Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 3 District Courts -- Courts Of Limited Jurisdiction - Chapter 3.66 Jurisdiction And Venue

3.66.010 Powers of district court
(1) The justices of the peace elected in accordance with chapters 3.30 through 3.74 RCW are authorized to hold court as judges of the district ...

3.66.020 Civil jurisdiction
If the value of the claim or the amount at issue does not exceed seventy-five thousand dollars, exclusive of interest, costs, and attorneys' fees, the ...

3.66.030 Restrictions on civil jurisdiction
The jurisdiction covered by RCW 3.66.020 shall not extend to the following civil actions: (1) Actions involving title to real property; (2) Actions for the ...

3.66.040 Venue -- Civil action
(1) An action arising under RCW 3.66.020 (1), (4), (6), (7), and (11) may be brought in any district in which the defendant, or, if ...

3.66.050 Transfer of proceedings
If a civil action is brought in the wrong district, the action may nevertheless be tried therein unless the defendant, at the time the defendant ...

3.66.060 Criminal jurisdiction
The district court shall have jurisdiction: (1) Concurrent with the superior court of all misdemeanors and gross misdemeanors committed in their respective counties and of ...

3.66.065 Assessment of punishment
If a defendant is found guilty, a judge holding office pursuant to chapters 3.30 through 3.74 RCW, or chapter 35.20 RCW, and not the jury, ...

3.66.067 Assessment of punishment -- Suspension or deferral of sentence -- Dismissal of charges
After a conviction, the court may impose sentence by suspending all or a portion of the defendant's sentence or by deferring the sentence of the ...

3.66.068 Assessment of punishment -- Suspension or deferral of sentence -- Terms
For a period not to exceed five years after imposition of sentence for a defendant sentenced under RCW 46.61.5055 and two years after imposition of ...

3.66.069 Assessment of punishment -- Revocation of deferred or suspended sentence -- Limitations -- Termination of probation
Deferral of sentence and suspension of execution of sentence may be revoked if the defendant violates or fails to carry out any of the conditions ...

3.66.070 Venue -- Criminal actions -- Temporary venue
(1) All criminal actions shall be brought in the district where the alleged violation occurred: PROVIDED, That (a) the prosecuting attorney may file felony cases ...

3.66.080 Criminal venue corrected
If a criminal action is commenced in an improper district under RCW 3.66.070, the court may of its own volition or at the request of ...

3.66.090 Change of venue
A change of venue may be allowed upon motion: (1) Where there is reason to believe that an impartial trial cannot be had in the ...

3.66.095 Removal of certain civil actions to superior court
See chapter 4.14 RCW. ...

3.66.100 Territorial jurisdiction -- Process -- Limitation
(1) Every district judge having authority to hear a particular case may issue criminal process in and to any place in the state. (2) Every ...

3.66.110 Advertising authority to solemnize marriages is breach of judicial ethics
It shall be a breach of judicial ethics for any judge of any court of limited jurisdiction, as defined in RCW 3.02.010, to advertise in ...

3.66.120 Court-ordered restitution -- Enforcement
All court-ordered restitution obligations that are ordered as a result of a conviction for a criminal offense in a court of limited jurisdiction may be ...

3.66.130 Court-ordered restitution--Payment
If the party or entity for whom a court-ordered restitution obligation has been entered pursuant to this title seeks to enforce the judgment as a ...

3.66.140 Offender supervision by another state
(1) If a person placed on probation for one year or more for a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor by a district court requests permission to ...