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 §§ 9-31
Sections 9 through 31 of this act shall take effect January 1, 1989.[1987 c 456 § 34.] ...