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RCW 10.27.060 — Discharge of panel, juror—Grounds

Current through 2026 Regular Session

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

Full text of RCW 10.27.060

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 10.27.060Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session
Neither the grand jury panel nor any individual grand juror may be challenged, but the court may: (1) At any time before a grand jury is sworn discharge the panel and summon another if it finds that the original panel does not substantially conform to the requirements of chapter 2.36 RCW; or (2) At any time after a grand juror is drawn, refuse to swear him or her, or discharge him or her after he or she has been sworn, upon a finding that he or she is disqualified from service pursuant to chapter 2.36 RCW, or incapable of performing his or her duties because of bias or prejudice, or guilty of misconduct in the performance of his or her duties such as to impair the proper functioning of the grand jury.

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