WSR 23-13-058
RULES OF COURT
STATE SUPREME COURT
[June 8, 2023]
IN THE MATTER OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO RAP 16.8—PERSONAL RESTRAINT PETITION—FILING AND SERVICE | ) ) ) ) | ORDER NO. 25700-A-1515 |
Attorney Kelly Vomacka, having recommended the adoption of the proposed amendment to RAP 16.8—Personal Restraint Petition—Filing and Service, and the Court having considered the proposed amendment, and having determined that the proposed amendment will aid in the prompt and orderly administration of justice;
Now, therefore, it is hereby
ordered:
(a) That the proposed amendment as shown below is adopted.
(b) That pursuant to the emergency provisions of GR 9 (j)(1), the proposed amendment will be expeditiously published in the Washington Reports and will become effective upon publication.
dated at Olympia, Washington this 8th day of June, 2023.
| | Gonzalez, C.J. |
Johnson, J. | | Gordon McCloud, J. |
Madsen, J. | | Yu, J. |
Owens, J. | | Montoya-Lewis, J. |
| | |
RAP 16.8
PERSONAL RESTRAINT PETITION—FILING FOR SERVICE
(a) Filing Fee. A personal restraint petition will be filed by the clerk of the appellate court only if the statutory filing fee is paid, unless the appellate court determines that the petitioner is indigent or the case is transferred from Superior Court under CrR 7.8. The statute governing payment of a fee for filing a petition for writ of habeas corpus is controlling.
(b)–(e) [Unchanged.]
References
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