HOUSE BILL REPORT
HB 1732
As Reported By House Committee on:
Judiciary
Title: An act relating to warrant servers.
Brief Description: Allowing cities over 400,000 population to assign warrant servers to the police department.
Sponsor(s): Representatives Appelwick, Winsley, Wineberry, Locke, Ferguson, Scott and Forner.
Brief History:
Reported by House Committee on:
Judiciary, February 22, 1991, DP.
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON
JUDICIARY
Majority Report: Do pass. Signed by 17 members: Representatives Appelwick, Chair; Ludwig, Vice Chair; Padden, Ranking Minority Member; Paris, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Belcher; Broback; Forner; Hargrove; Locke; R. Meyers; Mielke; H. Myers; Riley; Scott; Tate; Vance; and Wineberry.
Staff: Annie Thompson (786-7179).
Background: Until 1977, police departments served warrants issued by the municipal courts. However, a law enacted in that year made the position of warrant server a function of the municipal court.
Summary of Bill: Warrant servers may be employees of either the municipal courts or the city police departments.
Fiscal Note: Not requested.
Effective Date: Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.
Testimony For: Trained police personnel are better equipped than court employees to respond to dangerous situations encountered by warrant servers.
Testimony Against: None.
Witnesses: Ted Inckley, Chief, Seattle City Attorney's Office (pro).