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RCW 10.27.030 — Summoning grand jury

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Chapter 10.27: Grand Juries—Criminal Investigations, Revised Code of Washington.

Full text of RCW 10.27.030

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 10.27.030Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session
No grand jury shall be summoned to attend at the superior court of any county except upon an order signed by a majority of the judges thereof. A grand jury shall be summoned by the court, where the public interest so demands, whenever in its opinion there is sufficient evidence of criminal activity or corruption within the county or whenever so requested by a public attorney, corporation counsel or city attorney upon showing of good cause.

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