Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 2 Courts Of Record - Chapter 2.28 Powers Of Courts And General Provisions

2.28.010 Powers of courts in conduct of judicial proceedings
Every court of justice has power -- (1) To preserve and enforce order in its immediate presence. (2) To enforce order in the proceedings before ...

2.28.020 Contempt -- Punishment
For the effectual exercise of the powers specified in RCW 2.28.010, the court may punish for contempt in the cases and the manner provided by ...

2.28.030 Judicial officer defined -- When disqualified
A judicial officer is a person authorized to act as a judge in a court of justice. Such officer shall not act as such in ...

2.28.040 May act as attorney, when
A part-time district judge, if permitted by court rule, may act as an attorney in any court other than the one of which he or ...

2.28.050 Judge distinguished from court
A judge may exercise out of court all the powers expressly conferred upon a judge as contradistinguished from a court and not otherwise.[1891 c 54 ...

2.28.060 Judicial officers -- Powers
Every judicial officer has power -- (1) To preserve and enforce order in his immediate presence and in the proceedings before him, when he is ...

2.28.070 Contempt -- Judicial officer may punish
For the effectual exercise of the powers specified in RCW 2.28.060, a judicial officer may punish for contempt in the cases and manner provided by ...

2.28.080 Powers of judges of supreme and superior courts
The judges of the supreme and superior courts have power in any part of the state to take and certify -- (1) The proof and ...

2.28.090 Powers of inferior judicial officers
Every other judicial officer may, within the county, city, district or precinct in which he is chosen -- (1) Exercise the powers mentioned in RCW ...

2.28.100 Legal holidays -- No court -- Exceptions
No court shall be open, nor shall any judicial business be transacted, on a legal holiday, except: (1) To give, upon their request, instructions to ...

2.28.110 Legal holiday -- Sitting deemed adjourned
If any legal holiday happens to be a day appointed for the sitting of a court or to which it is adjourned, such sitting shall ...

2.28.120 Proceedings may be adjourned from time to time
A court or judicial officer has power to adjourn any proceeding before it or him from time to time, as may be necessary, unless otherwise ...

2.28.130 Proceeding not to fail for want of judge or session of court
No proceeding in a court of justice in any action, suit, or proceeding pending therein, is affected by a vacancy in the office of any ...

2.28.139 County to furnish court house
The county in which the court is held shall furnish the court house, a jail or suitable place for confining prisoners, books for record, stationery, ...

2.28.140 Court rooms
If the proper authority neglects to provide any superior court with rooms, furniture, fuel, lights and stationery suitable and sufficient for the transaction of its ...

2.28.141 County commissioners to provide temporary quarters
Until proper buildings are erected at a place fixed upon for the seat of justice in any county, it shall be the duty of the ...

2.28.150 Implied powers -- Proceeding when mode not prescribed
When jurisdiction is, by the Constitution of this state, or by statute, conferred on a court or judicial officer all the means to carry it ...

2.28.160 Judge pro tempore -- Compensation -- Reimbursement for subsistence, lodging and travel expenses -- Affidavit to court
Whenever a judge serves as a judge pro tempore the payments for subsistence, lodging, and compensation pursuant to RCW 2.04.250 and 2.06.160 as now or ...

2.28.170 Drug courts
(1) Counties may establish and operate drug courts. (2) For the purposes of this section, "drug court" means a court that has special calendars or ...

2.28.180 Mental health courts
(1) Counties may establish and operate mental health courts. (2) For the purposes of this section, "mental health court" means a court that has special ...

2.28.190 Drug court and mental health court may be combined
Any county that has established a drug court and a mental health court under this chapter may combine the functions of both courts into a ...