Washington statute
RCW 10.77.625 — Competency evaluation or restoration services—Offer of admission—City or county jail to transport defendant
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Chapter 10.77: Criminally Insane—Procedures, Revised Code of Washington.
Full text of RCW 10.77.625
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.
(1) A city or county jail shall transport a defendant to a state hospital or other secure facility designated by the department within one day of receipt of an offer of admission of the defendant for competency evaluation or restoration services.
(2) City and county jails must cooperate with competency evaluators and the department to arrange for competency evaluators to have reasonable, timely, and appropriate access to defendants for the purpose of performing evaluations under this chapter to accommodate the seven-day performance target for completing competency evaluations for defendants in custody.
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