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Wash. Rev. Code § 73.16.020 (2026)

Failure to comply—Infraction

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All officials or other persons having power to appoint to or employment in the public service set forth in RCW 73.16.010, are charged with a faithful compliance with its terms, both in letter and in spirit, and a failure therein shall be a class 1 civil infraction.
[ 1987 c 456 s 30; 1895 c 84 s 2; RRS s 10754.]

Notes:

Legislative finding—1987 c 456: See RCW 7.80.005.
Effective date—1987 c 456 ss 9 through 31: See RCW 7.80.901.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1962–1962 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Bond v. State, 368 P.2d 676 (Wash. 1962).
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State Ex Rel. Bond v. State, 368 P.2d 676 (Wash. 1962). · cites it 2× “(2d) 315 ), although an official who failed to comply with the act "in letter and in spirit" was, and is, guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than five dollars and not more than twenty-five dollars (RCW 73.16.020). By Laws of 1951, chapter 29, p.”
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