Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 2 Courts Of Record - Chapter 2.04 Supreme Court

  • 2.04.010 Jurisdiction
    The supreme court shall have original jurisdiction in habeas corpus and quo warranto and mandamus as to all state officers, and appellate jurisdiction in all ...
  • 2.04.020 Court of record -- General powers
    The supreme court shall be a court of record, and shall be vested with all power and authority necessary to carry into complete execution all ...
  • 2.04.030 Supreme court and court of appeals -- When open
    The supreme court and the court of appeals shall always be open for the transaction of business except on Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays designated ...
  • 2.04.031 Court facilities
    If proper rooms in which to hold the court, and for the accommodation of the officers thereof, are not provided by the state, together with ...
  • 2.04.040 Effect of adjournments
    Adjournments from day to day, or from time to time, are to be construed as recesses in the sessions, and shall not prevent the court ...
  • 2.04.050 Style of process
    Its process shall run in the name of the "State of Washington," bear test in the name of the chief justice, be signed by the ...
  • 2.04.070 Number of judges
    The supreme court, from and after February 26, 1909, shall consist of nine judges.[1909 c 24 § 1; RRS § 11036. FORMER PARTS OF SECTION: ...
  • 2.04.071 Election -- Term of office
    At the next general election, and at each biennial general election thereafter, there shall be elected three justices of the supreme court, to hold for ...
  • 2.04.080 Oath of office
    The several justices of the supreme court, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation: "I ...
  • 2.04.092 Salary of justices
    The annual salary of justices of the supreme court shall be established by the Washington citizens' commission on salaries for elected officials. No salary warrant ...
  • 2.04.100 Vacancy, how filled
    If a vacancy occurs in the office of a justice of the supreme court, the governor shall appoint a person to hold the office until ...
  • 2.04.110 Justices, judges to wear gowns
    Each of the justices of the supreme court, judges of the court of appeals, and the judges of the superior courts shall in open court ...
  • 2.04.150 Apportionment of business -- En banc hearings
    The chief justice shall from time to time apportion the business to the departments, and may, in his discretion, before a decision is pronounced, order ...
  • 2.04.180 Rules of practice and forms of process in supreme court
    The supreme court may from time to time institute such rules of practice and prescribe such forms of process to be used in such court ...
  • 2.04.190 Rules of pleading, practice, and procedure generally
    The supreme court shall have the power to prescribe, from time to time, the forms of writs and all other process, the mode and manner ...
  • 2.04.200 Effect of rules upon statutes
    When and as the rules of courts herein authorized shall be promulgated all laws in conflict therewith shall be and become of no further force ...
  • 2.04.210 Supplementary superior court rules
    RCW 2.04.190 through 2.04.210 shall not be construed to deprive the superior courts of power to establish rules for their government supplementary to and not ...
  • 2.04.215 Adoption of rules for settlement conferences in civil cases
    By January 1, 1982, the supreme court shall adopt rules for settlement conferences in civil cases in such superior courts and the court of appeals ...
  • 2.04.220 Effect of supreme court judgments
    The judgments and decrees of the supreme court shall be final and conclusive upon all the parties properly before the court.[1890 p 323 § 8; ...
  • 2.04.230 Report to governor
    The judges of the supreme court shall, on or before the first day of January in each year, report in writing to the governor such ...
  • 2.04.240 Judge pro tempore -- Declaration of policy -- Appointment -- Oath of office
    (1) DECLARATION OF POLICY. Whenever necessary for the prompt and orderly administration of justice, as authorized and empowered by Article IV, section 2(a), Amendment 38, ...
  • 2.04.250 Judge pro tempore -- Remuneration
    (1) A judge of the court of appeals or of the superior court serving as a judge pro tempore of the supreme court as provided ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009