Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 2 Courts Of Record - Chapter 2.50 Legal Aid

2.50.010 Legal aid defined
Legal aid is the rendition, without compensation, of professional services by an active member of the Washington State Bar Association to or for any indigent ...

2.50.020 Public interest
The promotion of organized legal aid is hereby declared to be in the public interest.[1939 c 93 § 2; RRS § 10007-202. Formerly RCW 74.36.020.] ...

2.50.040 Declaration of necessity by board of county commissioners
The board of county commissioners (hereinafter called the county board) is empowered to find by resolution the existence of a necessity in such county for ...

2.50.050 Legal aid bureau defined
A legal aid bureau (hereinafter called the bureau), is an agency for the rendition of organized legal aid to indigent persons resident in the county, ...

2.50.060 Board of governors -- Authority
Upon receipt of a certified copy of such resolution the bar board is empowered and, within sixty days thereafter, is obligated to create and continue ...

2.50.070 Legal aid county committee created
The legal aid county committee (hereinafter called the committee), if created and continued by resolution of the bar board, shall consist of three members chosen ...

2.50.080 Supervision
Among the powers to supervise the actual operation of any such bureau, which shall be exercised either by the bar board itself or in its ...

2.50.090 Registration fees and private funds
For the purpose of promoting organized legal aid, the bar board is empowered to receive and disburse, at its discretion, a nominal registration fee (not ...

2.50.100 Limitation of legal aid
No legal aid shall be rendered by or through any bureau as to any matter which, in the opinion of the director or the committee ...

2.50.110 Attorneys' fees
No attorney's fee shall be charged to or received from any legal aid client as to any legal aid matter handled by or through the ...

2.50.120 County funds
The county board in its discretion shall allocate funds for the purposes of the bureau from county funds available for public assistance and relief received ...

2.50.125 Cities authorized to appropriate funds
A city of any class or any code city may appropriate funds in any amount for the purposes of this chapter.[1974 ex.s. c 5 § ...

2.50.130 Revocation of declaration of necessity
The county board is empowered to find by resolution the nonexistence of a necessity in such county for organized legal aid. Within ten days after ...

2.50.140 Washington State Bar Association not restricted
No county funds shall be expended for legal aid except in accordance with this chapter, but nothing in this chapter shall limit the powers of ...

2.50.150 Certain other acts not applicable
The provisions of section 6 of chapter 180 of the Laws of 1937 shall not be applicable to a bureau or a committee as authorized ...

2.50.160 Chapter not exclusive -- Counties authorized to provide legal aid
The provisions of this chapter are not exclusive. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as placing a limitation on the establishment of alternative methods ...