Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 7 Special Proceedings And Actions - Chapter 7.80 Civil Infractions

  • 7.80.005 Legislative finding -- 1987 c 456
    The legislature finds that many minor offenses that are established as misdemeanors are obsolete or can be more appropriately punished by the imposition of civil ...
  • 7.80.010 Jurisdiction of courts
    (1) All violations of state law, local law, ordinance, regulation, or resolution designated as civil infractions may be heard and determined by a district court, ...
  • 7.80.020 Issuance of process
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law governing service of process in civil cases, a court of limited jurisdiction having jurisdiction over an alleged civil infraction ...
  • 7.80.030 Training of judicial officers
    All judges and court commissioners adjudicating civil infractions shall complete such training requirements as are promulgated by the supreme court.[1987 c 456 § 11.] ...
  • 7.80.040 "Enforcement officer" defined
    As used in this chapter, "enforcement officer" means a person authorized to enforce the provisions of the title or ordinance in which the civil infraction ...
  • 7.80.050 Notice of infraction -- Issuance, service, filing
    (1) A civil infraction proceeding is initiated by the issuance, service, and filing of a notice of civil infraction. (2) A notice of civil infraction ...
  • 7.80.060 Person receiving notice -- Identification and detention
    A person who is to receive a notice of civil infraction under RCW 7.80.050 is required to identify himself or herself to the enforcement officer ...
  • 7.80.070 Notice -- Determination final unless contested -- Form
    (1) A notice of civil infraction represents a determination that a civil infraction has been committed. The determination is final unless contested as provided in ...
  • 7.80.080 Response to notice -- Contesting determination -- Mitigating circumstances -- Hearing -- Failure to respond or appear
    (1) Any person who receives a notice of civil infraction shall respond to such notice as provided in this section within fifteen days of the ...
  • 7.80.090 Hearings -- Rules of procedure -- Counsel
    (1) Procedures for the conduct of all hearings provided in this chapter may be established by rule of the supreme court. (2) Any person subject ...
  • 7.80.100 Hearings -- Contesting determination that infraction committed -- Appeal
    (1) A hearing held for the purpose of contesting the determination that a civil infraction has been committed shall be without a jury and shall ...
  • 7.80.110 Hearings -- Explanation of mitigating circumstances
    (1) A hearing held for the purpose of allowing a person to explain mitigating circumstances surrounding the commission of a civil infraction shall be an ...
  • 7.80.120 Monetary penalties -- Restitution
    (1) A person found to have committed a civil infraction shall be assessed a monetary penalty. (a) The maximum penalty and the default amount for ...
  • 7.80.130 Order of court -- Civil nature -- Modification of penalty -- Community restitution
    (1) An order entered after the receipt of a response which does not contest the determination, or after it has been established at a hearing ...
  • 7.80.140 Costs and attorney fees
    Each party to a civil infraction case is responsible for costs incurred by that party, but the court may assess witness fees against a nonprevailing ...
  • 7.80.150 Notices -- Record of -- Cancellation prohibited, penalty -- Audit
    (1) Every law enforcement agency in this state or other agency authorized to issue notices of civil infractions shall provide in appropriate form notices of ...
  • 7.80.160 Failure to exercise notice options -- Failure to satisfy penalty
    (1) Any person who, after receiving a statement of the options provided in this chapter for responding to the notice of civil infraction and the ...
  • 7.80.900 Decriminalization of certain municipal ordinances
    Any municipal criminal ordinance in existence on the January 1, 1989, which is the same as or substantially similar to a statute which is decriminalized ...
  • 7.80.901 Effective date -- 1987 c 456 ยงยง 9-31
    Sections 9 through 31 of this act shall take effect January 1, 1989.[1987 c 456 § 34.] ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009