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Wash. Rev. Code § 72.11.020 (2026)

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The secretary shall be custodian of all funds of a convicted person that are in his or her possession upon admission to a state institution, or that are sent or brought to the person, or earned by the person while in custody, or that are forwarded to the superintendent on behalf of a convicted person. All such funds shall be deposited in the personal account of the convicted person within the institutional resident deposit account as established by the office of financial management pursuant to RCW 43.88.195, and the secretary shall have authority to disburse money from such person's personal account for the purposes of satisfying a court-ordered legal financial obligation to the court. Legal financial obligation deductions shall be made as stated in RCW 72.09.111(1) and 72.65.050 without exception. Unless specifically granted authority herein, at no time shall the withdrawal of funds for the payment of a legal financial obligation result in reducing the inmate's account to an amount less than the defined level of indigency to be determined by the department.
Further, unless specifically altered herein, court-ordered legal financial obligations shall be paid.
[ 2002 c 126 s 1; 1989 c 252 s 23.]

Notes:

Purpose—Prospective application—Effective dates—Severability—1989 c 252: See notes following RCW 9.94A.030.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 20 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2001–2025 · leading case: Anderson v. State, Dept. of Corr., 154 P.3d 220 (Wash. 2007).
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Anderson v. State, Dept. of Corr., 154 P.3d 220 (Wash. 2007). · cites it 32× “Even so, a separate statute, RCW 72.11.020, grants the secretary of the Department the authority to take deductions from inmate accounts for payment toward LFOs, as long as the deduction does not reduce the account below the established level of indigency.”
Anderson v. Dep't of Corr., 159 Wash. 2d 849 (Wash. 2007). · cites it 32× “Even so, a separate statute, RCW 72.11.020, grants the secretary of the Department the authority to take deductions from inmate accounts for payment toward LFOs, as long as the deduction does not reduce the account below the established level of indigency.”
Dean v. Lehman, 18 P.3d 523 (Wash. 2001). “Additional deductions include: (1) legal financial obligations, RCW 72.11.020; (2) assessments for services or supplies provided by the DOC, RCW 72.”
Mitchell v. Washington State Inst. of Pub. Policy, 225 P.3d 280 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009). “RCW 72.11.020. Finally, “[w]hen an inmate .”
State v. Kuster, 306 P.3d 1022 (Wash. Ct. App. 2013). “RCW 72.11.020; RCW 72.09.111(1); former RCW 72.”
Willoughby v. Dep't of Labor & Indus., 147 Wash. 2d 725 (Wash. 2002). “020 provides in pertinent part: The secretary shall be custodian of all funds of a convicted person that are in his or her possession upon admission to a state institution, or that are sent or brought to the person, or earned by the person while in custody, or that are forwarded…”
State v. Crook, 146 Wash. App. 24 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008). “160(3); RCW 72.11.020; RCW 72.09.111(1); Mahone, 98 Wn.”
In Re Pierce, 268 P.3d 907 (Wash. 2011). “RCW 72.11.020. As custodian, "the secretary shall have authority to disburse money from [an inmate's] personal account for the purposes of satisfying a court-ordered legal financial obligation to the court.”
In re the Pers. Restraint of Pierce, 173 Wash. 2d 372 (Wash. 2011). “RCW 72.11.020. As custodian, “the secretary shall have authority to disburse money from [an inmate’s] personal account for the purposes of satisfying a court-ordered legal financial obligation to the court.”
State v. Crook, 189 P.3d 811 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “160(3); RCW 72.11.020; RCW 72.09.111(1); Mahone, 98 Wash.”
State v. Claypool, 45 P.3d 609 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002). “, RCW 72.11.020 (authorizing court ordered financial obligations to be paid from an inmate's personal account).”
In Re Martin, 118 P.3d 387 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 2× “DOC, as the custodian of inmate accounts, is further authorized to disburse money from such accounts "for the purposes of satisfying a court-ordered legal financial obligation to the court .”
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