Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 36 Counties - Chapter 36.26 Public Defender

36.26.010 Definitions
As used in this chapter: (1) "County commissioners" or "board of county commissioners" means and includes: (a) Any single board of county commissioners, county council, ...

36.26.020 Public defender district -- Creation -- Office of public defender
The board of county commissioners of any single county or of any two or more territorially contiguous counties or acting in cooperation with the governing ...

36.26.030 Selection committee
The board of county commissioners of every county electing to become or to join in a public defender district shall appoint a selection committee for ...

36.26.040 Public defender -- Qualifications -- Term
Every public defender and every assistant public defender must be a qualified attorney licensed to practice law in this state; and the term of the ...

36.26.050 Reports -- Records -- Costs and expenses
The public defender shall make an annual report to each board of county commissioners within his district. If any public defender district embraces more than ...

36.26.060 Compensation -- Office -- Assistants, clerks, investigators, etc
(1) The board of county commissioners shall: (a) Fix the compensation of the public defender and of any staff appointed to assist him in the ...

36.26.070 Duty to represent indigent defendants
The public defender must represent, without charge to any accused, every indigent person who is or has been arrested or charged with a crime for ...

36.26.080 Duty to counsel, defend, and prosecute appeals
Whenever the public defender represents any indigent person held in custody without commitment or charged with any criminal offense, he must (1) counsel and defend ...

36.26.090 Appointment of attorney other than public defender
For good cause shown, or in any case involving a crime of widespread notoriety, the court may, upon its own motion or upon application of ...

36.26.900 Chapter cumulative and nonexclusive
The provisions of this chapter shall be cumulative and nonexclusive and shall not affect any other remedy, particularly in counties electing not to create the ...