Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 10 Criminal Procedure - Chapter 10.16 Preliminary Hearings

• 10.16.080 Discharge of defendant -- Frivolous complaints
  If it should appear upon the whole examination that no offense has been committed, or that there is not probable cause for charging the defendant ...
• 10.16.100 Abstract of costs forwarded with transcript
  In all cases where any magistrate shall order a defendant to recognize for his or her appearance before a district or superior court, the magistrate ...
• 10.16.110 Statement of prosecuting attorney if no information filed -- Court action
  It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney of the proper county to inquire into and make full examination of all the facts and ...
• 10.16.145 Witnesses -- Recognizances with sureties
  If the magistrate shall be satisfied that there is good cause to believe that any such witness will not perform the condition of his recognizance ...
• 10.16.150 Recognizances for minors
  When any minor is a material witness, any other person may be allowed to recognize for the appearance of such witness, or the magistrate may, ...
• 10.16.160 Witnesses -- Failure to furnish recognizance -- Commitment -- Deposition -- Discharge
  All witnesses required to recognize with or without sureties shall, if they refuse, be committed to the county jail by the magistrate, there to remain ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009