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Wash. Rev. Code § 72.01.090 (2026)

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The department is authorized to make its own rules for the proper execution of its powers. It shall also have the power to adopt rules and regulations for the government of the public institutions placed under its control, and shall therein prescribe, in a manner consistent with the provisions of this title, the duties of the persons connected with the management of such public institutions.
[ 1959 c 28 s 72.01.090. Prior: 1907 c 166 s 7; 1901 c 119 s 9; RRS s 10905. Formerly RCW 72.04.060.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1999–2025 · leading case: State v. Brown, 142 Wash. 2d 57 (Wash. 2000).
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State v. Brown, 142 Wash. 2d 57 (Wash. 2000). · cites it 7× “” When you look at the serious infractions, they were passed under RCW 72.01.090 which is a different section .”
State v. Brown, 11 P.3d 818 (Wash. 2000). · cites it 7× “" When you look at the serious infractions, they were passed under RCW 72.01.090 which is a different section.”
In re the Pers. Restraint of Leland, 61 P.3d 357 (Wash. Ct. App. 2003). “See WAC 137-28-150; see also RCW 72.01.090 (department authorized to make its own rules for the proper execution of its powers and shall have the power to adopt rules and regulations).”
State v. Brown, 977 P.2d 1242 (Wash. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “070, the DOC had for many years defined serious infractions in its disciplinary code, WAC 137-28, adopted under the general powers granted to DOC in RCW 72.01.090. After the adoption of RCW 9.”
In Re Leland, 61 P.3d 357 (Wash. Ct. App. 2003). “See WAC 137-28-150; see also RCW 72.01.090 (department authorized to make its own rules for the proper execution of its powers and shall have the power to adopt rules and regulations).”
State v. Simmons, 117 Wash. App. 682 (Wash. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “Instead, DOC continued to administer its disciplinary code, chapter 137-28 WAC, including its serious infraction rules, under its general grant of powers, RCW 72.01.090. Brown II, 142 Wn.2d at 61 .”
State v. Simmons, 73 P.3d 380 (Wash. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “Instead, DOC continued to administer its disciplinary code, chapter 137-28 WAC, including its serious infraction rules, under its general grant of powers, RCW 72.01.090. Brown II, 142 Wash.2d at 61 , 11 P.”
In the Matter of the Pers. Restraint of: Damien Arthur Wilson (Wash. Ct. App. 2021). “130, which explicitly contemplates that DOC will make available education and work programs for inmates, requires DOC-operated state correctional facilities to adopt a system that uses an inmate’s receipt or denial of earned early release days and other privileges to the…”
Pers. Restraint Petition Of Lonnie L. Burton (Wash. Ct. App. 2023). “” RCW 72.01.090; see RCW 72.01.010 (including DOC under this section).”
Pers. Restraint Petition Of: Joseph A Campbell (Wash. Ct. App. 2024). “RCW 72.01.090. The Secretary of Corrections is authorized to promulgate standards for the DOC.”
State Of Washington V. Steven Champeau (Wash. Ct. App. 2025). “050(2) and RCW 72.01.090 grants the DOC exclusive authority to determine visitation eligibility and conditions, emphasizing the executive agency’s autonomy in administering correctional facilities.”
Pers. Restraint Petition Of Kevin Scott Griffith Sr. & Kevin Scott Griffith Jr. (Wash. Ct. App. 2025). “The secretary of the Department has “full power to manage, govern, and name all state correctional facilities, subject only to the limitations contained in laws relating to the management of such institutions.” RCW 72.”
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