).
In Re Det. Of: P.p., 431 P.3d 550 (Wash. Ct. App. 2018). “330 (1998); former RCW 71.05.335 (1986); former RCW 71.05.340 (2015); RCW 10.”
In Re The Det. Of: M.l.h., Iv, 480 P.3d 518 (Wash. Ct. App. 2021). “RCW 71.05.335 provides that in order to modify a commitment order to require a less restrictive detention, then the prosecutor from the county where charges were dismissed must be notified and allowed to intervene in the proceeding.”
State Of Washington v. Akeem I. Slye (Wash. Ct. App. 2020). “340, or RCW 71.05.335.” CP at 387. The State also included another email from Dr.”
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