Washington statute
RCW 10.16.080 — Discharge of defendant—Frivolous complaints
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Chapter 10.16: Preliminary Hearings, Revised Code of Washington.
Full text of RCW 10.16.080
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.
If it should appear upon the whole examination that no offense has been committed, or that there is not probable cause for charging the defendant with an offense, he or she shall be discharged, and if in the opinion of the magistrate, the complaint was malicious, or without probable cause, and there was no reasonable ground therefor, the costs shall be taxed against the party making the complaint.
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