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SUBSTITUTE
SENATE BILL 6351
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Passed
Legislature - 2000 Regular Session
State of Washington 56th
Legislature 2000 Regular Session
By
Read first time 01/31/2000.
Providing
additional authority for superior court commissioners.
AN
ACT Relating to superior court commissioners; and amending RCW 2.24.040.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
2.24.040 and 1997 c 352 s 14 are each amended to read as follows:
Such
court commissioner shall have power, authority, and jurisdiction, concurrent
with the superior court and the judge thereof, in the following particulars:
(1)
To hear and determine all matters in probate, to make and issue all proper
orders therein, and to issue citations in all cases where same are authorized
by the probate statutes of this state.
(2)
To grant and enter defaults and enter judgment thereon.
(3)
To issue temporary restraining orders and temporary injunctions, and to fix and
approve bonds thereon.
(4)
To act as referee in all matters and actions referred to him or her by the
superior court as such, with all the powers now conferred upon referees by law.
(5)
To hear and determine all proceedings supplemental to execution, with all the
powers conferred upon the judge of the superior court in such matters.
(6)
To hear and determine all petitions for the adoption of children and for the
dissolution of incorporations.
(7)
To hear and determine all applications for the commitment of any person to the
hospital for the insane, with all the powers of the superior court in such
matters: PROVIDED, That in cases where a jury is demanded, same shall be
referred to the superior court for trial.
(8)
To hear and determine all complaints for the commitments of minors with all
powers conferred upon the superior court in such matters.
(9)
To hear and determine ex parte and uncontested civil matters of any nature.
(10)
To grant adjournments, administer oaths, preserve order, compel attendance of
witnesses, and to punish for contempts in the refusal to obey or the neglect of
the court commissioner's lawful orders made in any matter before the court
commissioner as fully as the judge of the superior court.
(11)
To take acknowledgments and proofs of deeds, mortgages and all other
instruments requiring acknowledgment under the laws of this state, and to take
affidavits and depositions in all cases.
(12)
To provide an official seal, upon which shall be engraved the words "Court
Commissioner," and the name of the county for which he or she may be
appointed, and to authenticate his official acts therewith in all cases where
same is necessary.
(13)
To charge and collect, for his or her own use, the same fees for the official
performance of official acts mentioned in subsections (4) and (11) of this
section as are provided by law for referees and notaries public.
(14)
To hear and determine small claims appeals as provided in chapter 12.36 RCW.
(15) In adult criminal cases, to preside over arraignments,
preliminary appearances, initial extradition hearings, and noncompliance
proceedings pursuant to RCW 9.94A.200; accept pleas if authorized by local
court rules; appoint counsel; make determinations of probable cause; set,
amend, and review conditions of pretrial release; set bail; set trial and
hearing dates; authorize continuances; and accept waivers of the right to
speedy trial.
