IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT TO IRLJ 2.1-NOTICE OF INFRACTION

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ORDER NO. 25700-A-1001

     The District Municipal Court Judges' Association having recommended the adoption of the proposed amendment to IRLJ 2.1-Notice of Infraction, and the Court having determined that the proposed amendment will aid in the prompt and orderly administration of justice and further determined that an emergency exists which necessitates an early adoption;

     Now, therefore, it is hereby

     ORDERED:

     (a) That the amendment as shown below hereto is adopted.

     (b) That pursuant to the emergency provisions of GR 9 (j)(1), the amendment will be published expeditiously and become effective upon publication.

     DATED at Olympia, Washington this 7th day of June, 2012.

	Madsen, C.J.
C. Johnson, J.	J. M. Johnson, J.
Owens, J.	Stephens, J.
	Wiggins, J.
Fairhurst, J.	Gonzalez, J.

     [(a) No change.]

     (b) Contents. The notice of infraction shall contain the following information on the copy given to the defendant, except the information required by subsections (2) is not required on a notice of infraction alleging the commission of a parking, standing, or stopping infraction:

     (1) The name, address, and phone number of the court where the notice of infraction is to be filed;

     (2) The name, address, date of birth, sex, physical characteristics, and, for a notice of traffic infraction, the operator's license number of the defendant;

     (3) For a notice of traffic infraction, the vehicle make, year, model, style, license number, and state in which licensed;

     (4) The infraction which the defendant is alleged to have committed and the accompanying statutory citation or ordinance number, the date, time, and place the infraction occurred, the date the notice of infraction was issued, and the name and, if applicable, the number of the citing officer;

     (5) A statement that the defendant must respond to the notice of infraction within 15 days of issuance; the date the notice is personally served or, if the notice is served by mail, within 18 days of the date the notice is mailed.

     (6) A space for entry of the monetary penalty which respondent may pay in lieu of appearing in court;

     (7) A statement that a mailed response must be mailed not later than midnight on the day the response is due;

     (8) The statements required by RCW 46.63.060 or other applicable statute; and

     (9) Any additional information determined necessary by the Administrator for the Courts.

     Reviser's note: The brackets and enclosed material in the text of the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appear in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.

     Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above material occurred in the copy filed by the State Supreme Court and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.

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