Washington

Revised Code of Washington — Title 10, Criminal Procedure

554 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 10.31.060 — Arrest by telegraph or teletype
• § 10.31.100 — Arrest without warrant
• § 10.31.110 — Alternatives to arrest—Individuals with mental disorders or substance use disorders
• § 10.32.005 — Findings—Intent—Purpose—2024 c 207
• § 10.32.007 — Short title
• § 10.32.010 — Definitions
• § 10.32.020 — Certification—Tribes
• § 10.32.030 — Noncertified tribes—Detention—Notice
• § 10.32.040 — Noncertified tribes—Demand—Extradition
• § 10.32.042 — Tribal fugitive—Extradition—Standing—State court hearing
• § 10.32.050 — Tribal fugitive—Criminal prosecution pending
• § 10.32.060 — Noncertified tribes—Order of surrender
• § 10.32.070 — Noncertified tribes—Persons in custody
• § 10.32.080 — Noncertified tribes—Fugitive transport
• § 10.32.090 — Noncertified tribes—Judicial hearing
• § 10.32.100 — Certified tribes—Procedure for tribal warrants
• § 10.32.110 — Authority of the state or local jurisdictions
• § 10.32.115 — Authority of the state or local jurisdictions—Superior court of the county
• § 10.32.118 — Tribal warrants—Warrant issued
• § 10.32.120 — Tribal warrants—Other warrants
• § 10.32.130 — Tribal warrants—Criminally or civilly liable
• § 10.32.900 — Effective date—2024 c 207
• § 10.34.010 — Officer may arrest defendant in any county
• § 10.34.020 — Escape—Retaking prisoner—Authority
• § 10.34.030 — Escape—Retaking in foreign state—Extradition agents
• § 10.37.010 — Pleadings required in criminal proceedings
• § 10.37.015 — Charge by information or indictment—Exceptions
• § 10.37.040 — Indictment—Form
• § 10.37.050 — Indictment or information—Sufficiency
• § 10.37.052 — Indictment or information—Requisites
• § 10.37.054 — Indictment or information—Certainty
• § 10.37.056 — Indictment or information—Certain defects or imperfections deemed immaterial
• § 10.37.060 — Indictment or information—Separation into counts—Consolidation
• § 10.37.070 — Animals—Description of
• § 10.37.080 — Forgery—Description of instrument
• § 10.37.090 — Injury to person or intention concerning
• § 10.37.100 — Judgment, how pleaded
• § 10.37.110 — Larceny or embezzlement—Specification
• § 10.37.130 — Obscene literature—Description
• § 10.37.140 — Perjury—Subornation of perjury—Description of matter
• § 10.37.150 — Presumptions of law need not be stated
• § 10.37.160 — Statute—Exact words need not be used
• § 10.37.170 — Statute, private—Description
• § 10.37.190 — Words and phrases—How used
• § 10.40.050 — Entry and use of true name
• § 10.40.060 — Pleading to arraignment
• § 10.40.070 — Motion to set aside indictment
• § 10.40.075 — Motion to set aside indictment—Grounds not allowed, when
• § 10.40.090 — Sustaining motion—Effect of
• § 10.40.100 — Overruling motion—Pleading over
• § 10.40.110 — Demurrer to indictment or information
• § 10.40.120 — Sustaining demurrer—When final
• § 10.40.125 — Sustaining demurrer, etc.—When not final
• § 10.40.140 — Overruling demurrer—Pleading over
• § 10.40.170 — Plea of guilty
• § 10.40.180 — Plea of not guilty
• § 10.40.190 — Refusal to answer
• § 10.40.200 — Deportation of aliens upon conviction—Advisement—Legislative intent
• § 10.43.020 — Offense embraces lower degree and included offenses
• § 10.43.030 — Conviction or acquittal in other county
• § 10.43.040 — Foreign conviction or acquittal
• § 10.43.050 — Acquittal, when a bar
• § 10.46.020 — Trial docket
• § 10.46.060 — True name inserted in proceedings
• § 10.46.070 — Conduct of trial—Generally
• § 10.46.080 — Continuances
• § 10.46.085 — Continuances not permitted in certain cases
• § 10.46.110 — Discharging defendant to give evidence
• § 10.46.190 — Liability of convicted person for costs—Jury fee
• § 10.46.200 — Costs allowed to acquitted or discharged defendant
• § 10.46.210 — Taxation of costs on acquittal or discharge—Generally—Frivolous complaints
• § 10.46.220 — Cost bills in felony cases—Certification
• § 10.46.230 — Cost bills in felony cases—Payment
• § 10.52.040 — Compelling witness to attend and testify—Accused as witness
• § 10.52.060 — Confrontation of witnesses
• § 10.52.090 — Incriminating testimony not to be used
• § 10.52.110 — Courthouse facility dog program
• § 10.55.010 — Definitions
• § 10.55.020 — Summoning witness in this state to testify in another state
• § 10.55.060 — Witness from another state summoned to testify in this state
• § 10.55.100 — Exemption of witness from arrest and service of process
• § 10.55.110 — Uniformity of interpretation
• § 10.55.120 — Short title
• § 10.56.010 — Intent
• § 10.56.040 — Local protocols for the use of informants
• § 10.56.050 — Jury instruction for informant testimony
• § 10.58.010 — Rules—Generally
• § 10.58.020 — Presumption of innocence—Conviction of lowest degree, when
• § 10.58.030 — Confession as evidence
• § 10.58.035 — Statement of defendant—Admissibility
• § 10.58.038 — Polygraph examinations—Victims of alleged sex offenses
• § 10.58.040 — Intent to defraud
• § 10.58.060 — Ownership—Proof of
• § 10.58.080 — View of place of crime permissible
• § 10.61.003 — Degree offenses—Inferior degree—Attempt
• § 10.61.006 — Other cases—Included offenses
• § 10.61.010 — Conviction of lesser crime
• § 10.61.035 — Conviction or acquittal—Several defendants
• § 10.61.060 — Reconsideration of verdict
• § 10.64.015 — Judgment to include costs—Exception
• § 10.64.025 — Detention of defendant
• § 10.64.027 — Conditions of release
• § 10.64.060 — Form of sentence to penitentiary
• § 10.64.070 — Recognizance to maintain good behavior or keep the peace
• § 10.64.075 — Breach of recognizance conditions
• § 10.64.080 — Judgments a lien on realty
• § 10.64.100 — Final record—What to contain
• § 10.64.110 — Fingerprint of defendant in felony convictions
• § 10.64.120 — Referral assessments—Probation department oversight committee
• § 10.64.140 — Loss of voting rights—Acknowledgment
• § 10.66.005 — Findings
• § 10.66.010 — Definitions
• § 10.66.020 — When order may be issued
• § 10.66.030 — Hearing—Summons
• § 10.66.040 — Ex parte temporary order—Hearing—Notice
• § 10.66.050 — Additional relief—PADT area
• § 10.66.060 — Bond or security
• § 10.66.070 — Appearance of party
• § 10.66.080 — Notice of order to law enforcement agency
• § 10.66.090 — Penalties
• § 10.66.100 — Additional penalties
• § 10.66.110 — Jurisdiction
• § 10.66.120 — Venue
• § 10.66.130 — Modification of order—Notice to law enforcement agency
• § 10.70.010 — Commitment until fine and costs are paid
• § 10.70.020 — Mittimus upon sentence to imprisonment
• § 10.73.010 — Appeal by defendant
• § 10.73.040 — Bail pending appeal
• § 10.73.090 — Collateral attack—One year time limit
• § 10.73.100 — Collateral attack—When one year limit not applicable
• § 10.73.110 — Collateral attack—One year time limit—Duty of court to advise defendant
• § 10.73.120 — Collateral attack—One year time limit—Duty of department of corrections to advise
• § 10.73.130 — Collateral attack—One year time limit—Applicability
• § 10.73.140 — Collateral attack—Subsequent petitions
• § 10.73.150 — Right to counsel
• § 10.73.160 — Court fees and costs
• § 10.73.170 — DNA testing requests
• § 10.77.010 — Definitions
• § 10.77.103 — Rights of person under this chapter
• § 10.77.106 — Eligible for commitment regardless of cause
• § 10.77.109 — Medication—When substitution permitted
• § 10.77.113 — Findings—Developmental disabilities
• § 10.77.116 — Records and reports accompany defendant upon transfer
• § 10.77.119 — Right to adequate care and treatment—Records and reports
• § 10.77.123 — Appellate review
• § 10.77.126 — Existing rights not affected
• § 10.77.129 — Responsibility for costs—Reimbursement
• § 10.77.133 — Capital grants
• § 10.77.136 — Violent act—Presumptions
• § 10.77.139 — Independent public safety review panel—Members—Secretary to submit recommendation—Access to records—Support, rules—Report
• § 10.77.143 — Data collection
• § 10.77.146 — Office of forensic mental health services
• § 10.77.149 — Immunity from liability—Detaining a person for medical clearance or treatment
• § 10.77.215 — Authorization to leave facility where person is confined prohibited—Exceptions—Approval by secretary—Notification to county or city law enforcement agency
• § 10.77.225 — Furlough—Notice—Temporary restraining order
• § 10.77.315 — Escape or disappearance—Notification requirements
• § 10.77.325 — Sexual or violent offenders—Notice of release, escape, etc.—Definitions
• § 10.77.335 — Persons acquitted of sex offense due to insanity—Release of information authorized
• § 10.77.400 — Plea of not guilty due to insanity—Doubt as to competency—Evaluation—Bail—Report—Competency to stand trial status check
• § 10.77.405 — Mental condition evaluations—Reports and recommendations required—Discharge of defendant when determined competent to stand trial
• § 10.77.410 — Examination rights of defendant's expert or professional person
• § 10.77.415 — Experts or professional persons as witnesses
• § 10.77.500 — Maximum term of commitment or treatment
• § 10.77.505 — Establishing insanity as a defense
• § 10.77.510 — Instructions to jury on special verdict
• § 10.77.515 — Motion for acquittal on grounds of insanity—Hearing—Findings
• § 10.77.520 — Placement—Secure facility—Treatment and rights—Custody—Reports
• § 10.77.525 — Antipsychotic medication, administration
• § 10.77.530 — Acquittal of crime
• § 10.77.535 — Care and treatment of committed person—Hearings—Release
• § 10.77.540 — Treatment and training—Persons with developmental disabilities
• § 10.77.545 — Periodic examinations—Persons with developmental disability—Reports—Notice to court
• § 10.77.550 — Conditional release—Application—Secretary's recommendation—Order—Procedure
• § 10.77.555 — Conditional release—Application—County of origin
• § 10.77.560 — Conditional release, furlough—Secretary's recommendation
• § 10.77.565 — Conditional release—Reports
• § 10.77.570 — Payments to conditionally released persons
• § 10.77.575 — Conditional release—Planning—Less restrictive alternative treatment
• § 10.77.580 — Conditional release—Periodic review of case
• § 10.77.585 — Conditional release—Revocation or modification of terms—Procedure
• § 10.77.590 — Conditional release—Court approval—Compliance—Secretary to coordinate with designated treatment providers, department of corrections staff, and local law enforcement—Rules
• § 10.77.595 — Release—Procedure
• § 10.77.597 — Incarceration in correctional institution or facility prohibited—Exceptions
• § 10.77.600 — Mental incapacity as bar to proceedings
• § 10.77.605 — Competency to stand trial, admissions for inpatient competency restoration services—Performance targets and maximum time limits—Duties of the department—Report—New entitlement or cause of action not created—No basis for contempt or motion to dismiss
• § 10.77.610 — Forensic navigator program—Forensic navigator duties—Diversion program
• § 10.77.615 — Competency evaluation—Forensic navigator
• § 10.77.620 — Competency evaluation or competency restoration treatment—Court order
• § 10.77.625 — Competency evaluation or restoration services—Offer of admission—City or county jail to transport defendant
• § 10.77.630 — Competency to stand trial—Continuation of competency process, dismissal of charges—Exceptions
• § 10.77.635 — Stay of proceedings—Treatment—Restoration of competency—Commitment—Other procedures
• § 10.77.640 — Evaluation and determination of individual with developmental disability—Program placement—Admissions, limitation
• § 10.77.645 — Competency restoration—Procedure in felony charge
• § 10.77.650 — Competency restoration—Procedure in nonfelony charge
• § 10.77.655 — Program placement—Outpatient—Prescriber access
• § 10.77.660 — Competency restoration—Report to the governor and legislature
• § 10.77.665 — Involuntary medication—Serious offenses
• § 10.77.670 — Involuntary medication—Civil commitment
• § 10.77.675 — Individuals not competent to stand trial and not restorable
• § 10.77.680 — Clinical intervention specialists