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HOUSE BILL 1288
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State of Washington 54th Legislature 1995 Regular Session
By Representatives Ballasiotes, Costa, Sheahan, Van Luven, Lambert, Sheldon, Mielke, Padden, Conway, Delvin, Schoesler, Foreman, Stevens, Thibaudeau, Dickerson, Blanton, Sherstad, Hargrove, Scott, Kessler, Radcliff, L. Thomas, Thompson, Campbell, Benton, Mitchell, Mastin, Carrell, Basich, Koster and D. Schmidt
Read first time 01/19/95. Referred to Committee on CORRECTIONS.
AN ACT Relating to inmate name changes; and amending RCW 4.24.130.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 4.24.130 and 1992 c 30 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
Any person desiring a change of his or her name or that of his or her child or ward, may apply therefor to the district court of the judicial district in which he or she resides, by petition setting forth the reasons for such change; thereupon such court in its discretion may order a change of the name and thenceforth the new name shall be in place of the former. Any person committed to a department of corrections facility shall not be granted the order to legally change his or her name under the terms and conditions specified in this section if doing so will interfere with legitimate penological goals. Name changes required for religious reasons or in recognition of marriage shall be allowed, however the department of corrections shall require the inmate to also use his or her committed name while incarcerated in a department of corrections facility.
The district court shall collect the fees authorized by RCW 36.18.010 for filing and recording a name change order, and transmit the fee and the order to the county auditor. The court may collect a reasonable fee to cover the cost of transmitting the order to the county auditor.
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