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Wash. Rev. Code § 9.95.115 (2026)

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The indeterminate sentence review board is hereby granted authority to parole any person sentenced to the custody of the department of corrections, under a mandatory life sentence for a crime committed before July 1, 1984, except those persons sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. No such person shall be granted parole unless the person has been continuously confined therein for a period of twenty consecutive years less earned good time: PROVIDED, That no such person shall be released under parole who is subject to civil commitment as a sexually violent predator under chapter 71.09 RCW.
[ 2001 2nd sp.s. c 12 s 332; 1989 c 259 s 3; 1951 c 238 s 1.]

Notes:

Intent—Severability—Effective dates—2001 2nd sp.s. c 12: See notes following RCW 71.09.250.
Application—2001 2nd sp.s. c 12 ss 301-363: See note following RCW 9.94A.030.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 28 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1957–2025 · leading case: In the Matter of Pers. Restraint of Powell, 814 P.2d 635 (Wash. 2004).
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In the Matter of Pers. Restraint of Powell, 814 P.2d 635 (Wash. 2004). · cites it 46× “The sentencing judge recommended a minimum term of 15 years and the prosecuting attorney recommended that parole eligibility be determined pursuant to former RCW 9.95.115. Robert Powell: Powell lived in a rooming house in Seattle with 21-year-old Dennis White.”
In Re the Pers. Restraint of Mayner, 730 P.2d 1321 (Wash. 1986). · cites it 43× “Mayner's personal restraint petition challenging RCW 9.95.115 because it found that RCW 9.”
State v. Martin, 614 P.2d 164 (Wash. 1980). · cites it 8× “040(3); RCW 9.95.115. The court was asked to so rule on the legal consequences of the guilty plea.”
State v. Curtiss, 250 P.3d 496 (Wash. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 5× “She asserts that the trial court did not have the statutory authority to impose a mandatory minimum sentence of 40 years but, rather, should have imposed a mandatory 20-year minimum sentence under RCW 9.95.115. We disagree. ¶ 68 Former RCW 9.”
State v. Curtiss, 161 Wash. App. 673 (Wash. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 5× “She asserts that the trial court did not have the statutory authority to impose a mandatory minimum sentence of 40 years but, rather, should have imposed a mandatory 20-year minimum sentence under RCW 9.95.115. We disagree. ¶68 Former RCW 9.”
Jansen v. Morris, 551 P.2d 743 (Wash. 1976). · cites it 8× “040 (2) and RCW 9.95.115 should begin to run concurrently from the beginning of his confinement and not consecutively with the corresponding court-imposed maximum sentences.”
Baker v. Morris, 529 P.2d 1091 (Wash. 1974). · cites it 10× “By being sentenced to life imprisonment, the petitioner was accordingly subject to a mandatory minimum term of 20 years, less earned good time, pursuant to RCW 9.95.115. Since the petitioner's confinement in the correctional institution, the duration of his confinement has been…”
In Re the Pers. Restraint of George, 579 P.2d 354 (Wash. 1978). · cites it 4× “RCW 9.95.115 provides a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years, less earned good time credit, for persons sentenced to life imprisonment.”
Pers. Restraint Petition Of Manuel Parejo, 428 P.3d 130 (Wash. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 16× “115 gives the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board (ISRB)the authority to parole sex offenders for crimes committed before July 1, 1984 but states "no such person shall be released under parole who is subject to civil commitment as a sexually violent predator under chapter 71.09…”
In re the Pers. Restraint of Yates, 321 P.3d 1195 (Wash. 2014). · cites it 2× “To be sure, this conclusion is based on some guesswork about which version of the illegal SRA sentence was really imposed and what the consequence of a pre-SRA indeterminate sentence would have been. The rules applicable to pre-SRA prisoners have changed over time.”
State v. Todd, 474 P.2d 542 (Wash. 1970). · cites it 2× “The board of prison terms and paroles is hereby granted authority to parole any person sentenced to the penitentiary or the reformatory, under a mandatory life sentence, who has been continuously confined therein for a period of twenty consecutive years less earned good time:…”
In re the Pers. Restraint of Marler, 108 Wash. App. 799 (Wash. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 3× “24 Under former RCW 9.95.115 (1951), inmates sentenced to indeterminate life sentences were not eligible for parole until they had served 20 years (minus good time credit), and had been certified as parolable by the prison superin *809 tendent.”
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