BILL REQ. #:  S-3705.2 

Read first time 01/12/2006.   Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

     AN ACT Relating to judicial orders concerning distraint of personal property; and adding a new section to chapter 84.56 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 84.56 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) When there is probable cause to believe that there is property within the county subject to distraint pursuant to RCW 84.56.070 or 84.56.090, any judge of the superior court or district court in the county in which such property is located may, upon the request of the sheriff, county treasurer, or agent of the county treasurer, issue a warrant directed to the sheriff, county treasurer, or agent of the county treasurer commanding the search for and seizure of the property described in the request for warrant at the place or places described in the request for warrant.
     (2) The procedure for the issuance and execution and return of the warrant authorized by this section and for return of any property seized shall be the criminal rules of the superior court and the district court.
     (3) Property seized under this section shall be disposed of as provided in RCW 84.56.070 or 84.56.090.
     (4) This section does not require the application for or issuance of any warrant not otherwise required by law.