Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 36 Counties - Chapter 36.22 County Auditor

  • 36.22.010 Duties of auditor
    The county auditor: (1) Shall be recorder of deeds and other instruments in writing which by law are to be filed and recorded in and ...
  • 36.22.020 Publisher of legislative authority proceedings -- Custodian of commissioners' seal
    It shall be the duty of the county auditor of each county, within fifteen days after the adjournment of each regular session, to publish a ...
  • 36.22.030 May administer oaths
    Auditors and their deputies may administer oaths necessary in the performance of their duties and in all other cases where oaths are required by law ...
  • 36.22.040 Duty to audit claims against county
    The county auditor shall audit all claims, demands, and accounts against the county which by law are chargeable to the county, except such cost or ...
  • 36.22.050 Issuance of warrants -- Multiple warrants
    For claims allowed by the county commissioners, and also for cost bills and other lawful claims duly approved by the competent tribunal designated by law ...
  • 36.22.060 Record of warrants
    The auditor shall maintain a record of when a warrant is issued. The record shall include the warrant number, date, name of payee, amount, nature ...
  • 36.22.070 Original claims to be retained
    (1) The auditor shall also retain all original bills and indorse thereon claimant's name, nature of claim, the action had, and if a warrant was ...
  • 36.22.080 Claims of auditor
    All claims of the county auditor against the county for services shall be audited and allowed by the board of county commissioners as other claims ...
  • 36.22.090 Warrants of political subdivisions
    All warrants for the payment of claims against diking, ditch, drainage and irrigation districts and school districts of the second class, who do not issue ...
  • 36.22.100 Cancellation of unclaimed warrants
    Registered or interest bearing county warrants not presented within one year of the date of their call, and all other county warrants not presented within ...
  • 36.22.110 Auditor cannot act as attorney or lobbyist
    The person holding the office of county auditor, or deputy, or performing its duties, shall not practice as an attorney or represent any person who ...
  • 36.22.120 Temporary clerk may be appointed
    In case the auditor is unable to attend to the duties of his office during any session of the board of county commissioners, and has ...
  • 36.22.140 Auditor or charter county financial officer -- Ex officio deputy state auditor
    Each county auditor or financial officer designated in a charter county shall be ex officio deputy of the state auditor for the purpose of accounting ...
  • 36.22.150 Duty of retiring auditor or his representative in case of death
    Each auditor, on retiring from office, shall deliver to his successor the seal of office and all the books, records, and instruments of writing belonging ...
  • 36.22.160 Copying, preserving, and indexing documents
    Each county auditor is hereby authorized to provide for the installation and thereafter for the maintenance of an improved system for copying, preserving, and indexing ...
  • 36.22.170 Surcharge for preservation of historical documents -- Distribution of revenue to county and state treasurer -- Creation of account
    (1)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, a surcharge of five dollars per instrument shall be charged by the county auditor for each ...
  • 36.22.175 Surcharge for local government archives and records management -- Records management training -- Eastern Washington regional facility
    (1)(a) In addition to any other charge authorized by law, the county auditor shall charge a surcharge of one dollar per instrument for each document ...
  • 36.22.178 Affordable housing for all surcharge -- Permissible uses
    The surcharge provided for in this section shall be named the affordable housing for all surcharge. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this ...
  • 36.22.179 Surcharge for local homeless housing and assistance -- Use
    (1) In addition to the surcharge authorized in RCW 36.22.178, and except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, an additional surcharge of ten ...
  • 36.22.1791 Additional surcharge for local homeless housing and assistance -- Use
    (1) In addition to the surcharges authorized in RCW 36.22.178 and 36.22.179, and except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the county auditor ...
  • 36.22.181 Surcharge for prosecution of mortgage lending fraud -- Transmittal to state treasurer
    (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a surcharge of one dollar shall be charged by the county auditor at the time ...
  • 36.22.190 Distribution of funds
    After deduction of those costs of the state treasurer that are described under *RCW 36.22.180, the balance of the funds will be distributed to the ...
  • 36.22.200 Action for change of name -- Filing and recording
    Upon receipt of the fee and the name change order from the district court as provided in RCW 4.24.130, the county auditor shall file and ...
  • 36.22.210 Process servers -- Registration -- Fees
    (1) Each county auditor shall develop a registration process to register process servers required to register under RCW 18.180.010. (2) The county auditor may collect ...
  • 36.22.220 Election assistants, deputies -- Appointment, qualifications
    The county auditor of each county, as ex officio supervisor of all primaries and elections, general or special, within the county under *Title 29 RCW, ...
  • 36.22.230 Election assistants, deputies -- Additional qualifications
    Each deputy or assistant appointed under RCW 36.22.220 shall have been graduated from an accredited high school or shall have passed a high school equivalency ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009