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RCW 10.04.050 — Jury—If demanded

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Chapter 10.04: District Court Procedure—Generally, Revised Code of Washington.

Full text of RCW 10.04.050

Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the official text of the Revised Code of Washington from the Code Reviser's published files; it is not the official statutes of the State of Washington.

RCW 10.04.050Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session
In all trials for offenses within the jurisdiction of a district judge, the defendant or the state may demand a jury, which shall consist of six, or a less number, agreed upon by the state and accused, to be impaneled and sworn as in civil cases; or the trial may be by the judge. When the complaint is for a crime or misdemeanor in the exclusive jurisdiction of the superior court, the justice hears the case as a committing magistrate, and no jury shall be allowed.

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