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Wash. Rev. Code § 9.96.010 (2025)

Restoration of civil rights

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Whenever the governor shall grant a pardon to a person convicted of an infamous crime, or whenever the maximum term of imprisonment for which any such person was committed is about to expire or has expired, and such person has not otherwise had his or her civil rights restored, the governor shall have the power, in his or her discretion, to restore to such person his or her civil rights in the manner as in this chapter provided.
[ 2011 c 336 s 342; 1961 c 187 s 2; 1931 c 19 s 1; 1929 c 26 s 2; RRS s 10250.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1985–2020 · leading case: State v. Swanson, 116 Wash. App. 67 (Wash. Ct. App. 2003).
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State v. Swanson, 116 Wash. App. 67 (Wash. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 3× “Other relevant statutes (1) RCW 9.96.010. This statute confers, upon the state governor, the power to restore the civil rights of an imprisoned individual whose term “is about to expire or has expired, and.”
Madison v. State, 163 P.3d 757 (Wash. 2007). “RCW 9.96.010. Additionally, felons may also seek to restore their civil rights through the issuance of a certificate of discharge.”
Madison v. State, 161 Wash. 2d 85 (2007). “RCW 9.96.010. Additionally, felons may also seek to restore their civil rights through the issuance of a certificate of discharge.”
In re the Disciplinary Proceeding Against Walgren, 708 P.2d 380 (Wash. 1985). · cites it 2× “RCW 9.96.010. A person on parole does not have the full panoply of rights.”
State v. Haggard, 461 P.3d 1159 (Wash. 2020). “See RCW 9.96.010. The requirements for dismissal versus vacation are also distinct.”
State v. Swanson, 65 P.3d 343 (Wash. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 3× “Other relevant statutes (1) RCW 9.96.010. This statute confers, upon the state governor, the power to restore the civil rights of an imprisoned individual whose term "is about to expire or has expired, and .”
State v. R.P.H., 265 P.3d 890 (Wash. 2011). “RCW 9.96.010; RCW 9.41.040(3); 2002 Op. Att’y Gen.”
United States v. Lloyd Leroy Loucks, 149 F.3d 1048 (9th Cir. 1998). “Wash. Rev.Code Ann. § 9.96.010 (1998). Beginning July 23, 1995, an offender could also petition the court for remission of all or part of the court fees and costs portion of an LFO based upon “manifest hardship.”
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