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RCW 13.04.135 — Establishment of house or room of detention
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Chapter 13.04: Basic Juvenile Court Act, Revised Code of Washington.
Full text of RCW 13.04.135
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.
Counties containing more than fifty thousand inhabitants shall, and counties containing a lesser number of inhabitants may, provide and maintain at public expense, a detention room or house of detention, separated or removed from any jail, or police station, to be in charge of a matron, or other person of good character, wherein all children within the provisions of this chapter shall, when necessary, be sheltered.
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