Revised Code of Washington
2024 Archive

Chapter 42.12 RCW
VACANCIES
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42.12.010Causes of vacancy.
42.12.020Resignations, to whom made.
42.12.030Term of person elected to fill vacancy.
42.12.040Vacancy in partisan elective officeSuccessor electedWhen.
42.12.070Filling nonpartisan vacancies.
42.12.080Filling nonpartisan vacanciesSpecial purpose districts.
NOTES:
Apple commission, vacancies, how filled: RCW 15.24.050.
Attorney general, removal from office: State Constitution Art. 4 s 9.
Bond, failure to file additional bond causes vacancy: RCW 42.08.120.
City offices, vacancies, how filled
commission plan: RCW 35.17.020.
council-manager plan
council: RCW 35.18.020.
optional municipal code: RCW 35A.13.020.
mayor-council plan, optional municipal code: RCW 35A.12.050.
second class: RCW 35.23.101.
Congress, vacancies, how filled: RCW 29A.28.050.
County, township, precinct, or road district offices, vacancies, how filled: State Constitution Art. 11 s 6.
County annexation review board, vacancies: RCW 35A.14.170.
County clerk, failure to file new bond vacates office: RCW 36.23.020, 42.08.120.
County commissioners, vacancies, how filled: RCW 36.32.070.
County hospital board of trustees, vacancies, how filled: RCW 36.62.160.
County officers
conviction for taking illegal fees vacates office: RCW 36.18.180.
vacancies: RCW 36.16.110, 36.16.115, 42.12.040.
County treasurer, suspension for misconduct: RCW 36.29.090.
Educational service district superintendent: Chapter 28A.310 RCW.
Engineers and land surveyors' board of registration, vacancies on: RCW 18.43.030.
Fire protection district commissioners, vacancies: RCW 52.14.050.
Flood control districts, vacancies in governing board: RCW 85.38.070.
Fruit commission, vacancies, how filled: RCW 15.28.080.
Governor
appointive state office, vacancies in, filled by: RCW 43.06.090.
vacancy in office of: State Constitution Art. 3 s 10 (Amendment 6).
Horse racing commission, vacancies: RCW 67.16.012.
Impeachment: State Constitution Art. 5.
Irrigation district directors, vacancies, how filled: RCW 87.03.081, 87.04.020.
Joint legislative audit and review committee, vacancies, how filled: RCW 44.28.020.
Judges
removal from office: State Constitution Art. 4 s 9.
vacancies, how filled
court of appeals: RCW 2.06.080.
district court: RCW 3.34.100.
superior court: State Constitution Art. 4 s 5; RCW 2.08.069, 2.08.120.
supreme court: State Constitution Art. 4 s 3; RCW 2.04.100.
Judicial officer's absence from state as forfeiting office: State Constitution Art. 4 s 8.
Legislators, expulsion of member: State Constitution Art. 2 s 9.
Legislators, vacancies, how filled: State Constitution Art. 2 s 15 (Amendment 52), RCW 42.12.040.
Liquor and cannabis board, vacancies, how filled: RCW 66.08.014.
Militia, vacancies, how filled: RCW 38.12.095 through 38.12.115.
Mosquito control districts, vacancies in board of trustees: RCW 17.28.130.
Prosecuting attorney, removal from office: State Constitution Art. 4 s 9.
Public utility district commissioners, vacancies: RCW 54.12.010.
Recall proceedings, grounds: RCW 29A.56.110.
Reclamation district directors, vacancies: RCW 89.30.256.
Regional universitiesTrustees, appointment, terms, quorum, vacancies: RCW 28B.35.100.
School directors in second and third-class districts, vacancies, how filled: RCW 28A.343.370.
State appointive office, vacancy in, how filled: State Constitution Art. 3 s 13; RCW 43.06.090.
State elective officers
recall: State Constitution Art. 1 s 33 (Amendment 8).
vacancy, successor elected: RCW 42.12.040.
State officers, removal from office: State Constitution Art. 5.
Statute law committee, vacancies, how filled: RCW 1.08.003.
The Evergreen State CollegeTrustees, appointment, terms, quorum, vacancies: RCW 28B.40.100.
United States senators, vacancies, how filled: RCW 29A.28.030.
University of Washington board of regents, vacancies, how filled: RCW 28B.20.100.
Utilities and transportation commission, vacancies, how filled: RCW 80.01.010.
Washington State University board of regents, vacancies: RCW 28B.30.100.
Water-sewer district commissioners, vacancies: RCW 57.12.020.
Weed district directors, vacancies, how filled: RCW 17.04.070.