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RCW 9.12.020 — Buying, demanding, or promising reward by district judge or deputy
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Chapter 9.12: Barratry, Revised Code of Washington.
Full text of RCW 9.12.020
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.
Every district judge or deputy who shall, directly or indirectly, buy or be interested in buying anything in action for the purpose of commencing a suit thereon before a district judge, or who shall give or promise any valuable consideration to any person as an inducement to bring, or as a consideration for having brought, a suit before a district judge, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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