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RCW 10.22.020 — Procedure—Costs

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Chapter 10.22: Compromise Of Misdemeanors, Revised Code of Washington.

Full text of RCW 10.22.020

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 10.22.020Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session
In such case, if the party injured appear in the court in which the cause is pending at any time before the final judgment therein, and acknowledge, in writing, that he or she has received satisfaction for the injury, the court may, in its discretion, on payment of the costs incurred, order all proceedings to be discontinued and the defendant to be discharged. The reasons for making the order must be set forth therein and entered in the minutes. Such order is a bar to another prosecution for the same offense.

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